Agenda item

Planning Reference – 170710

All documents associated with this application can be found at the following link:-

https://publicaccess.aberdeencity.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=ORJ7SEBZLKH00

Planning Officer:  Jamie Leadbeater

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Chief Officer, Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-

That the application for a change of use from residential (class 9) to public house (Sui Generis) and installation of ventilation duct to rear, at 15 High Street Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following condition.

1)    That, for the avoidance of doubt, the garden space within the rear curtilage of the application property shall not be used by customers of the public house at any time.

Reason: In the interests of local residents’ general amenity.

ADVISORY NOTES FOR APPLICANT

1)    Express Advertisement Consent is likely to be required should the applicant wish to affix any signage to the application property. It is therefore recommended that the applicant contacts the Planning Service to establish if an application would be needed.

2)    Listed Building Consent (LBC) may be required for any external or internal changes to the building to facilitate public house use – including advertisements. It is therefore recommended that the applicant contacts the Planning Service to establish if an application would be needed.

3)    The applicant is responsible for arranging business waste collection from the premises. Aberdeen City Council is not the only waste collection operators in the city. ACC Waste services can be contacted by phone on: 03000 200 292.

4)    It is recommended that the applicant/developer liaises with Police Scotland’s Architectural Liaison Officer to discuss possible measures associated to ‘designing-out crime’ and securing a ‘Secured By Design’ award.

5)    The applicant/operator is required to obtain an appropriate operating licence from the Council’s Licensing Department to legally bring the public house proposals into use. ACC Licensing can be contacted by phone on: 01224 522449 or by email at: licensing@aberdeencity.gov.uk.

The Committee heard from Jamie Leadbeater, who spoke in furtherance of the application and answered various questions from members, whereby the following information was noted.

·         The neighbouring chapel offered 24 hour worship and had two residents;

·         The noise assessment was primarily inside and looked at the transmission of noise to the adjoining properties;

·         In regards to parking at the proposed development, the area was a Controlled Parking Zone; and

·         The proposed development was easily accessible and well served by buses.

Councillor McLellan spoke as a local member in regards to the application and highlighted various concerns.  Councillor McLellan drew Members attention to the significant amount of objection letters received and also asked if the proposed development was suitable for the area with a Catholic Church as the neighbouring property.  Councillor McLellan requested that members consider refusing the application due to the proposed development not complying with policies T5 – Noise and CF1 – Existing Community Sites and Facilities.

The Committee resolved:-

to refuse the application unanimously due to the adverse effect and impact the proposed development would have on the residential amenity of the area and also the Chaplaincy which is a neighbouring property; and as the proposal did not comply with policies CF1 – Existing Community Sites & Facilities and T5 – Noise, of the Local Development Plan.