Agenda item - BH2016/00945 - 38 Upper St James Street, Brighton - Full Planning

Change of use from retail (A1) to café/restaurant (A3) (Retrospective).

RECOMMENDATION – GRANT

Ward Affected - Queen’s Park

Change of use from retail (A1) to café/restaurant (A3) (Retrospective).

Questions for Officers

1)               In response to Councillor Morris the Planning Officer, Jonathan Puplett, confirmed that the Temporary Event Notice licences were one off events to serve alcohol beyond their licensing hours.

2)               The Planning Officer confirmed to the Chair that Condition 2 could be as the works were retrospective if the Committee agreed the decision.

Debate and Decision Making Process

3)               The Chair proposed that Condition 2 was removed from the application.

4)               A vote was taken by the 8 Members present and the Officer recommendation that the Committee be minded to grant planning permission was carried on a vote of 6 in support with 1 against and 1 abstention.

56.11    RESOLVED – That the Committee resolves to GRANT planning permission subject to the conditions and informative set out in section 1 of the report.

Note: Councillors Bennett, Hyde, Miller and Russell-Moyle were not present for the consideration and vote on the application.