Decision details

Application for change of use from cinema (sui generis) to 40 one-bedroom apartments (use class C3) with associated car parking and landscaping.

Some members expressed concerns about the proposal and it was suggested that the proposed parking permit scheme should operate in perpetuity, that more work should be undertaken to encourage a residents parking scheme for on-street parking in the area, that concerns about overlooking be investigated and that it be made clear in any marketing material that the flats are aimed at those who don’t have multiple vehicles and that parking on this site was very limited.

It was moved by Councillor Lynch and seconded by Councillor C Gibbens that, whilst members be minded to grant permission, the decision be delegated to officers following investigation of the abovementioned points in relation to the parking permit scheme, residents parking scheme, overlooking and marketing.

Upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED and it was

RESOLVED –

(i)            The Head of Planning be granted delegated powers to grant permission subject to:

a.    The planning conditions contained in the officer’s report;

b.    The entering into of a S106 agreement relating to affordable housing, highway improvements, open space provision and management and the financial contributions outlined in the officer’s report;

c.    The operation of a parking permit scheme in perpetuity;

d.    Investigation into a residents parking scheme in the area;

e.    Investigation into the concerns regarding overlooking;

f.     A note to applicant about the content of marketing materials.

(ii)          The Head of Planning be granted powers to determine the final detail of planning conditions and S106 obligations.

Councillors Bray and Mullaney requested it be recorded that they voted against the motion.