Issue - meetings

Change of use of parish house (C3) to 7-bed HMO (Sui-generis), installation of replacement doors/windows, conversion of garage to bicycle store and shed, removal of garage door, partially block up with a wall and installation of new timber doors.

Under the scheme of public participation, Ward Councillor Andrew Otway spoke against the application. Mark Atkinson (Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocese Trust) spoke in favour of the application.

An update to the Committee report was read out by Officers.

It was proposed by Councillor Margaret Pattison and seconded by Councillor Tim Hamilton-Cox:

“That, against the Officer recommendation, the application be refused for reasons of Highway safety, proximity to a neighbouring school, and the negative impact an additional HMO would have on the rental market.”

Following debate, Councillors Pattison and Hamilton-Cox both agreed to withdraw the proposal without proceeding to a vote.

It was proposed by Councillor Keith Budden and seconded by Councillor Martin Bottoms:

“That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report and subject to an additional condition restricting the maximum number of residents to seven.”

Upon being put to the vote, 9 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with 3 against and 2 abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved subject to an additional condition restricting the maximum number of residents to seven, and subject to the following conditions:

1.    Standard Timescales.

2.    Approved Plans.

3.    Bicycle Storage.