Planning Services COMMITTEE REPORT APPLICATION DETAILS APPLICATION NO: 2/10/00074/COU Variation of condition 4 of planning approval 08/00488/FUL (erection of new stands, scoreboards, replay screen, function suite, and associated works including erection of 149 bed hotel (outline) to include changes to visual appearance of south west stand and FULL APPLICATION DESCRIPTION : to allow erection of electricity substation adjacent gate no. 1 and amendment to section 106 agreement removing the requirement to undertake a survey of existing linkages between the application site and Chester-le-Street Town Centre and the implementation of a scheme of measures to improve these linkages) (amended 31/3/11) (part retrospective) NAME OF APPLICANT : Mr Richard Dowson Durham County Cricket Club, Riverside, Chester -le- ADDRESS : Street, Durham, DH3 3QR ELECTORAL DIVISION : Chester North and East Steven Pilkington, Planning Officer CASE OFFICER : 0191 3872145
[email protected] DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE AND PROPOSALS 1. The application site is located to the south east of Chester-le-Street Town Centre adjacent the banks of the River Wear. The site consists of an existing leisure facility compromising a cricket ground, gym, conferencing facilities and training fields. The application site is located outside the defined settlement limits of Chester-le-Street and is adjacent the boundary of the North Durham Green Belt, which is defined by the River Weir. The site is however located within an Area of High Landscape Value. 2. This planning application seeks to vary a partly implemented planning permission for the erection of new stands, scoreboards, replay screen, function suite, and associated works including erection of 149 bed hotel (outline) to allow changes to the visual appearance of south west stand and to allow erection of electricity substation adjacent gate no.