Agenda item

Description of application – Change of use of existing building (Use Class A2) to a community centre (Use Class D1).

Oral representations in support of the application were received.  Oral representations from Ward Member, Councillor Kathy Bance MBE, in support of the application were received at the meeting.

Councillor Bance said that to change the Use Class from A2 to a community centre Use Class D1, would enable support for some of the most vulnerable youth in the Borough and that the Metropolitan Police strongly supported the application.Ward Member, Councillor Kevin Brooks, said that Ward Members and residents were dismayed that the support service for youth, not dependent on Council funding, may be forced to cease if permission were not granted and he reported that there was an on-line petition signed by hundreds of local residents and that Penge Forum also supported the application.Members having considered the report and representations RESOLVED that PERMISSION be GRANTED as recommended, subject to the conditions and informative set out in the report of the Chief Planner.