All Members except Councillors Boughton, B Mortimer and Perry stated that they had been lobbied.

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and Development.

Councillor J Sams (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED: 

1.  That permission be granted subject to conditions to include:

·  A time restriction on the hours of operation to the effect that no activity in connection with the use permitted shall be carried out outside the hours of 08.00 to 22.00 on Mondays to Saturdays and 08.00 to 20.00 on Sundays within the building and for the garden area from 08.00 to 20.00 on any day.  No food or drink shall be consumed or other activities undertaken including holding functions and the playing of amplified or acoustic music in the garden area outside these times except for individuals wishing to smoke cigarettes.    

·  A limitation on the type of food that can be cooked i.e. only foodstuffs that do not require the installation of an extraction system.

2.  That the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise the wording of these conditions and to amend, delete or add to the other recommended conditions and informatives as required in line with the Committee’s decision and the listed status of the building.

Voting:  12 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions