Agenda item

Planning application number: 19/AP/1612

PROPOSAL:

Demolition of the existing buildings on site (a derelict single storey nursing home and porta-cabins) and construction of two buildings (Building A - Part 4/Part 5/Part 6 storey building fronting Lower Road, Building B - Part 3/Part four-storey building fronting Ann Moss Way) providing 62 residential units together with two wheelchair parking spaces and associated landscaping.

The committee heard the officer’s introduction to the report. Members of the committee asked questions of the officers.

An objector addressed the committee and responded to questions put by members of the committee.

The applicant’s representative addressed the committee, and answered questions from the committee.

A supporter living within 100 meters of the development addressed the committee, and answered questions put by the committee.

Councillor Bill Williams addressed the committee in his capacity as a ward councillor, and answered questions from the committee.

The committee put further questions to the officers and discussed the application, during which the committee asked for additional trees to be added to the landscaping plan that is to be submitted to the planning authority.

A motion to grant the application was moved, seconded, put to the vote and declared

carried.

RESOLVED:

1.  That planning permission be granted, subject to the conditions set out in the report and the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement.

2.  That in the event that the requirements of (1) are not met by 15 May 2020, the director of planning be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reasons set out in paragraph 134 of the report.

The meeting then adjourned for a comfort break from 8.05pm to 8.15pm.