Issue - meetings

Under the scheme of public participation, residents Sam Frank, Rachel Harrison, Jack Spencer, Jamie Walker, Dan Millican, applicant Claire Tomlinson, and Ward Councillor Nick Wilkinson all spoke in favour of the application.

It was proposed by Councillor Sandra Thornberry and seconded by Councillor John Hanson, contrary to the officer’s recommendation in the report:

“That the application be approved without conditions for the following reason:

·       That the public benefits to the performers and audience, to the music culture and local economy generally, and to the continued viability and use of a listed building, outweigh the less than substantial harm of the stage.”

Upon being put to the vote, 14 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and one abstention, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved without conditions for the following reason:

·       That the public benefits to the performers and audience, to the music culture and local economy generally, and to the continued viability and use of a listed building, outweigh the less than substantial harm of the stage.