Agenda item

To consider the planning application and recommendations of the Chief Executive, (copy enclosed, Members’ Update to be circulated).

It was noted from the Members’ Update that a consultation response had been received from Economic Development.

Following the Officers’ presentation the Agent, Mr Matthews addressed the Committee.

Councillor A S Fluker, a Ward Member, declared that he was a customer of the White Horse Hotel and knew the Agent.  He commented that this was a good proposal and invested in business with no objections from neighbours.  He proposed that the application be approved, in accordance with Officers’ recommendation.

Councillor B S Beale, the other Ward Member, asked if a condition to require people using the units to use the car park provided could be added.  In response the Group Manager - Planning Services advised that there was no way of ensuring that persons had to use the car park and therefore such a condition was not enforceable.

The Chairman put the proposal of approval which upon a vote being taken was duly agreed.

RESOLVED that this application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

1          The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

2          The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in complete accordance with the approved drawings specifically referenced on this decision notice as well as the submitted detailed specifications.

3          No development shall commence until full details of the new brickwork, including brick type, the bond, mix and colour of the mortar has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details as approved.

4          No development shall commence until details of the materials to be used for the hard surfacing of the site have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The hard landscape works shall be carried out as approved prior to the beneficial occupation of the development hereby approved unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

5          The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until such time as the vehicle parking area indicated on the approved plans, including any parking spaces for the mobility impaired, has been hard surfaced, sealed and marked out in parking bays.  The vehicle parking area(s) shall be retained in this form at all times. The vehicle parking area(s) shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking of vehicles that are related to the use of the approved development unless otherwise agreed with the Local Planning Authority.

6.         A) No demolition/development or groundworks shall commence until a Written Scheme of Investigation, in response to an archaeological brief, has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing. The scheme shall include an assessment of significance and research questions; and:

1.         The programme and methodology of site investigation and recording

2.         The programme for post investigation assessment

3.         Provision to be made for analysis of the site investigation and recording

4.         Provision to be made for publication and dissemination of the analysis and records of the site investigation

5.         Provision to be made for archive deposition of the analysis and records of the site investigation

B)        No demolition/development shall take place other than in accordance with the Written Scheme of Investigation approved under condition (A).

C)        The development shall not be occupied until the site investigation and post investigation assessment has been completed in accordance with the programme set out in the Written Scheme of Investigation approved under condition (A) and the provision made for analysis, publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition has been secured.

7          The manager’s accommodation unit shall not be occupied other than by a person solely or mainly employed, or last employed in the business The White Horse Hotel a widow or widower of such a person, or any resident dependants.

8          The accommodation block hereby permitted shall be used for those purposes ancillary to the use of ‘The White Horse Hotel’ and not as a separate or independent unit of residential accommodation.

9          The owners/operators of the White Horse Hotel shall maintain an up to date register of the names of all occupiers of individual holiday/motel accommodation units on the site together with their dates of arrival and departure, and main home addresses.  The register shall be made available at all times for inspection and copying by the Local Planning Authority for recording keeping purposes

10        No individual unit of holiday/motel accommodation shall be occupied by the same person or persons for a period exceeding 28 days duration.