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29th October 2012 PLANNING COMMITTEE - 7TH NOVEMBER 2012 A meeting of the Planning Committee will be held at 5.30 pm on Wednesday 7th November 2012 in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Rugby. Site Visit A site visit will be held at the following time and location. 3.30pm 17 Lawford Road, Rugby. Andrew Gabbitas Executive Director Note: Members are reminded that, when declaring interests, they should declare the existence and nature of their interests at the commencement of the meeting (or as soon as the interest becomes apparent). If that interest is a pecuniary interest, the Member must withdraw from the room unless one of the exceptions applies. Membership of Warwickshire County Council or any Parish Council is classed as a non-pecuniary interest under the Code of Conduct. A Member does not need to declare this interest unless the Member chooses to speak on a matter relating to their membership. If the Member does not wish to speak on the matter, the Member may still vote on the matter without making a declaration. A G E N D A PART 1 – PUBLIC BUSINESS 1. Minutes. To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 17th October 2012. 2. Apologies. To receive apologies for absence from the meeting. 3. Declarations of Interest. To receive declarations of – (a) non-pecuniary interests as defined by the Council’s Code of Conduct for Councillors; (b) pecuniary interests as defined by the Council’s Code of Conduct for Councillors; and (c) notice under Section 106 Local Government Finance Act 1992 – non- payment of Community Charge or Council Tax. 4. Applications for Consideration. 5. Planning Appeals Update. 6. Advance Notice of Site Visits for Planning Applications – no advance notice of site visits has been received. 7. Delegated Decisions – 5th October – 25th October 2012. PART 2 – EXEMPT INFORMATION There is no business involving exempt information to be transacted. Any additional papers for this meeting can be accessed via the website. The Reports of Officers (Ref. PLN 2012/13 – 10) are attached. Membership of the Committee:- Councillors Butlin (Chairman), Allen, Mrs Avis, G Francis, M Francis, Mrs New, Pacey-Day, Ms Robbins, Sandison, Srivastava, Helen Walton and Wright. If you have any general queries with regard to this agenda please contact Claire Waleczek, Democratic and Scrutiny Services Officer (Team Leader)(01788 533524 or e-mail [email protected]). Any specific queries concerning reports should be directed to the listed contact officer. If you wish to attend the meeting and have any special requirements for access please contact the Democratic and Scrutiny Services Officer named above. AGENDA ITEM 4 R U G B Y B O R O U G H C O U N C I L PLANNING COMMITTEE – 7TH NOVEMBER 2012 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF PLANNING AND CULTURE APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION Planning applications for consideration by Committee are set out as follows: (i) applications recommended for refusal with the reason(s) for refusal (pink pages) (ii) applications recommended for approval with suggested conditions (yellow pages). RECOMMENDATION The applications be considered and determined. 1 APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION – INDEX Recommendations for Refusal Item Application Location Site and Description Page Ref Number number 1 R12/0907 17 Lawford Road, Rugby 4 Change of use from a church parish office (class D1 use) to a centre and emergency hostel for homeless and badly housed people (sui genris use). 2 R12/1733 Martingale, Main Street, Frankton 15 Proposed single storey extension to form garden room, amendment to the windows in the northeast and southwest gable ends and insertion of flue into the southeast roof slope. Recommendations for Approval Item Application Location Site and Description Page Ref Number number 3 R10/1255 Boots Farm, Straight Mile, Bourton-on- 20 Dunsmore, Rugby Change of use of existing buildings for purposes within Class B1 (Light Industry/office), B2 (General Industry) and B8 (Storage and Distribution). (retrospective). 4 R12/1810 3-5 North Street, Rugby 31 Use of existing building as Amusement Centre (removal of condition 7 of Planning Permission R91/0522/14949/P dated 22nd June 1992 to allow the premises to be open 24 hours) (Retrospective). 2 5 R12/0960 Land adjacent to the Oxford Canal, Onley 35 and land at the junction of the A45 and Onley Lane Demolition of barn and partial demolition of second barn, construction of marina comprising 550 non-residential berths, marina services and amenities buildings and boat repair facility, with associated car parking and service areas, landscaped areas and minor works to adopted and unadopted roads (straddling the administrative boundaries of Rugby Borough Council and Daventry District Council as shown on drawing No. EX/01P7). 