Agenda and minutes

Councillor Khan welcomed everyone to the meeting. Members of the Committee and officers introduced themselves and the Chair outlined the procedures for the meeting.

Apologies were received from Councillor Convery.

There were no declarations of substitute members.

If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest* in an item of business:

§  if it is not yet on the council’s register, you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent;

§  you may choose to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest that is already in the register in the interests of openness and transparency. 

In both the above cases, you must leave the room without participating in discussion of the item.

If you have a personal interest in an item of business and you intend to speak or vote on the item you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent but you may participate in the discussion and vote on the item.

*(a)     Employment, etc - Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.

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(c) Contracts - Any current contract for goods, services or works, between you or your partner (or a body in which one of you has a beneficial interest) and the council.

(d) Land - Any beneficial interest in land which is within the council’s area.

(e) Licences- Any licence to occupy land in the council’s area for a month or longer.

(f) Corporate tenancies - Any tenancy between the council and a body in which you or your partner have a beneficial interest.

 (g) Securities - Any beneficial interest in securities of a body which has a place of business or land in the council’s area, if the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body or of any one class of its issued share capital. 

This applies to all members present at the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.  

The order of business would be as the agenda.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 December 2016 be confirmed as an accurate record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

Change of use of part ground floor and part basement from flexible use (B1a/A1/A2/A3/D1/D2) to part B1a office use and part flexible A1/A3 use and change of use of part ground floor and part basement from flexible A1/A3 use to B1a office use.

(Planning application number: P2016/4469/FUL)

The planning officer reported that a further 6 objections had been submitted but the issues raised had been addressed in the report.

In the discussion the following points were made:

·         There would be an increase in B1 floorspace and a net reduction of A1/A3 floorspace across the site. 

·         The previously approved hours for the restaurant were for operation to 11.30pm.

·         Site works were ongoing but could relate to a number of previous permissions granted.  Enforcement action would be taken if this was necessary, if the application was refused.

·         Objections relating to the hours would be considered at the Licensing Sub-Committee which could also had the power of review where appropriate.

Councillor Khan proposed approval of the application. This was seconded by Councillor Ward and carried.

RESOLVED:

That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in Appendix 1 of the officer report.

Stopping up Order under Section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 of part of Old Street, Bath Street and two areas within the estate to enable the redevelopment of the Redbrick estate (P2015/0709/FUL)

(Planning application number: P2016/5023/FUL)

In the discussion the following points were made:

·         It was noted that, should the order be agreed, it would be subject to consultation and where objections were received the Mayor would consider whether or not an inquiry was necessary.

Councillor Poyser proposed a motion to approve the order.  This was seconded by Councillor Klute and carried.

RESOLVED:

That the starting of the stopping up process be approved subject to the applicant entering into an indemnity agreement to pay all the council’s costs in respect of the stopping up.