Erection of a two storey extension to the existing office to provide toilets, showers and more office space together with the erection of 3 retail units (A1) and extend the existing car park.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth W Griffith
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Minutes:
Construction of two-storey extension to existing office to provide
toilets, showers and more office space together with the construction of three
retail units (A1) and extending the existing car park.
(a) The
Planning Manager elaborated on the background of the application, noting that
the application had been deferred at the Committee held on 6 November 2017 in
order to carry out a site visit. Some members had visited the site on 8
December 2017. She referred to the additional observations received from the
applicant in response to the Committee's concerns, which included:
·
The existing facilities (showers, toilets, office)
were in a poor location too far away from the main hub of activities near the
dock gates and too far from the outer Menai basin. The proposal would significantly improve the
service of the business.
·
Currently, boats were removed from the water with a
hired crane and were stored over winter on the car park. The company felt that
this was not an ideal situation and detracted from the area's visual amenities
and reduced the parking for customers. The development would ensure a better
car park and boats would only be stored and removed from the water in the
operational section of the dock near the existing boatyard workshop.
·
The main aim of the development was to improve the
marina's facilities and also to improve and reduce the impact of any marina
activities on the area's residential amenities.
It
was noted that the proposal was acceptable in principle and that the appearance
of the development was acceptable in its entirety as a single development. It
was considered that the impacts associated with the proposal were acceptable
near residential houses, in particular considering the existing use of the
land.
It
was noted that the applicant did not have any objection to imposing a condition
which prevented the car park from being used for the storage of boats. It was
considered that imposing such a condition could offer improvements to the area
as there was currently no control over the car park and the condition should
reduce the need for boat-owners to park on the side of the road by keeping the
car park for cars only.
The
development was acceptable in terms of relevant local and national policies for
the reasons noted in the report.
(b) The following main points were
made by the local member (not a member of this Planning Committee):
·
Impact on parking and transport, problems in this
area already and a crane would have difficulties to come and go;
·
That there was a need to consider the 87 houses
that would be impacted by the development;
·
That there were ancillary facilities on the site
already but that the previous owner had leased them. Accepted that new
ancillary facilities would be more convenient but that they would add to the
parking and transportation problems;
·
The application was an over-development of the site.
(c) Proposed
and seconded to approve the application.
A
member noted that he was concerned in terms of the impact on nearby houses but
having visited the site, he was of the opinion that the proposal was
acceptable.
A
member noted that the proposal would open up the site and imposing a condition
to prevent boats from being stored on the car park would improve the current
situation.
Resolved: To approve in
accordance with the following conditions:
1. Time
2. In accordance with the plans.
3. Retail Conditions.
4. NRW Conditions.
5. Shop opening hours and restrict delivery hours.
6. Bins storage details.
7. No storing of boats on the car park and retain the
car park for marina users and the new retail units.
8. Materials and finishes
9. Slates.
10. Landscaping.
11. Erect the retail units at the same time or after
erecting the extension to the existing office.
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