Agenda item

21/00922/FUL - Change of Use from ground floor shop (Use Class E) with living accommodation above (Use Class C3) to ground and first floor shop/cafe (Use Class E) including new shop front with level access to front elevation, new shop windows with level access door and painted mural to side elevation, alterations and replacement to all other windows and associated internal works (Amended Plans to show parking space received 21st September 2021) (Amended opening times to 8am - 6pm Monday - Saturday, 10am-4pm Sundays and Bank Holidays) (Amended Plans showing alterations to rear windows, sound proofing upgrade to party wall, low odour extraction system and roof insulation received 29th September 2021).

(In reaching its decision, the Committee took into consideration the Planning Officer’s report (previously circulated), the views of the Council’s Highway’s Engineer, three letters of objection received, thirty letters of support received, and the views of the Applicant, one objector and one supporter whom the Committee heard).

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

1.           The development hereby permitted shall be commenced not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON - To accord with the provisions of Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990.

2.           The use hereby approved shall not open outside the hours 08:00am – 18:00pm Monday to Saturday and 10:00am – 16:00pm Sundays and Bank Holidays unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON - In the interests of residential amenity.

3.           The change of use shall not take place unless plan drawing 21.149 PD 06B (Amended Ground Floor Plan Proposed) hereby submitted is amended so that off-street parking spaces are provided within the forecourt to the north and accessed directly from Heathfield Park, the street name plate is relocated and a low form of barrier is erected to prevent vehicle trespass of the tactile paving and access/egress of the junction submitted and  approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, any such works shall be implemented prior to the operation of the use in accordance with those approved details.

REASON - In the interests of Highway Safety.

4.           Outdoor seating will not be permitted within the forecourt area located to the north of the application site as shown in plan drawing 21.149 PD 06B (Amended Ground Floor Plan Proposed) hereby submitted. The forecourt area shall be for the use of vehicle and cycle parking only.

REASON - To ensure additional seating is not provided without mitigating an increased parking shortfall in the interests of residential amenity.

5.           Details of Mural

Prior to the installation of the proposed advertisement detailed in plan drawing 21.149 PD 09A (Amended Gable Elevation Proposed), details of the advertisement shall be submitted under a separate advertisement consent application.

REASON - In the interests of visual amenity.

6.           The number of covers to be provided shall be limited to 20 covers at any one time.

REASON - In the interests of protecting residential amenity.

7.           PL

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plan(s) as detailed below:

•            Location Plan

•            21.149 PD 07A Amended First Floor Plan Proposed

•            21.149 PD 08A Amended Front and Rear Elevations Proposed

•            21.149 PD 09A Amended Gable Elevation Proposed

•            21.149 PD 10A Amended Proposed Section and Return Boundary Elevation

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