3 Reference number: R12/0907 Site address: 17 Lawford Road, Rugby Description: Change of use from a church parish office (class D1 use) to a centre and emergency hostel for homeless and badly housed people (sui genris use) Case Officer Name & Number: Owain Williams – 01788 533789 This application had originally been brought forward to committee at the request of Councillor Mistry and McNally and also due to the significant public interest in the application. At the 26th September 2012 planning committee it was agreed the application be deferred due to new information which had been introduced by the applicants with regards to the potential omission of the proposed rear extension. Site Description The property number 17 Lawford Road is a large two storey property currently used as a Church Centre in relation to St Matthews church. The building is an attractive property built from red brick with blue brick detailing along within the elevations mainly upon the two chimney breasts. The property has bay windows to the front with a ground to first floor bay window to the side. The property sits on the corner of Lawford Road and Vicarage Road with the main frontage on the Lawford Road. The rear of the property at present is a car park which is accessed from Vicarage Road. A small dwarf wall surrounds the side of the building with landscaping situated between the building and wall. The street scene along Lawford Road is varied with a mixture of uses from residential, retail, commercial premises and a petrol station leading to a varied character. The street scene along Vicarage Road is more traditional with residential properties of a similar style and appearance. To the rear of the property along Vicarage Road is a small garage which is positioned along the rear boundary between the property and the neighbouring building Proposal Description The proposal is for the change of use of a building last used as a church centre to form a centre and emergency hostel for homeless and badly housed people. The centre will be run by the charity Hope 4 (Rugby) Ltd and will be used to provide food for those in need, to act as a centre for referred guests and also to provide emergency overnight accommodation for those in desperate need. The charity has a base within the town centre, but is only a first floor accommodation above a restaurant. The centre has now been active for two years however, the need has come to expand into larger premises as the charitable work develops. The applicants have supplied estimated numbers of people who will be attending the centre. They have indicated the new centre will be similar to those in the current Hope Centre on Church Street of up to 15 guests a day at any one time plus a support worker and two or three volunteers. The attendance figures for the Hope 4U food ministry are also likely to be similar to those who currently gather in St Andrews Church three evenings a week which will be between 20 and 30 people each evening 4 they are open. The timings and usage has been also been clarified by the charity. The main service they plan to offer will be those of a daytime referral centre open from 11am to 2pm during the week from 9am to 11am on Saturday and from 1pm to 4pm on Sunday. The food ministry will be occurring on three weekday evenings from 6pm to 7pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Other uses of the centre would be for administrative and storage purposes and for occasional REVIVE meetings. The Rugby Food Bank will continue to operate from other premises in the town and not the new Hope Centre. The applicants have now submitted an amended plan which removes the rear waiting room extension from the scheme and includes an internal waiting room within the existing building. The parking area to the rear would be utilised by trustees, staff and volunteers. There will be approximately 6 spaces available to the rear of the premises which are accessed from Vicarage Road. The addition of wall and railings around the site and also the addition of CCTV to the building to try and improve security of the site are to be retained. Relevant Planning History R76/1781/2791/PB – Use as a hotel, erection of ground floor interconnecting passage and provision of car parking accommodation – Approved 4/05/77 (Nos 21, 19 and 17 Lawford Road) R85/1035/2791/P – Erection of rear lobby entrance and provision of bathroom at ground and first floor level – Approved 29/11/85 R89/0727/2791/P – Use of existing hotel to provide 3 separate dwellings – Approved 20/09/89 (No’s 21, 19 and 17 Lawford Road) R07/1999/PLN - Change of use of building to use as a recovery home – Refused Permission 03/01/08 (4 Vicarage Road) R12/0098 - Change of use from Class D1 to Class C3 (residential) including the erection of a boundary wall and gate - Withdrawn Technical Consultation Responses Environmental Services – No objections WCC Highway Officer – No objections (after receiving amended plans) Police Architectural Liaison Officer – No objections (after receiving amended plans) Fire Service – No objections 5 Third Party Responses Original Responses Neighbours/local businesses 50 letters and petition of 113 signatures – Objection No support services to deal with problems e.g.