Agenda item

19/00048/CU - Change of use from a specialist care facility (C2 Residential Institutions) into serviced office accommodation (B1 Business and D1 Non?Residential Institutions) (Amended plans received 13 March 2019).

(In reaching its decision, the Committee took into consideration the Planning Officer’s report (previously circulated), seven letters of objection received, one letter of support, one further comment received, a late submission from Mrs. S. Pickersgill (which was read to the Committee by the Head of Planning, Development and Environmental Health), the views of the Council’s Highways Engineer, and the Applicant’s Agent, whom Members heard).

RESOLVED – That Planning Permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

1.      A3 - Implementation Limit (Three Years).

2.      The use of the building and outdoor areas hereby permitted shall not be carried on outside the hours of 08:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday; 08:00 to 18:00 on a Saturday with no working on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

REASON: In the interests of residential amenity.

3.      Notwithstanding the details shown on the approved plans, the first 2m of the drive within the property shall be constructed in a sealed material (i.e. not loose gravel) and the work shall be completed prior to the commencement of the use.

REASON: In order to prevent loose material being pulled into the public highway.

4.      The number and size of rooms within the building to be used for Class D1 (Non-residential purposes) purposes of the Town and Country Planning Use Classes Order 2015 or any Order revoking or re-anacting that Order, shall be as shown on the approved plans and shall not increase or be revised without the prior consent of the local planning authority first being obtained.

REASON: To enable the local planning authority to control the future usage of the building to safeguard parking requirements and in the interests of the amenity of the local area.

5.      The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans, as detailed below:

(a)    Drawing Number L018070-003 Rev A Proposed Ground Floor Plan

(b)    Drawing Number L018070-004 Proposed First and Second Floor Plans

(c)    Drawing Number L018070-007 Rev C Proposed Fourcourt Layout and Boundary Elevation

(d)    Drawing Number L018070-008 Proposed Cycle Shelter

REASON – To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the planning permission.