Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 8 January 2018 (to be laid on the table half an hour before the meeting).

The minutes of the meeting which took place on 8^th January 2018 were confirmed and signed.  

To receive apologies for absence.

Where a Member of the Committee is unable to attend a meeting, a substitute Member from the same Area Planning Committee may attend, speak and vote in their place for that meeting.

Please be advised that in order for a substitute to be arranged, a Member must give four clear working days notice of their apologies.

There were apologies for absence from Councillors Denis Leigh, Nick Williams, Pat Frost, Goodridge and Mulliner. Councillor Patricia Ellis was in attendance as a substitute.

To receive from Members declarations of interests in relation to any items included on the Agenda for this meeting in accordance with the Waverley Code of Local Government Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

Planning Performance and the Government Target on quality in planning decision making will now be a standard item on the Joint Planning and Area Planning Agendas. This was an agreed recommendation at Executive on 28 November 2017 and is part of the Development Management, Service improvement Plan .  Officers will draw members attention to the latest available statistics on each agenda.

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the demolition of the attached Redgrave Theatre, conversion of Brightwell House to form 2 restaurant units. Works to include single/two storey extensions to the north and west (containing additional ground floor restaurant space, kitchen areas, stores, toilets, staircase and plant room and first floor kitchens, stores, staff wc and plant room). Works to existing house to include reinstatement of 3 original hipped roofs and rooflight to the north elevation and hipped roofs over the existing bay windows and reinstatement of the glazed canopy in the southern elevation. Reinstatement of original chimneys, internal fireplaces and staircase. Partial unblocking of a first floor window on the west elevation. Removal of later partition walls and ground floor toilet; new openings through to first floor extension, installation of servery. Some blocking in of existing internal openings. Demolition of boundary walls, toilet block and cottage.

Recommendation

That, subject to conditions 1-6, Listed Building consent be GRANTED

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the demolition of the attached Redgrave Theatre, conversion of Brightwell House to form 2 restaurant units. Works to include single/two storey extensions to the north and west (containing additional ground floor restaurant space, kitchen areas, stores, toilets, staircase and plant room and first floor kitchens, stores, staff wc and plant room). Works to existing house to include reinstatement of 3 original hipped roofs and rooflight to the north elevation and hipped roofs over the existing bay windows and reinstatement of the glazed canopy in the southern elevation. Reinstatement of original chimneys, internal fireplaces and staircase. Partial unblocking of a first floor window on the west elevation. Removal of later partition walls and ground floor toilet; new openings through to first floor extension, installation of servery. Some blocking in of existing internal openings. Demolition of boundary walls, toilet block and cottage.

With reference to the report circulated with the agenda, Officers presented a summary of the planning context for making a decision on the application, and the proposed development including site plans and the layout. Officers outlined the determining issues and those matters of a more subjective nature.

The Committee was advised that since the agenda had been published there had been an additional 4 letters of objection to the scheme. These did not raise any new issues which were not already covered in the planning officers report.

The Committee was reminded that this was an application for Listed Building Consent. However, it followed a previous consent, based on an identical proposal and that application was, in turn, a revision to a previous consent in 2014 both of which were now expired.     

Public speaking

In accordance with the Council’s arrangements for public participation at meetings, the following made representations in respect of the application, which were duly considered:

Anne Cooper - Objector

David Maddox – Supporter

Councillor Andy MacLeod also spoke for a period of 4minutes and, as Ward Councillors was permitted to come back at the end of the debate to clarify any matters.

Debate

The Committee considered the consent application and questions were raised regarding a change to Condition 3 (noted below):

Existing condition 3

The demolition hereby permitted shall not be undertaken before a contract between the applicant and the Borough Council for the carrying out of the works of the redevelopment of the site has been entered into and planning permission has been granted for the redevelopment for which the agreement provides. A copy of this contract shall be submitted to the Planning Authority for verification before any works commence.

Re-worded condition 3

The demolition hereby permitted shall not be undertaken before a development agreement between the applicant and the Borough Council for the carrying out of the works of the redevelopment of the site has been completed. A copy of this development agreement shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and this shall provide evidence that the development shall be constructed in accordance with planning permission ref. no. WA/2016/0268.

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