Issue - meetings

Further to Minute No. 148 of 13 March 2024, the Committee considered the report of the Chief Planning Officer recommending that the above application for a Change of use from Class E to a drinking establishment (Sui Generis) with the provision of outdoor seating and live music be granted subject to the conditions and for the reasons stated or referred to in the report.

The Chief Planning Officer reported that, in accordance with the decision of the previous meeting, discussions had taken place with the applicant in an attempt to make the outside seating area a safer space for both customers using the outdoor space and pedestrians using the shopping parade. The applicant had submitted amended plans to show a revised layout of the seating area to be set away from the main entrance which would prevent pedestrians being forced to walk around the seating area closer to the junction and would allow them to freely move between the outside seating space and the main entrance. It was considered that this arrangement would help to improve the safety of pedestrians using the shopping parade.

Members discussed the proposed revisions to the outside seating area but continued to express concern in respect of highway safety issues in the area. Members discussed the possibility of the application operating without the outside seating area.

RESOLVED:

That consideration of the application be delegated to the Chief Planning Officer to enable the applicant to submit revised plans with the removal of the proposed outside seating area.