Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Planning Officer recommending that the above application for the erection of a 3-storey block of residential apartments, associated works and landscaping following the demolition of the existing vacant public housebe granted subject to the conditions and for the reasons stated or referred to in the report.

Members made reference to a number of the 1^st and 2^nd floor windows in the development which were overlooked by the stairwell to the nearby Old Roan Station and considered that this issue needed to be addressed. Members also referred to the entrance and Parking area to the development off Copy Lane which was intended to be for servicing only and suggested that measures be included to ensure this was the case to ensure traffic safety.

RESOLVED:

That, the recommendation be approved and the application be granted subject to the conditions and for the reasons stated or referred to in the report and in Late Representations and the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement and subject to conditions for:-.

(a)         a glazing scheme (e.g. mirrored glass) being included to achieve privacy for selected flats from people using the stairwell to Old Roan Station (the Chief Planning Officer being given delegated authority to agree the details); and

(b)         measures being included to ensure that the parking area off Copy Lane is restricted to servicing only.