Decision details

Description:

Proposed change of use of the upper floors to 8 No. residential flats including conversion of the existing first and second floors together with roof extension and rear extension, new bin store, bicycle store and parking.

Additional Information:

Three letters of objection had been received that were sent to the Planning Committee Members and one to the planners after the Committee updates were circulated from a resident objecting on the following grounds:

·         Loss of privacy

·         Previous planning history

·         Concerns over contact in respect of public speaking

·         The building is not in keeping with the area

·         Loss of light

·         Constitutes an overdevelopment

·         Will set a precedent for the location

Public Speaking:

In accordance with the Council’s procedure for speaking at meetings, Laura Dootson, Agent for the applicant spoke for the proposed development raising the following key points:

·         The application is a modest proposal

·         Proposal is to only convert and extend the upper floors to make 8 good size flat

·         The ground floor will remain commercial space

·         The application is in line with other properties along the Parade

·         The scheme provides larger quality flats with private amenity space

·         Car parking is provided for each flat

·         A secure bike store is provided

·         There is dense screening to the boundary

Debate:

During the debate the following key issues were raised:

·         The design of the proposed building fits in with the surrounding buildings

·         There will be no lose of light to neighbouring buildings

·         Floor space for each flat is more than adequate

·         Electric Vehicle Points in two car park spaces, would like to see more and would want this to be included as an informative is the application is agreed

·         Would like the proposed screens to side of balconies to be extended to the back of the terraces so that neighbouring properties are not overlooked

The Committee agreed by consensus that, subject to approval, an additional informative should be added as follows:

In relation to condition 4, the applicant is requested to provide all proposed parking spaces in relation to this planning permission with power supply (though feeder pillar or equivalent) to provide additional fast charge sockets.

Decision:

The application was APPROVED