Agenda item

PROPOSAL: External alterations including new shopfront fronting Staffordshire Street Car Park, an increase in height of parapet at first floor and roof level and replacement of existing fenestration as well as an air source heat pump and plant associated with the lift to the roof, with internal works including an increase in floorspace from creation of mezzanine.

It was proposed by Councillor Albon and seconded by Councillor Rusiecki:

THAT the officer’s recommendation be adopted, namely:

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

GROUND:

In accordance with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Purchase Act 2004).

2)  The proposed development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted application as amended by the revised drawings numbered 221 Rev C, 231 Rev C, 232 Rev C, 233 Rev C and 234 Rev C.

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

3)  Prior to the installation of any external windows and doors, joinery details at a scale of 1:5 of the windows and doors shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such details as are approved shall be carried out concurrently with the development and fully implemented prior to the first occupation of any part of the approved development.

GROUND:

To secure a satisfactory external treatment and to safeguard the special character and appearance of the designated heritage asset in accordance with Policies SP36 and HE02 and advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

4)  Prior to the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby approved samples of the materials to be used shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved samples unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

To secure a satisfactory external treatment and to safeguard the special character and appearance of the designated heritage asset in accordance with Policies SP36 and HE02 and advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

5)  Prior to the erection or installation of any extraction system at the site details of such shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No extraction system other than that agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority shall be erected or installed at the site. No fans, louvres, ducts or other similar apparatus shall be installed externally without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

In the interest of residential amenity and in pursuance of Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

6)  The noise rating level (LA,T) associated with the Air Source Heat Pump shall not exceed the background noise level (LA90,T) at the nearest residential facade. All measurements shall be defined and derived in accordance with BS4142: 2014 + A1:2019. An acoustic assessment of compliance with the above shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority no later than two months after commencement of the operation of the development hereby permitted. Any provisions indicated in the assessment which need to be made to control noise emanating from the site pursuant to condition (x) shall be submitted in writing for the written approval of the Local Planning Authority within 1 month of the assessment and all works which form part of the approved scheme shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with a timetable to be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

In the interest of residential amenity and in pursuance of Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

7)  Noise from the running/operation of the ASHP plant, as measured within neighbouring or adjoining residential premises, not in the occupation of the proprietors of the cafe, shall not exceed a sound level in excess of that described by the undermentioned noise rating curve numbers in the frequency range 31.5Hz to 8KHz: noise rating curve 20. As defined by BS8233: 2014 Guidance on Sound Insulation and Noise Reduction for Buildings and the Chartered Institute of Building Engineers (CIBSE) Environmental Design Guide 2006.

GROUND:

In the interest of residential amenity and in pursuance of Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

Upon being put to the vote, the motion was declared CARRIED.