Agenda item

7.1 19C1145 – Harbour View Bungalow, Turkey Shore Road, Holyhead

7.2 19LPA37B/CC – Cybi Site, Holyhead High School, Holyhead

7.1       19C1145 – Full application for the erection of an annexe at Harbour View Bungalow, Turkey Shore Road, Holyhead

The application is reported to the Planning and Orders Committee as it has been called in by a Local Member.

The Planning Development Manager informed the Committee that a Local Member had requested via e-mail that the Committee undertake a site visit because of concerns regarding the effects of the proposal on properties at the rear of the site due to potential loss of light.

Councillor Raymond Jones said that he would like the Committee to see the application site to better understand local concerns and he proposed to that effect. Councillor Victor Hughes seconded the proposal.

Councillor Jeff Evans said that he did not believe a site visit was necessary as taking all things into account from the report he did not believe there was any light infringement and that visiting the site would only delay determining the matter. He proposed that no site visit be carried out and that the application be considered directly. Councillor Nicola Roberts seconded the proposal. In the subsequent vote, Councillors John Griffith, Kenneth Hughes, Victor Hughes, Raymond Jones and Richard Owain Jones voted in favour of undertaking a site visit and Councillors Jeff Evans, Ann Griffith, Vaughan Hughes and Nicola Roberts voted against a site visit. The vote for a site visit was therefore carried.

It was resolved to visit the application site in accordance with a Local Member’s request to assess potential loss of light issues.

7.2       19LPA37B/CC – Full application for demolition of part of the existing building, alterations and extensions so as to create a new primary school together with the formation of a car park at Cybi Site, Holyhead High School, Holyhead

The application is reported to the Planning and Orders Committee as it is made by the Council on Council owned land. At its meeting held on 1st July, 2015 consideration of the application was deferred because of an error in the consultation process relating to Local Members which has since been rectified.

The Planning Development Manager reported that the application site was until recent years used as part of the Holyhead High School campus. It has since become vacant and has fallen into a state of disrepair. The alterations proposed as part of the development will preserve a listed building that is of importance to the community and will ensure that it remains in educational use. Its location next to the High School and Millbank sports fields will add to the educational focus of the locality. Given that the school site has been in use for educational purposes since it was first built and will continue in such use as a result of the proposal, it was the Officer’s view that although schools will be amalgamated on the site, any intensification of the use as a result of the proposal will not entail any unacceptable impacts on the amenities of local residents to the extent that permission should be withheld. It should be noted that only one letter of objection to the proposal has been received. The recommendation is therefore one of approval subject to no new matters being raised as  a result of undertaking additional publicity regarding amended details to address design concerns, in which case a further report will be presented to the Committee.

Councillor Kenneth Hughes proposed that the application be approved and the proposal was seconded by Councillor Richard Owain Jones.

It was resolved to approve the application in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation subject to the expiry of neighbour notifications and consultations, and the conditions listed within the written report.