Decision details

Planning application reference number: 16-AP-2173

Report: see pages 11 to 35  of the agenda pack and pages 1 to 9 of the addendum report.

Note: This item was deferred from the Planning Sub-Committee B meeting held on 14 December 2016 and was being reheard. Councillors Darren Merrill and Leo Pollak had not been present at the previous meeting, therefore they left the top table and sat in the public gallery.

PROPOSAL

Construction of a roof-top extension to existing building to provide 3no. 3-bed residential units.

The sub-committee heard an introduction to the report from the planning officer who highlighted the additional comments in the addendum report. Members asked questions of the officers.

The objectors addressed the meeting and responded to questions from members.

The applicant’s agent addressed the sub-committee and responded to questions from members.

There were no supporters who lived within 100 metres of the development site who wished to speak.

Councillor Ben Johnson addressed the meeting in his capacity as a ward member and responded to questions from members.

A motion to refuse planning permission was moved, seconded and put to the vote and declared carried as follows:

RESOLVED:

That planning permission for application number 16-AP-2173 be refused on the grounds that the development would be detrimental, due to loss of light from skylights in dwellings on fifth floor of the building.

At 9.00pm the meeting adjourned for a five minute comfort break.  The meeting reconvened at 9.05pm.

Councillors Darren Merrill and Leo Pollak re-joined the top table.