Agenda item

22/01228/CU - Change of Use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to short term serviced accommodation (Sui Generis) (Retrospective Application).

(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, six objections received, and the views of the Applicant’s Agent 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 carried out in accordance with the approved plan(s) as detailed below:

a)      Drawing Number 001 – Existing and Proposed Floor Plans

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

2.      The property shall only be let as a single booking at any one time (also known as 'entire household let') with a maximum of four residents per booking, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON – In the interests of residential amenity and highway safety.

3.      The owners/operators of the accommodation shall maintain an up-to-date register of the details of all bookings made and shall make this information available at all reasonable times to the Local Planning Authority.

REASON - To allow records to be made available to assist in any monitoring of condition (3) of this planning permission.

4.      This permission shall be personal to Petina Properties Limited only and shall not enure for the benefit of the land. In the event of Pertina Properties Limited no longer being the owner of the premises the use shall revert to the use as a single residential dwelling (Use Class C3)

REASON - In granting this permission the Local Planning Authority has had regard to the special circumstances of the case and wishes to have the opportunity of exercising control over subsequent uses in the event of Pertina Properties Limited no longer owning the premises.

5.      Within one month of the date of this permission, details of contacts of the letting agents shall be circulated the three properties on either side of 23 Langdale Road, and to the six properties opposite, to enable any noise nuisance and disturbance issues to be readily reported, and that the details of contacts be recirculated every six months thereafter.

REASON - To ensure that the residential amenity of nearby property is carefully monitored and issues resolved in an efficient manner.