15/2412M - The Wharf, Buxton Road, Macclesfield SK10 1LZ: Demolition of MOT Testing Centre and Garage and Re-development for Use Class C2 Residential Accommodation with Care comprising 64 Apartments for Persons aged 60 and over with Communal Faciliti
Meeting: 10/02/2016 - Northern Planning Committee (Item 96)
PDF 606 KBTo consider the above application.
Minutes:
The Committee considered a report and written update regarding the above application.
(Councillor M Warren (Ward Member) and Mr T Bell (Objector) attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application)
RESOLVED
That for the reasons set out in the report the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:
The proposed development by virtue of its size and design, in particular its height and massing, will have an unacceptable impact on the Macclesfield Canal Conservation Area of which the site forms a part, and the adjoining Buxton Road Conservation Area. The proposed building would over-dominate the surrounding site and built form and would not make a positive contribution to the local character and distinctiveness of the area. The development would therefore not accord with Macclesfield Borough Local Plan policies BE1, BE2, BE3, BE6, the National Planning Policy Framework or the Macclesfield Canal Conservation Area Appraisal.
In order to give proper effect to the Committee’s intentions and without changing the substance of the decision, authority is delegated to thePlanning and Enforcement Manager, in consultation with the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice Chairman) of Northern Planning Committee to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, between approval of the minutes and issue of the decision notice.