Decision details
85 - 87 New Road, London, E1 1HH (PA/13/01607)
Decision Maker: Development Committee
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
Update Report tabled.
On a vote of 1 in support of the Officer recommendation to refuse planning permission, 4 against, and 1 abstention the Committee RESOLVED:
1. That the Officer recommendation to refuse planning permission (PA/13/01607) at 85 - 87 New Road, London, E1 1HH be NOT ACCEPTED for change of use at 85 New Road from shop (A1 use class) to restaurant (A3 use class) with rear extension to provide waiting area, toilets (including one disabled) and seating for the existing restaurant at 87 New Road.
The Committee were minded to approve the scheme due to the following reasons:
- That the shop at 85 New Road was currently vacant and the loss of the A1 retail use was considered acceptable.
- The Committee were not convinced by the evidence that there was an over-concentration of restaurant uses in the area.
- The lack of clear policy guidance in relation to over – concentration of a specific use in an area.
In accordance with the Development Procedural Rules, the application was DEFERRED to enable Officers to prepare a supplementary report to a future meeting of the Committee setting out proposed detailed reasons for approval and conditions on the application.
(The Members that voted on this item were Councillors Helal Abbas, Anwar Khan, Tim Archer, Judith Gardiner, Kosru Uddin and Gulam Robbani)
Publication date: 16/09/2013
Date of decision: 12/09/2013
Decided at meeting: 12/09/2013 - Development Committee
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