Agenda item

A03 F/TH/23/1615 - Unit 29 North of Spitfire Way and East of Columbus Avenue, Ramsgate

Minutes:

PROPOSAL: Change of use from General Industrial (Use Class B2) to Café (Use Class E(b)) together with installation of first floor mezzanine to provide seating area and WC, and replacement of roller shutter door with windows and doors to front elevation, alteration of position of existing fenestration to front elevation and installation of 1 no. rear door.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Bayford and seconded by Councillor Moore:

 

THAT the officer’s recommendation be adopted, namely that the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

 

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 development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted plans numbered 001B and 003C received on 15th February 2024 and the Planning Statement received on 15th February 2024.

 

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

 

3.  The premises shall be used as a cafe and for no other purpose including any other purpose in Class E of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification.

 

GROUND:

To secure a cafe unit to serve the occupiers of the business park, as an acceptable departure to Policies SP05, E01 and E05 on sustainability grounds.

 

4.  The use of the premises hereby approved shall not be used other than between the hours of 0700 and 1700 Monday to Friday in any week, between the hours of 0700 and 13:30 on Saturdays and at no time on Sundays or Bank Holidays.

 

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area, and reduce any impact on the vitality and viability of existing centres, in accordance with Policy E05 of the Thanet Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

5.  In the event of the premises being used for the cooking or preparation of hot food that would require the installation of an extract ventilation system, details of the location, size, type and design of the system shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Prior to the commencement of such a use, the extract ventilation system shall be installed in accordance with the approved details.

 

GROUND:

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

 

6.  The external materials and external finishes to be used in the proposed windows and doors hereby approved shall be of the same colour and finish as those on the existing property.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of visual amenity in accordance with Policy QD02 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

7.  Prior to the commencement of the change of use hereby approved, drawings showing the location of the secure cycle parking facilities shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

GROUND:

To promote cycling as an alternative form of transport, in accordance with Policy TP03 and SP43 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

8.  Prior to the commencement of the change of use hereby permitted, refuse storage details shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The refuse storage shall be provided in accordance with the approved details and thereafter maintained.

 

GROUND:

To safeguard the residential amenities currently enjoyed by the occupiers of nearby residential properties in accordance with Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

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

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