Agenda item

21/00128/CU – Change of Use from storage and distribution (Use Class B8) to car showroom.

(In making its decision, the Committee took into consideration the Planning Officer’s report (previously circulated), the views of the Council’s Highways Engineer and Environmental Health Officer, three letters of objection received, and one further observation received subsequent to the Agenda and Papers for the meeting being circulated).

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

1. A3 – Implementation Limit (Three Years)

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

a.    Drawing Number 20259.P001 – Existing Layout

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

3. The premises shall be used for car showroom purposes only and for no other purpose or purposes whatsoever without express planning consent of the local planning authority.

REASON – To enable the Council to maintain control over the use of the site to safeguard the character and amenities of the site and the neighbouring residential properties in the locality.

4. The use hereby permitted, including deliveries to and from the site, shall not be carried on outside the hours 0800 to 1800 Mondays to Friday; 1000 to 1600 Saturdays with no working on a Sunday or Bank Holiday

REASON - In order to safeguard the amenities of neighbouring residential properties.

5. The display or sale of vehicles and the carrying out of maintenance or any other works to any vehicle shall not take within or on the land and buildings edged blue on the submitted Site Location Plans – Drawing Numbers 20259.OS01 and 20259.OS02 Rev A.

REASON – To safeguard the amenities of neighbouring residential properties.

6. No plant, equipment or machinery shall be installed as part of the use hereby approved, at any time, without the prior written approval from the Local Planning Authority. Where plant, equipment or machinery is proposed, details shall be submitted in writing to the Local Planning Authority prior to its installation and must include the type of plant, equipment or machinery to be installed and the proposed locations, and if deemed necessary by the Local Planning Authority appropriate noise mitigation measures shall be implemented prior to the plant, equipment or machinery first becoming operational and thereafter shall be retained and maintained for the life of the use.

REASON - In order to safeguard the amenities of neighbouring residential properties.