Decision details

The proposal before Members was for a change of use from a shop (A1) to a restaurant (A3) at 17 Clockhouse Lane, a new seating area to the existing restaurant at 19 Clockhouse Lane, new shop fronts and the amalgamations of the ground floors at 17-19 Clockhouse Lane.

Members noted that the application had been called-in by Councillor Ray Best on the grounds that there was sufficient public interest generated, confirmed by a petition and numerous letters in support of the application.

During a brief debate Members discussed the current set up and operation of the business.

The report recommended that planning permission be refused however following a motion to approve the granting of planning permission which was carried by 8 votes to 3 it was RESOLVED to delegate to the Assistant Director of Planning subject to imposition of planning conditions to grant planning permission and to include a specific requirement that within three months of the use first commencing that an extract filtration and extract system should be installed and operated in full accordance with a scheme which shall previously have been submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

The vote for the resolution was carried by 8 votes to 3.

Councillors Misir, Best, Kelly, Wallace, White, Van den Hende, Nunn and Whitney voted for the resolution to delegate the granting of planning permission.

Councillors Hawthorn, Martin and Williamson voted against the resolution to delegate the granting of planning permission.