Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Change of use from existing care home (Use Class C2) to 21No  bedroom HMO together with erection of bin store, and alterations to  landscaping and parking.

Mr Laurence Coley spoke against the application. 

It was proposed by the Chair and seconded by the Vice-Chair: 

THAT the officer’s recommendation be adopted, namely that the application  be deferred to officers for approval subject to the submission of a signed legal  agreement securing the outlined contributions and initiating the Traffic  Regulation Order process within 6 months and for the following reasons: 

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  05175_MH03 Rev D received 26/09/24, 05175_MH05 Rev A,,  05175_MH06 Rev A, received 29/07/2024 and, 05175_MH04 Rev B  received 27/03/2024, together with the cycle store image received  16/04/2024. 

GROUND: 

To secure the proper development of the area. 

3. Prior to the first occupation of the building hereby permitted, all refuse  storage and laundry room facilities shall be provided in accordance  with the submitted 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. 

4. Prior to the first occupation of the building hereby permitted, details of  the construction of the ceilings, floors and walls of the bedrooms shall  be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The  information supplied must demonstrate that a sound reduction (Rw)  shall meet the specification in Section 6 'rooms for residential purposes'  Approved Document E. 

GROUND: 

To ensure that the occupiers and users of the proposed development do not  suffer a loss of amenity by reason of noise nuisance and other excess noise. 

5. The development hereby permitted shall be constructed in order to  meet the required technical standard for water efficiency of  110 litres/person/day, thereby Part G2 Part 36 (2b) of Schedule 1  Regulation 36 to the Building Regulations 2010, as amended, applies. 

GROUND: 

Thanet is within a water stress area as identified by the Environment Agency,  and therefore new developments will be expected to meet the water efficiency  optional requirement of 110 litre /person/day, in accordance with Policy QD04  of the Thanet Local Plan. 

6. Prior to the occupation of the building for the use hereby approved, full details of the soft landscape works, to include species, size and precise location of new trees, shrubs, hedges and grassed areas to be planted as shown on the approved block plan shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. All soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of the building, or in accordance with a programme of works to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Following completion of the landscape works, photographic evidence of implementation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in order to verify the works have been completed in accordance with the approved plans, and to enable the full discharge of this condition. Any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased, shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species as those originally planted, unless written approval to any variation is provided by the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to adequately integrate the development into the environment in accordance with Policies QD02 and GI04 of the Thanet Local Plan

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

Councillor Moore proposed and Councillor Bayford seconded that the application be deferred to officers to bring back a report to the Planning Committee  outlining potential reasons for refusal of the application for decision.

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