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Agenda item
Victoria Inn, 290 Battle Road
Minutes:
Proposal:
Alterations to front elevation to install new shopfront and installation of ramp
Application No:
HS/FA/14/00338
Existing Use:
Former Public House
Hastings Local Plan 2004
DG1, DG2, DG14
Conservation Area:
No
National Planning Policy Framework
Section 7
Hastings Planning Strategy
FA1, SC1
Development Management Plan
Proposed Submission Version:
DM1, DM3, DM4
Public Consultation:
3 letters of objection received
The Development Manager reported on an application for the installation of a new shopfront and ramps to the front of the building at The Victoria Inn, 290 Battle Road, St. Leonards on Sea.
The property is a large detached building located on the corner of Battle Road and Upper Glen Road. The building is the former Victoria Inn public house and restaurant, which is to be used as a convenience store. This change of use does not require planning permission, as the change is permitted by the General Permitted Development Order.
The original submission included the installation of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) replacing the north window in the front elevation to the managers office. The ATM was close to the junction of Battle Road and Upper Glen Road and, following neighbour consultation, objections were received. The ATM has subsequently been deleted from the application.
The front entrance door and two windows to the west elevation are to be removed and a shopfront with sliding automatic doors fitted. The shopfront will be 2.4 metres in height and 4 metres in width and it is constructed of powder coated aluminium and laminated safety glass.
There will be two ramps to the front of the building. One ramp providing level access to the shop entrance doors and the other ramp provides delivery access to the door of the delivery holding area. The ramps are to have brick retaining walls with metal railings.
The proposed shopfront and ramps are not considered to have an adverse impact on the building, nearby residents or the neighbourhood in general. The Development Manager therefore recommended that planning permission be granted subject to conditions.
Having taken into account all the relevant matters, the Development Manager recommended the application be approved subject to conditions.
The Human Rights considerations had been taken into account fully in balancing the planning issues.
Councillor Roberts proposed a motion to approve the application as set out in the resolution below. This was seconded by Councillor Rogers.
RESOLVED– (unanimously) that planning permission be GRANTED subject to the following conditions:-
1.
The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission;
2.
No development shall commence until elevation, plan and section drawings, at a scale of 1:50 or 1:20, of the proposed shopfront have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
Development shall be carried out in accordance with the details approved and no occupation of any building approved shall occur until those works have been completed;
3.
The brick work to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the ramps hereby permitted shall match those used in the existing building; and
4.
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:
13.13198/03, CFA/FULL/01-Rev 01, 3198/01.
Reasons:
1.
This condition is imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
2.
In the interests of the visual amenity of the area;
3.
To ensure that the finished ramps match the appearance of the existing building; and
4.
For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
Notes to the Applicant
1.
Failure to comply with any condition imposed on this permission may result in enforcement action without further warning; and
2.
Statement of positive engagement: In dealing with this application Hastings Borough Council has actively sought to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner, in accordance with paragraphs 186 and 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
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