Agenda item
93 New Road, London, E1 1HH (PA/13/02318)
- Meeting of Development Committee, Wednesday, 9th April, 2014 7.00 p.m. (Item 5.3)
- View the background to item 5.3
Proposal: Proposed change of use from a retail shop A1 into a restaurant A3.Installation of extract flue at rear.
Recommendation: To GRANT planning permission subject to conditions.
Minutes:
Councillor Haran Miah left the meeting before the consideration of this item.
Update Report tabled.
Paul Buckenham (Development Manager Development and Renewal) introduced the item at 93 New Road, London for the proposed change of use from a retail shop A1 into a restaurant A3.
Adrian Walker (Planning Officer, Development and Renewal) presented the report. Mr Walker reminded the Committee that Members previously considered the application at its March 2014 meeting with an Officer recommendation to grant planning permission. At that meeting, Members were minded to refuse the application due to concerns over the over concentration of restaurant uses in the area having regard to residential amenity.
The Committee were also reminded of their recent decision on a similar application at 85 New Road where Members decided to approve that scheme. It was considered that there was a lack of evidence of an over concentration of such uses in the area in view of the lack of policy tests for determining this.
It was reported that consistency in decision making was a material planning consideration.
There had been no major policy changes since the earlier decision.
Officers considered that the inference from the Committee was that this additional restaurant would be ‘one too many’ in area at which the levels of overconcentration would become unacceptable.
It should also be noted that this decision would be a material consideration in considering future restaurant proposals along New Road.
The Officers recommendation remained to grant planning permission. However, should Members be minded to refuse the scheme, Members were directed to considered the draft reasons for refusal set out in the Committee report, drafted in light of the March 2014 meeting.
On a vote of 1 in favour of the Officer recommendation to approve planning permission and 4 against, it was resolved that the recommendation not be accepted.
On a vote of 4 in favour of refusal and 1 against the Committee RESOLVED:
That planning permission at 93 New Road, London, E1 1HH (PA/13/02318) be REFUSED for the proposed change of use from a retail shop A1 into a restaurant A3 and Installation of extract flue at rear for the following reason:
The proposed restaurant would add to the proliferation this use along New Road. This will result in an over-concentration of this type of use and detract from the objectives of Core Strategy policy SP01, which seeks to promote a vibrant mix of uses in the designated Tower Hamlets Activity Area. The over-concentration of restaurant uses in the area will lead to adverse impacts on residential occupiers of the area in terms of increased noise & disturbance from patrons coming and going and Anti-Social Behaviour arising from the activities based on the evidence of local residents. The proposal is therefore contrary to the objectives of policies SP01(2c) of the adopted Core Strategy (2010) and policy DM1(4) of the adopted Managing Development (2013).
Councillor Gulam Robbani did not vote on this item having not been present at the previous meeting when the item was discussed.
Supporting documents:
- 93 New Road - Committee Report Deferral RM Comments, item 5.3 PDF 179 KB
- 93 New Road - Committee Report Final with chnages, 12/03/2014 Development Committee, item 5.3 PDF 302 KB