Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

16.

Apologies

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Julian Grubb.  Councillor Mike Rouse attended as substitute for Councillor Grubb.

17.

Declarations of Interest

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and / or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

18.

Confirmation of Minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 28th July 2021 pdf icon PDF 310 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED that

 

The Minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 28th July 2021 be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

19.

Update Reports

To note Update Reports (if any) for the Planning Applications to be considered at the meeting (circulated prior to the commencement of the meeting)

 

Minutes:

There was no update report.

20.

Application 21/00444/FUL - The Alexandra Hospital Woodrow Drive Redditch B98 7UB - Mr Lewin pdf icon PDF 102 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chair annoounced that this item had been withdrawn from the agenda and would come back for consideration at a future meeting.

21.

Application 21/00922/FUL - 5 Unicorn Parade Unicorn Hill Redditch B97 4QR - Mr Khalil Rehman pdf icon PDF 50 KB

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Minutes:

Change of use from shop (Class E) to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis)

 

Officers presented the report and noted the location of the site just inside the area defined as the Retail Core under Policy 32.  The restrictions on having a frontage of more than two non-retail units therefore applied, but that threshold had not been met in this case, and Members could disregard that part of the policy.

 

There had been 8 objections received from the public and Members were referred to the summary of comments on page 19 of the report.

 

There had been no objections from statutory consultees and no issues had been raised around noises, odour, highways issues or residential amenity.

 

Officers were of the view that the application would enhance the town centre by bringing a vacant unit back into use, and that the proposal would contribute to the night time economy. The application was recommended for approval.

 

At the invitation of the Chair Mr Adeel Akhtar addressed the committee under the Council’s public speaking rules.

 

In debating the application Members acknowledged that there were a number of existing hot food establishments in the area, but that the proposal did not breach the policy on consecutive frontages and there were no material reasons to reject the application.

 

RESOLVED that

 

Having regard to the development plan and to all other material considerations planning permission be GRANTED subject to the conditions and informatives set out on pages 21 to 23 of the agenda.

 

22.

Application 21/01079/FUL - 22 Unicorn Hill Redditch B97 4QU - Mr A H Khan pdf icon PDF 83 KB

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Minutes:

Change of use of ground floor from offices (formerly Hemmings estate agents) to drinking establishment

 

Officers presented the application for conversion of the ground floor of former estate agents offices into a bar. With regard to relevant policies, it was noted that the site was not located in either the retail core or the conservation area.

 

No objections had been received from the public or from statutory consultees.  Officers considered that the application would enhance vitality of this part of Redditch by bringing a vacant unit back into use and would contribute to the night time economy.

 

The application was recommended for approval.

 

RESOLVED that

 

Having regard to the development plan and to all other material considerations planning permission be GRANTED subject to the conditions set out on pages 28 to 29 of the agenda.