Agenda item

Description of application amended to read, ‘Erection of: a two storey office building to the north-western elevation of the main hospital for a temporary period of 3 years; a single storey Critical Care Unit to the south-eastern elevation; removal of two existing structures and erection of a two storey extension to the south-western elevation to provide an Urgent Care Centre; a two storey Medical Records Distribution building to the north-eastern boundary with Starts Hill Road; and a two storey extension to the northern elevation to provide a Medical Records Storage facility and provision of additional 93 car parking spaces with alterations to landscaping PART RETROSPECTIVE’

Oral representations in support of the application were received.  Oral representations from Ward Member, Councillor Tim Stevens, in support of the application were received at the meeting.  Councillor Stevens reported that his fellow Ward Members supported the application.

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION be GRANTED as recommended, subject to the conditions set out in the report of the Chief Planner with an amendment to Condition 10 and the addition of two further conditions to read:-

“10. Of the 93 parking spaces hereby approved, 70 shall be allocated to staff by way of staff parking permits and six months after the completion of the new parking layout, the applicant will provide to the Local Planning Authority details of the number of additional staff parking permits issued.  If this is less than the number of spaces provided in this permission they will also include details of proposals to increase the take up of the staff parking permits to be agreed by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: In order to comply with Policy T3 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interests of fully utilising the parking provision and reducing on street parking.

11.  The landscaping and planting that presently exists at the boundary of the hereby approved Medical Records Distribution Building and Starts Hill Road shall be permanently retained. Any trees removed or which die through lopping, topping or pruning shall be replaced in the next planting season with trees of such size and species as may be agreed with the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: In order to comply with Policies BE1 and NE7 of the Unitary Development Plan and to ensure that as many trees as possible are preserved at this stage in the interest of visual amenity and the amenities of adjacent properties.

12.  Before the Medical Records Distribution Building hereby permitted is first occupied, the proposed windows in the north-eastern elevation of the building to Starts Hill Road shall be obscure glazed to a minimum of privacy level 3 and shall be non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above floor of the room in which the window is installed and shall subsequently be permanently retained as such.

REASON: In order to comply with Policy BE1 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of the amenities of the adjacent properties.”