Agenda item

Report of the Service Lead, Infrastructure, Planning and Development recommending that conditional approval be granted in respect of an application for a proposed development at the above address.

The Panel considered the report of the Service Lead, Planning, Infrastructure and Development recommending that conditional planning permission be granted in respect of an application for a proposed development at the above address.

Use of building as a food court with cafe, bars and takeaway (flexible mixed use comprising classes A1, A3, A4 and A5) with ancillary soft play area, office and storage and kitchen extraction flue.

Simon Reynier (City of Southampton Society / objecting) was present and with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The presenting officer reported changes to Conditions 2 and 5 of the report and that a further condition requiring the details of the access surfacing be added, as set out below.

Following discussion with members, officers recommended additional conditions designed to secure a gated access to the site and requiring the developer to undertake a feasibility study of incorporating the sustainable design measures into the development, as set out below. 

The Panel then considered the recommendation to grant conditional planning permission. Upon being put to the vote the recommendation was carried.

RECORDED VOTE to grant planning permission

FOR:  Councillors Savage, Coombs Fielker, Prior and Windle

AGAINST:  Councillor G Galton

RESOLVED that planning permission be approved subject to the conditions set out within the report and any additional or amended conditions set out below:

Amended Conditions

02. APPROVAL CONDITION - Hours of Use - food/drink establishments [Performance Condition]

The premises shall be used as a food court with ancillary cafe, bars, takeaway, soft play area and office and storage only and for no other purposes without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority. The food court hereby permitted shall not operate (meaning that customers shall not be present on the premises, no preparation, sale or delivery of food or drink for consumption on or off the premises) outside the following hours:

Monday to Friday 08:00 to 22:00

Saturday 10:00 to 22:00

Sunday and Public Holidays 10:00 to 22:00

REASON:

To protect the amenities of the occupiers of existing nearby residential properties and to define the consent

05. APPROVAL CONDITION – Servicing and deliveries management plan [Pre-Occupation Condition]

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a servicing and deliveries management plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Once approved the development shall be carried out in full accordance with the approved servicing management plan.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority no servicing from the site access shall take place outside the hours of 07:00am to 08:00am Monday to Friday and 07:00am to 10:00am Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays. Any vehicles servicing the site during these hours shall reverse into the access from Portswood Road and shall exit the site in a forward gear.

No vehicles including takeaway delivery vehicles shall park within the site access during the trading hours as set out within condition 02 of this planning permission.

Notwithstanding the plans hereby approved the loading bay on Portswood Road, as shown on the submitted site plan, is not approved.

REASON: To protect the amenities and privacy of occupiers of the adjoining properties, to protect the highway surface and in the interests of highways safety.

Additional Conditions

Sustainable measures (Pre-Commencement)

No development shall take place until the applicant has provided to the Local Planning Authority for approval in writing a report assessing the feasibility of incorporating the following sustainable design measures into the development:

Energy minimisation and renewable energy or low carbon technologies

Water efficiency measures

Waste management and recycling

Sustainable construction materials

The report shall include an action plan detailing how these measures will be integrated into the development.  The approved scheme shall then be provided in accordance with these details prior to the first occupation of the development hereby granted consent. 

REASON: To ensure the development minimises overall demand for resources and is compliant with the Core Strategy Development Plan Document (January 2010) policy CS20 and the City of Southampton Local Plan (March 2006) policies SDP13 and SDP6.

Access surfacing (Pre-Commencement)

Prior to the commencement of development details of the surfacing treatment to the access route, as shown on the submitted site plan, shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and agreed in writing. The agreed surfacing treatment shall be installed as agreed prior to the first use of the building for its approved use and thereafter retained.

REASON: To improve the appearance of the site and enhance the character of the development in the interests of visual amenity, to ensure that the development makes a positive contribution to the local environment.

Gated access (Pre-commencement)

Prior to the commencement of development details of secure gated access to the external access route within the site shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and agreed in writing. The security gates shall be installed as agreed prior to the first use of the building for its approved use and thereafter retained. Unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority the gates shall be closed between the hours of 22:00 and 07:00 and designed not to restrict access for users of the side door serving 1 The Broadway.

REASON: In the interests of safety and security.