Issue - meetings

The Head of Planning and Regeneration Services clarified that the proposal involved the sub-division of the building the subject of the application into two separate units, rather than three as stated in the report.

She also reported the receipt of a letter in support of the application.

At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. M. Ellway addressed the Committee and spoke in support of the application, followed by Councillor L. J. Turner who spoke in his capacity as one of the Ward Councillors for the area in which the application site was located.

RESOLVED that permission be granted subject to the conditions and notes set out or referred to on pages 12 and 13 of the report, together with the following additional condition:-

6.         The building on the site shall accommodate no more than two separate units.  No further subdivision creating additional units shall take place without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To limit the use of the site in the interests of proper planning in accordance with policy DS13 of the Bromsgrove District Local Plan 2004 and the advice contained within PPS1: Delivering Sustainable Development.