Agenda item

2020/1263/FUL - The New Little Coffee Shop, 8 Brook Street, Selby

Minutes:

Councillor I Chilvers left the meeting at this point.

 

Application: 2020/1263/FUL

Location:The New Little Coffee Shop, 8 Brook Street, Selby

Proposal: Continued use of ground and first floor cafe (being a variation to the opening hours)

 

The Principal Planning Officer presented the application which had been brought before Planning Committee as it had been deferred from the meeting of the Committee on 10 due to further considerations of noise and ventilation matters being necessary, particularly the outstanding response from the Environmental Health Officer. It was originally presented to Members at the request of Councillor J Chilvers, who had submitted the request in line with the respective call-in period and objected to the proposal.

 

Members noted that the application was for the continued use of ground and first floor cafe (being a variation to the opening hours).

 

The Officer Update Note included additional information about the extraction system, a revised response from the Environmental Health Officer and minor report corrections.

 

The Committee asked questions relating to the loudness of the speaker that had been proposed for use by the applicants, and how they would prevent patrons from turning it up. Officers accepted that the level of music could be hard to condition and control, particularly as background noise levels were unknown as no noise assessment had been undertaken as part of the application.

 

Aimi Brookes, objector, was invited remotely into the meeting and spoke in against the application.

 

Mr Tim Baldwin, applicant, did not join the meeting remotely; as a result the Democratic Services Officer read out the representation submitted by the applicant in full to the meeting.

 

Members debated the application and agreed that some smart speakers could be too noisy, and that should permission be granted it would be imperative that the noise was properly monitored as there was the potential for harm and nuisance to neighbouring properties. It was agreed that the application constituted a considerable change to the way in which the café operated in a residential area, and that monitoring and enforcement could be difficult.

 

It was proposed and seconded to GRANT the application; a vote was taken on the proposal and was lost.

 

It was proposed and seconded to REFUSE the application for the following reasons; that the proposal would be of detriment to residential amenity and was in conflict with policy ENV1 of the Selby District Local Plan, policy SP14 of the Selby District Core Strategy and the relevant policy in the NPPF, and would also have a detrimental effect on the Conservation Area. A vote was taken on the proposal and was carried.

 

RESOLVED:

To REFUSE the application for the following reasons:

 

01.  The proposed extension of opening hours into late evenings and Sundays, combined with the changing nature of the business, will lead to increased noise and disturbance from the premises.  This is not considered to be a sustainable form of development and would have a detrimental impact on the residential amenity and the quality of life of the immediate residential occupiers. The proposal is therefore contrary to the saved Selby District Local Plan Policies ENV 1 (1) and ENV 2 (A) of the Selby District Local Plan 2005, and advice contained within Section 2 and Section 15 of the NPPF.

 

02.  The proposed extension of opening hours into late evenings and Sundays fails to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Selby Town Centre Conservation Area. The proposal is therefore contrary to saved Selby District Local Plan Policies ENV1 (1) and ENV25, Policies SP18 and SP19 of the Core Strategy and Section 16 of the NPPF.

 

 

 

 

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