The proposal before Members was for the erection of 58 flats on top of the existing Hexagon House building.

The current scheme differed from the previous submission in that the amount of storeys proposed had been reduced from 5 to 4 and the new residential units from 71 to 58. The applicant had also revised the internal layout by removing the 3-bedroom units. The current scheme proposed 30 1-bedroom units and 28 2-bedroom units of additional accommodation.

During a brief debate Members raised issues that had been raised previously about the larger proposal and felt that the newly submitted proposal changed very little.

The report recommended that planning permission be approved however following a motion to refuse the granting of planning permission it was RESOLVED that planning permission be refused as per the reasons for the previous refusal except for refinement of the amenity based reason so it related specifically to the inadequacy of communal amenity space within the development.