Agenda item

1.  To approve an immediate Article 4(1) direction to withdraw the permitted development right granted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), which would otherwise permit the demolition of no.41 Linden Grove that has been identified as a heritage asset.

2.  To approve consultations to be undertaken for a period of six weeks in relation to the immediate Article 4(1) direction.

Report: see pages 6 to 32 of the main agenda pack.

The chair informed the meeting that while the committee did not normally hear representations from members of the public when making decisions on Article 4 reports, he had received a request from the owners of the property in question asking to address the meeting, and had decided to allow them to address the committee for three minutes.

The meeting heard the officer’s introduction to the report. There were no questions from members of the committee.

The owner of the property addressed the committee and answered questions posed by the committee.

Members of the committee put further questions to officers.

A motion was moved, seconded, put to the vote and declared carried.

RESOLVED:

1.  That an immediate Article 4(1) direction (Appendix A of the report) to withdraw the permitted development right granted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), which would otherwise permit the demolition of no.41 Linden Grove (site identified in Appendix B of the report) that has been identified as a heritage asset, be approved.

2.  That consultations be undertaken for a period of six weeks in relation to the immediate Article 4(1) direction.

3.  That the equalities analysis of the proposed Article 4(1) direction (Appendix C of the report) be noted.