Agenda item

Use of building as a restaurant/ drinking establishment (sui generis), addition of a mezzanine floor, erection of a roof extension, removal of steps to provide level access to building, internal modifications, and associated works.

Additional representations were circulated in the form of draft decision letters associated with any potential planning permission and listed building consent.

A late representation was received from Environmental Health (7.9.18).

The Presenting Officer tabled the following amendments:

Condition 12

The kitchen extract ventilation shall be limited to a recirculation system (i.e. with no external expulsion of air) approved by the Local Planning Authority and all cooking and reheating of food within the premises shall operate by electricity only and not by gas or solid fuels such as coal or wood.

[No change to reason for condition]

Additional Condition 19

Only the areas annotated as 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 at basement floor level on drawing number E17-011 PRP001 shall be used as a kitchen. The windows to the kitchen area shall be permanently fixed shut. The external door to the kitchen area shall be fitted with a self-closing mechanism prior to occupation of the building as a restaurant / drinking establishment (sui generis) and shall not be left open. This self-closing mechanism shall be retained for the life of the development.

Reason:

To make sure that the use will not cause nuisance for people in the area.  This is as set out in S24 and S29 of Westminster's City Plan (November 2016) and TACE 9 and ENV 5 of our Unitary Development Plan that we adopted in January 2007.

The presenting officer tabled the following amendments to conditions:

Condition 12

The kitchen extract ventilation shall be limited to a recirculation system (i.e. with no external expulsion of air) approved by the Local Planning Authority and all cooking and reheating of food within the premises shall operate by electricity only and not by gas or solid fuels such as coal or wood.

[No change to reason for condition]

Additional Condition 19

Only the areas annotated as 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 at basement floor level on drawing number E17-011 PRP001 shall be used as a kitchen. The windows to the kitchen area shall be permanently fixed shut. The external door to the kitchen area shall be fitted with a self-closing mechanism prior to occupation of the building as a restaurant / drinking establishment (sui generis) and shall not be left open. This self-closing mechanism shall be retained for the life of the development.

Reason:

To make sure that the use will not cause nuisance for people in the area.  This is as set out in S24 and S29 of Westminster's City Plan (November 2016) and TACE 9 and ENV 5 of our Unitary Development Plan that we adopted in January 2007.

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED:

1.       That conditional permission be granted subject to the changes to conditions as tabled and set out above.

2.       That conditional listed building consent be granted.

3.       That the reasons for granting listed building consent as set out in informative 1 of the draft decision letter be agreed.