Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors O’Brien, Roche and Danny Burns (Substitute Member).

Members are requested at a meeting where a disclosable pecuniary interest or personal interest arises, which is not already included in their Register of Members' Interests, todeclare any interests that relate to an item on the agenda.

Where a Member discloses a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, he/she must withdraw from the meeting by switching their camera and microphone off during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest, except where he/she is permitted to remain as a result of a grant of a dispensation.

Where a Member discloses a personal interest he/she must seek advice from the Monitoring Officer or staff member representing the Monitoring Officer by 12 Noon the day before the meeting to determine whether the Member should withdraw from the meeting room, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest or whether the Member can remain in the meeting or remain in the meeting and vote on the relevant decision.

In accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Council’s Code of Conduct, the following declarations of personal interest were made and the Members concerned left the room during the consideration of the item:

Minutes of the meeting held on 11 December 2024.

RESOLVED:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 December 2024 be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of Chief Planning Officer.

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Planning Officer recommending that the above application for the redevelopment and change of Use Class E to Use Class E, F1, F2 (b) and Sui Generis (public houses, wine bars, or drinking establishments, drinking establishments with expanded food provision hot food takeaways off the premises) with external alterations including partial demolition and landscapingbe granted subject to the conditions and for the reasons stated or referred to in the report.

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 amendment of condition 26 to indicate that the Operations Management Plan shall be implemented in full compliance with the approved details and shall thereafter continue to be fully implemented for the lifetime of the development.

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Planning Officer on the results of the undermentioned appeals and progress on appeals lodged with the Planning Inspectorate.

RESOLVED:  

That the report be noted.

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Planning Officer which advised that the undermentioned sites had been inspected by the Visiting Panel on 13 January 2025.

RESOLVED:

That the report on the sites inspected by the Visiting Panel be noted.