Agenda item

7.1

RESOLVED: That (a) the applications now submitted for permission to develop land under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Regulations made thereunder and for consent under the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1989, be decided, granted or refused as stated in the report to this Committee for this date in respect of Case Nos. 14/03942/FUL and 14/01392/OUT, and other applications considered be amended as in the minutes of this meeting, and the requisite notices issued; the granting of any permission or consent shall not constitute approval, permission or consent by this Committee or the Council for any other purpose;

(b) having (i) considered (A) additional representations from the Sheffield Conservation Advisory Group and English Heritage, (B) the applicant’s response to English Heritage, (C) additional information provided in respect of design issues - proposed materials, privacy issues and flood risk issues and (D) the officers response to the representations received from the Sheffield Conservation Advisory group and English Heritage, all as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting and (ii) heard representations at the meeting from the owner of an adjacent Public House speaking against the development, an application for planning permission for the development of land to provide a mixed use development comprising 98 dwellings (23 x 1-bed apartments, 39 x 2-bed apartments, 27 x 3-bed townhouses and 9 x 4-bed townhouses) and office space (Use Class B1, 731 square metres) in a range of buildings (maximum of 5 storeys high), associated car parking, landscaping and associated works, including new roads and pedestrian routes at the site of Richardson Cutlery Works, Alma Street (Case No. 14/04474/FUL) be granted conditionally, (1) subject to (I) an amendment to Condition 2 with the addition of further approved plans, (II) Conditions 4 and 20 being substituted with revised conditions concerning the submission of large scale details including materials and finishes for various elements of the development and sound attenuation works, (III) additional conditions in respect of (x) the development complying with the flood risk assessment, (xx) a written scheme of investigation for reporting archaeological fieldwork carried out on the site, (xxx) the submission of full details of any proposed alterations to Alma Street (both footway and highway) and (xxxx) a management strategy for car parking spaces, service arrangements for the commercial elements of the scheme and the intended management of the access road between the new properties and the existing premises at AW Tools and the Alms Houses on Alma Street and (IV) the completion of a legal agreement with an additional term added in respect of residents of the development being made aware of noise pollution should they choose to open windows to their apartment, all as detailed in the aforementioned supplementary report and (2) with a request that highway officers investigate how parking provision can be improved in the area;

(c) having heard representations at the meeting from a local resident speaking against the development, an application for planning permission for the change of use from offices (B1) to hostel and erection of a porch at Norman House, 134 Upperthorpe (Case No. 14/04073/FUL) be granted, conditionally;

(d) having heard representations at the meeting from the applicant’s representative speaking in support of the development, an application for planning permission for the laying out and construction of a hard standing measuring 17m by 31.2m at the South Yorkshire Police Sports and Social Club, Club House, Niagara Grounds, Niagara Road (Case No. 14/04066/FUL) be refused for the reason stated in the report now submitted;

(e) having heard representations at the meeting from the applicant’s agent speaking in support of the development, an application for planning permission for the erection of a 1 x 6 storey office building and 1 x 8 storey office building (Use Class B1) with undercroft car parking and associated landscaping works at land adjacent to Ventana House, Pond Hill (Case No. 14/03593/FUL) be granted, conditionally, subject to Condition 2 being amended in respect of the addition of further approved plans, as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting;

(f) having (i) noted the change from an Outline to a Full planning application following a reassessment of its status and (ii) considered an additional written representation, as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting, an application for planning permission for alterations to two office buildings to form 12 residential units and 1 retail unit, including a rear dormer roof extension to the rear building at Meade House, 96 to 100 Middlewood Road (Case No. 14/02958/FUL) be granted, conditionally, subject to (A) conditions 1, 2 and 3 being substituted with a new condition in respect of the development being commenced within three years of the date of the decision letter, (B) additional conditions in respect of (1) the submission of a comprehensive and detailed hard and soft landscape scheme, (2) the implementation of the approved landscape works, (3) the management and maintenance time period for the soft landscaping and (4) requiring the Local Planning Authority to be notified when the landscape works are completed, all as detailed in the aforementioned supplementary report and (C) the completion of a legal agreement; and

(g) having noted a reduction in two car parking spaces to provide an increase in cycle stands to provide cycle parking for 44 bikes in the undercroft parking, as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting, an application for planning permission for an extension over an existing building to create 135 apartments (98 x 1 bed studio apartments and 37 twin bed studio apartments) including an ancillary management office, laundry, gym and cinema room at A Pinder Ltd, 24 Hodgson Street (Case No. 14/02514/FUL) be granted, conditionally, subject to (i) Condition 2 being amended in respect of the addition of further approved plans, as detailed in the aforementioned supplementary report and (ii) the completion of a legal agreement.