Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Catherine Pope, Grahame Pope and Whiting.  Councillor Rachael Ellis attended as subsititute.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record.

None.

Conversion of church building to 9 no. residential apartments and erection of 14 apartments, including ancillary bin stores, cycle stores and landscaping.

Taj Ubi, the applicant, spoke in support of the application.

The Principal Planning Officer introduced the report.

Councillor Smith joined the meeting.               

RESOLVED:

TO GRANT PLANNING PERMISSION: Subject to the owner(s) entering into a planning obligation secured through a s106 legal agreement with the Borough Council as the Local Planning Authority and the County Council to secure an affordable housing financial contribution; the provision of build to ret flat units in perpetuity;  bus stop infrastructure; monitoring and a local labour agreement; and subject to the conditions listed for the reasons set out in the report.

Conditions

1        The development must be begun not later than three years beginning with the date of this permission.

2        The development hereby permitted shall be completed in accordance with the submitted documents;-

Drawing no. 0164 S2 Rev P04, Conversion Proposed Elevations, received 7^th October 2024

Drawing no. 0121 S2 Rev P03, Conversion Proposed Floorplans, received 7th October 2024

Drawing no. 01 S2 Rev P05, Conversion New Apartments Floorplans, received 7th October 2024

Drawing no. 0165 S2 Rev P04, New Build Proposed Elevations received 7th October 2024

Drawing no. 0170 S2 Rev P03, Proposed Site Street Elevations, received 24^th September 2024

Drawing no. 0102 S2 Rev P05, Proposed Site Plan, received 11^th June 2024

Drawing no. 0161 S2 P03, Conversion Demolition Elevations, received 11th June 2024

Drawing no. 0168 S2 P03, Cycle Store Details – Church Conversion, received 11th June 2024

Drawing no. 0169 S2 P03, Cycle Store Details – New Apartments, received 11th June 2024

Drawing no. 0120 S2 P04, Conversion – Existing + Demolition Floor Plans, received 11th June 2024

Drawing no. 0101 S2 P04 Existing Site Plan, received 11^th June 2024

Drawing no. 0100, Site Location Plan, received 11^th June 2024

Application forms, received 11^th June 2024      

3        No above ground construction works shall commence until samples of the proposed external facing materials to be used in the construction of the development have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority and the development shall only be undertaken in accordance with the materials so approved and shall be retained as such thereafter.

4        No unit shall be occupied as a C3 residential use until a detailed scheme for the boundary treatment of the site, including position, design and materials, and to include all boundaries, cycle storage area and bin storage area, has           been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be completed before the buildings is first occupied as a C3 residential use.

5        No development shall be commenced until full details of hard landscape works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme as approved shall be carried prior to the first occupation of the development.

6        No part of the development hereby approved  ...  view the full minutes text for item 39.

Change of use of property from a residential dwelling house (C3) into a Residential Children's Home (C2) looking after children and young people with emotional and behavioural disorders (EBD) between the ages of 8 and 17 years.

Moses Musaka, the applicant, spoke in support of the application.

The Development Manager informed members that since the publication of the report, an additional representation had been received from Bestwood Village Parish Council on 6 Lacewood Close, expressing similar concerns to those contained within the report around how the home would be operated.  He added that as the applicant had confirmed, the operation of the home would be controlled by OFSTED.

He went on to inform members that as the next three applications on the agenda were linked, he would briefly outline the broad policy considerations relating to LPD 39 which applied to all three, before looking at the applications in turn as they were all very similar.

He then went on to introduce the report.

The recommendation to grant planning permission was not carried and therefore the Chair proposed an adjournment so that a revised recommendation could be drafted by officers.

The meeting was adjourned at 6.47pm

The meeting resumed at 6.52pm

The Director of Place proposed the following reason for refusal, contrary to officer recommendation:

1.     The proposed change of use, if approved, would lead to an over-concentration of similar C2 uses within one cul-de-sac. This is likely to result in a significant adverse impact on the character of the area. The proposed change of use would therefore be contrary to Policy 39 of the Local Planning Document (2018).

The revised recommendation was carried and it was

RESOLVED:

TO REFUSE PLANNING PERMISSION for the following reason:

1.     The proposed change of use, if approved, would lead to an over-concentration of similar C2 uses within one cul-de-sac. This is likely to result in a significant adverse impact on the character of the area. The proposed change of use would therefore be contrary to Policy 39 of the Local Planning Document (2018).

The property will be used as a residential children's home for up to 3 young people.

The Development Manager advised members that the key policy considerations for this application were those outlined previously, relating to LPD 39.

He went on to introduce the report.

He added that the recommendation was to refuse the application as outlined within the report and that based on previous decisions it would be for members of the committee to determine where that over concentration would lie.

He concluded that should members of the committee resolve to refuse the application, that in terms of the wording, the recommendation should align with that of the previous application as follows:

1. The proposed change of use, if approved, would lead to an over-concentration of similar C2 uses within one cul-de-sac. This is likely to result in a significant adverse impact on the character of the area. The proposed change of use would therefore be contrary to Policy 39 of the Local Planning Document (2018).

The Chair proposed an adjournment, which was carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 7.00pm.

The meeting resumed at 7:03pm.

RESOLVED:

TO REFUSE PLANNING PERMISSION for the following reason:

1.     The proposed change of use, if approved, would lead to an over-concentration of similar C2 uses within one cul-de-sac. This is likely to result in a significant adverse impact on the character of the area. The proposed change of use would therefore be contrary to Policy 39 of the Local Planning Document (2018).

Change of use from a residential dwelling house (C3) into a Residential Children's Home (C2)

The Development Manager advised members that the key policy considerations for this application were those outlined previously, relating to LPD 39.

He went on to introduce the report.

He concluded that the recommendation in the report was to refuse the application, but was subject to the amended wording for the reason for refusal.

The Director of Development added for clarity, that the recommendation had been updated in accordance with the decision that was made on items 5 and 6 on the agenda as follows:

1. The proposed change of use, if approved, would lead to an over-concentration of similar C2 uses within one cul-de-sac. This is likely to result in a significant adverse impact on the character of the area. The proposed change of use would therefore be contrary to Policy 39 of the Local Planning Document (2018).

RESOLVED:

To REFUSE PLANNING PERMISSION for the following reason:

1.     The proposed change of use, if approved, would lead to an over-concentration of similar C2 uses within one cul-de-sac. This is likely to result in a significant adverse impact on the character of the area. The proposed change of use would therefore be contrary to Policy 39 of the Local Planning Document (2018).

RESOLVED:

To note the information.

RESOLVED:

To note the information.

None.