Agenda item

9a.1

A report clarification, one additional condition, amendments to conditions 5, 14, 15 and 16 and an additional representation along with the officer response were included in the Supplementary Report which was circulated and summarised at the meeting.

9a.2

The Officer presented the report which gave details of the application and highlighted the history of the site and the key issues in addition to presenting photographs of the site which were provided to committee members in advance of the meeting.

9a.3

Viv Thom, Anthony Wood and Simon Ogden attended the meeting and spoke against the application

9a.4

The Committee considered the report and recommendation having regard to the development plan, the National Planning Policy Framework and other relevant considerations as summarised in the report and supplementary report, now submitted and also having regard to representations made at the meeting.

9a.5

RESOLVED:- That an application for approval of planning permission be GRANTED, conditionally, for the reasons set out in the report and supplementary report, now submitted, for the regeneration of Castle Site, including: new public realm open space including the partial de-culverting of the River Sheaf and refurbishment/adaptation of the retained structure above the upper chamber. Outline application for the construction of buildings on prepared development plots (for use within Use Classes: E (Commercial, business and service), F.1 (Learning and non-residential institutions), F.2 (Local community), C1 (Hotels), C2 (Residential institutions) and/ or C3 (Dwellinghouses) and/ or for use as a drinking establishment, and/ or as a hot food takeaway (sui generis)) together with an area of public realm readied for the River Sheaf to be de-culverted at a later date at Former Site Of Castle Market, Exchange Street, Sheffield, S2 5TR (Application no. 23/00493/OUT).