Issue - meetings

Application to remove the one year restriction on capacity and extended opening hours of the Class A3 restaurant at No. 21-22 and to enable the restaurant to continue to operate with the existing capacity (40 at any one time) and within the existing operating hours of 07:00 to 23:00 on Thursdays to Saturdays and 07:00 to 22:00 on Sundays to Wednesdays [being an application to remove condition 14 of planning permission dated 31 January 2017 (RN 16/10936/FULL) which was a variation of planning permission dated 17 September 2014 (RN: 14/06746/FULL) for 'Use of the first floor of 18-22 Weighhouse Street as residential accommodation (Class C3) comprising 1x1-bed and 1x2 bedroom flats; amalgamation of existing Class A1 retail units to be located at basement and ground floor of Nos. 18, 19 & 20, as a single retail unit; relocation of existing Class A3 cafe/restaurant to be located to Nos. 21 & 22 (at ground and basement levels); alterations to the shopfronts and to the fenestration of the property at ground and first floor levels'].

Late representations were received from Grosvenor (11/04/18), Westminster City Council’s Environmental Health Consultation Team (12/04/18), one local resident (05/04/18) and Mr Xavier Rouset of Comptoir Café and Wine (17/04/18).

Councillor Glanz stepped down from the Sub-Committee and left the room during the consideration of the application.

A vote was taken on the officer’s recommendation to grant the application:

For: Councillors Harvey, Bott and Bush.

Against: None.

RESOLVED:

That conditional permission be granted subject to an additional condition requiring specific doors and windows to be closed after 21:30 hours to reduce noise breakout from within the café.