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.

The Chair proposed and seconded by the Vice Chair that members approve the application subject to the safeguarding conditions as set out within the report contained within Annex 1 (to the committee report) and as detailed below:

GROUND:

1 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 110litres/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 110litre /person/day, in accordance with Policy QD04 of the Thanet Local Plan.

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

Councillor Garner proposed and Councillor Albon seconded that option 2 within the report be applied, that Members refuse the application on the following grounds:

“The proposed change of use, by virtue of the increased activity from the users of the HMO, would result in a detrimental increase in noise and disturbance to the neighbouring residential properties, causing significant harm to the living amenity of the occupiers and character of the area, in the absence of any management plan to mitigate the impact or activity, contrary to policies HO19 and QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan, Policy BSP9 of the Broadstairs and St Peter's Neighbourhood Plan and paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

The proposed change of use, by virtue of the increased demand for parking on Fairfield Road and the number of residents, would result in additional parking pressure in an area where there is reduced on-street parking provision at peak times, and in the absence of parking surveys in the am peak accounting for school traffic, causing significant harm to parking amenity in the area and congestion within the network, contrary to policies HO19, QD02 and TP06 of the Thanet Local Plan, Policy BSP9 of the Broadstairs and St Peter's Neighbourhood Plan and paragraphs 115 and 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework”.

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