Agenda item

PERMISSION

Description of application – Change of use of part of ground floor premises from office (B1)/shop(A1) to form 2 bedroom dwellinghouse (Class C3) in association with existing flat at ground and first floor level.

Oral representations in support of the application were received at the meeting.

The Chairman and Councillor Alexa Michael supported the application as the premises had been empty for two years without offer and the proposed development would not change the appearance of the conservation area.

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 two further conditions to read:-

“3.  No external changes shall be carried to the shopfront unless previously agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: : In order to comply with Policy S5, S10 and BE11 of the Unitary Development Plan to provide visual interest to the front of the premises and avoid an undesirable visual break in the shopping frontage.

4.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order amending, revoking and re-enacting this Order) no buildings, structures, alterations, walls or fences of any kind shall be erected or made within the curtilage(s) of the dwelling(s) hereby permitted without the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority. 

REASON: In the interest of the amenities of nearby residential properties and to prevent an overdevelopment of the site and to accord with Policies BE1, BE11 and H8 of the Unitary Development Plan.”