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11/2520C - THE SANDPIPER, 62 THE HILL, SANDBACH, CHESHIRE, CW11 1HT: A 1200 Wide Hardwood External Staircase From The Yard At The Rear Of The Licensed Premises With A New Timber 850 x 1600 Exit Gate Faced One Side To Match Existing Fence To Give Acce

Meeting: 14/09/2011 - Southern Planning Committee (Item 77)

77 11/2520C - THE SANDPIPER, 62 THE HILL, SANDBACH, CHESHIRE, CW11 1HT: A 1200 Wide Hardwood External Staircase From The Yard At The Rear Of The Licensed Premises With A New Timber 850 x 1600 Exit Gate Faced One Side To Match Existing Fence To Give Access To Booth Avenue (Retrospective) for Unicorn Brewery PDF 465 KB

To consider the above planning application

Minutes:

Note: Councillor S Corcoran (Ward Councillor), Councillor A Wood (on behalf of Sandbach Town Council), Ms A Stone (objector) and Mr P Bradshaw (on behalf of the applicant) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and a written update.

RESOLVED – That, contrary to the planning officer’s recommendation for approval, the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:

· The proposed staircase would result in customers of the public house entering and leaving the premises via Booth Avenue. This would result in disturbance and a loss of amenity to residential properties contrary to policy GR6 of the adopted Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review.

· The proposed staircase would not provide adequate and safe provision for access and egress by pedestrians to the public highway, due to the dangers posed by vehicles reversing out of driveways in Booth Avenue. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy GR9 of the adopted Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review.