Issue - meetings

PROPOSAL:  change of use of ground floor from Pawnbrokers (Class E) to Adult Gaming Centre (Sui Generis) (as amended by the Addendum and Supplemental Addendum).

Councillor Marilyn Ashton proposed refusal for the following reason:

1)            The proposed use of the premises would not provide a balanced and positive contribution towards the vitality of the District Centre and would be detrimental to the residential amenity of the occupiers within the vicinity owing to the proposed hours of use, resulting in noise and disturbance and potentially anti-social behaviour that would be generated from such an outlet, contrary to policy DM1, DM36 Development Management Policy, CS1 Harrow Core Strategy (2012), SD7 and D11 London Plan (2021).

The proposal was seconded by Councillor Anjana Patel, put to the vote and lost.

The Committee resolved to accept the officer recommendation, subject to the submission of a management plan to be brought to Committee at a later date.

RECOMMENDATION

The Planning Committee was asked to:

1)            agree the reason for approval as set out in the report; and

2)            grant planning permission subject to the conditions listed in Appendix 1 of the report.

DECISION:  GRANT

The Committee wished it to be recorded that the decision to grant the application, subject to the submission of a management plan to be brought to Committee at a later date, was by a majority of votes.

Councillors Ali, Brown, Maru and Proctor voted to grant the application.

Councillors Ashton, Baxter and Patel voted against the application.