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The
Committee received an application for full planning permission.
The
application sought approval for a new building comprising of a Public House at
ground floor with nine residential units on the upper floors (two 1xbed units
& seven studio units) along with car and cycle parking and associated
landscaping following the demolition of the existing buildings.
The
Senior Planner (MH) proposed a new condition to require the submission and
approval of a scheme of works for substantial completion of the public house
prior to demolition of the existing public house.
This
amendment was carried nem
con.
Councillor
Price (Kings Hedges Ward Councillor – City Council) addressed the Committee
about the application.
The
representation covered the following issues:
Speaking in objection to
the application on behalf of a resident of Beales Way
who raised the following concerns:
i.
Overlooking.
ii.
Loss of privacy.
iii.
Lack of parking and impact on
local streets.
Speaking as a Ward
Councillor:
iv.
Planning policy was in place in
the city to protect pubs.
v.
Referred to historic planning and
officer advice to facilitate this.
vi.
Referred to paragraph #8.45 in the
Officer’s report which seemed to ignore safeguards to protect the pub facility.
vii.
Took issue with the application
and suitability of proposed flats as homes.
viii.
Took issue with the design of the
building and suggested it was low quality so did not meet planning policy.
Mr McKeown (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee in support of the
application.
The Committee:
Resolved (by 6 votes to 2) to grant the
application for planning permission in accordance with the officer
recommendation, for the reasons set out in the officer report, and subject to
the conditions recommended by the officers plus the following additional
condition:
Prior to the demolition of the public house, a scheme of works for the
substantial completion of the proposed public house, including a phasing plan
for its provision, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local
Planning Authority. The public house shall thereafter be constructed in
accordance with the approved scheme of works and phasing plan, unless an
alternative phasing plan is otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning
Authority.
Reason: In order that the public house is physically replaced on the
site to meet the day-to-day needs of the community, NPPF paragraph 70, Interim
Planning Policy Guidance on the Protection of Public Houses in the City of
Cambridge (October 2012).