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PLANNING NOTES FOR CHIS COMMITTEE – 12 January 2010

From Minutes of 1 December 2009
Where marked *** CHIS has objected

*** 09/03021/F & 03022/LA – Bedford House, 23 Richmond Hill

Internal and external alterations in connection with change of use of property from offices to day care nursery for up to 64 children of pre-school age, with widening of existing vehicular access. Approved 18 November at Committee

09/03052/LA & 03114/F – Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road

Alterations of the external forecourt and to the front façade ground floor windows to improve access and amenity. No decision

09/03113/LA – Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road

Upgrade the visitor and storage facilities, upgrade the heating and boiler system, improve accessibility and upgrade display facilities. Approved

09/02979/F – 33 The Mall

Change of use from A1 (Retail) to A1 (Retail) and/or A2 (Financial and Professional Services). Approved

*** 09/03285/F – Greyhound Public House, Princess Victoria Street

Change of use of land previously associated with bank to outside seating/smoking area associated with public house. Approved but drinking in garden to be no later than 9 p.m.

09/03357/F – 3-4 Byron Place

Change of use of 1st to 3rd floors from offices (use class B1) to student accommodation, (SuiGeneris) with construction of a mansard roof comprising a further (4th) storey. This consists of 19 student rooms (5 on each of 3 floors and 4 on top floor) with communal room , bathroom and cloakroom on each floor. Withdrawn

09/03895/F & 03913/LC – Christian Science Church, Kensington Place

Full demolition of the former Christian Science Church and the erection of 8 apartments with associated planning and landscaping. The subject of a pre application meeting last July (q.v.) No decision

09/04139/F & 04150/LA – The Coach House & Sundown Cottage, Litfield Road

Internal and external alterations in connection with the conversion of the two properties into one single dwellinghouse. No decision

*** 09/04196/F – 27 The Mall

Change of use of ground floor unit from use class A1 (retail) to A1 (retail), A3 (restaurant and café) or A4 (drinking establishments) or a combination thereof. A3 consent granted but the A3 element of the restaurant and café shall not exceed more then 35% of the commercial space at ground floor level. Opening hours Mon-Sat 9.00 to 23.00, Sundays and Bank Holidays 10.00 to 22.00. There are to be non-opening windows. There were 15 written objections.

*** 09/04246/F & 04248/LA -The Portcullis PH

Renovation of existing rear terrace/customer beer garden. Boundary wall and minor works to renovate existing rear window. Refused

*** 09/03774/F & 03775/LA – Chesterfield Hospital, Clifton Hill

Erection of new extensions to the existing building to provide hospital accommodation, with minor demolitions to the existing building. No decision
CAP accepted the principle of redevelopment of the site to allow improved facilities. However the current proposals were not a conservation-led approach. As the buildings were at present empty this was an opportunity for a design to be produced which protected the important trees, preserved the historic buildings and their setting, protected views into and out of the site and addressed the deficiencies of the existing modern buildings.
It was proposed to demolish Stafford Lodge which appears on maps from the early 19th century. The Heritage Statement referred to demolition but provided no further information; this was not acceptable. The opportunity to re-landscape the tarmac forecourt of Clifton Court - the Grade II* listed building - had not been taken.
The Panel expected this application to be resubmitted in the light of these comments.

09/04186/F – Bristol Zoo Gardens

Construction of a single storey building to contain toilet facilities for visitors. Approved

09/04472/F – 21 Waterloo Street

Conversion of existing private squash court to form 2 two-storey mews houses. Approved
CAP had no comments apart from welcoming the reintroduction of gables.

NEW ITEMS

09/04797/Z – 29-31 St Paul’s Road

Appeal against the City Council’s service of a Listed Building Enforcement Notice for alleged works having been carried out without Listed Building Consent, including the erection of a covered walkway. Decking and fencing to rear, erection of a decking walkway with railings from the decking to the patio area.

09/04681/F – 4 St Paul’s Road

Change of use from office use to student residence accommodation, including erection of a two storey extension to the rear garden of the property, and landscaping works to the front garden to restore the original frontage. Subject of Pre Application in September last.

09/05085/Y – Pavement outside The Cottage, Pembroke Grove

Installation of broadband fibre cabinet on pavement outside the property. The first of 15 such applications to date by BT Openreach (measurements where given are height 1600mm x width 1200mm x depth 450mm)

09/05111/T – Land off Ladies Mile

Renewal of temporary planning permission 08/01174/T. Use of land for controlled overflow car parking for up to 60 days in each calendar year.

PRE APPLICATION MEETING

Arranged for 22 January (postponed from 8 January):

140A Whiteladies Road Proposed conversion and 2nd/3rd floor extension of former Woolworth’s Store to accommodate covered indoor market and 11 x 3, 4 and 5 bedroom flats and new 7 bedroom residential block in western part of site.

CAP re Land below Princes Lane (Pre App – see November Planning Report)

The Panel noted that the site was listed as it had been part of 412 Hotwell Road, a listed building. The retaining walls of the terrace were in a poor state of repair owing to lack of maintenance.
There was no information in the document showing any detail of the building or fenestration of the proposed structure.
No building had been erected between "Tuffleigh" and Windsor Terrace for at least a hundred years. This was an important part of the landscape of the Clifton Conservation Area and also part of the iconic view of Bristol from the Suspension Bridge. The Public Inquiry in 1971 on the proposed (and Refused) hotel extension established the importance of this hillside. Setting aside the practicalities of access, construction and the provision of services, the terraces and walls would be hidden away by the developments. The historic fabric and form must be retained. Previous structures on the hillside had been merely glasshouses and sheds and a dwelling would inevitably have domestic paraphernalia damaging the view. The whole slope was a wildlife network which should be conserved.
The Panel strongly objected.

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