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Change of use of Crown House to provide student-only living accommodation (sui generis) in the form of studios (198), with ancillary concierge and communal facilities including an open plan lounge, coffee bar and gym at groundfloor, with laundry, car parking, cycle store, parcel store and plant rooms at basement level and associated works including the installation of new cladding and fenestration to the elevations with a new roof garden atop the building Crown House, 12, Southgate, Huddersfield.

Contact: Nick Hirst, Planning Services.

Ward(s) affected: Dalton.

Delegate to the Head of Planning and Development to approve as detailed in

the considered report.

The Committee gave consideration to Planning Application 2022/93932 Change of use of Crown House to provide student-only living accommodation (sui generis) in the form of studios (198), with ancillary concierge and communal facilities including an open plan lounge, coffee bar and gym at groundfloor, with laundry, car parking, cycle store, parcel store and plant rooms at basement level and associated works including the installation of new cladding and fenestration to the elevations with a new roof garden atop the building Crown House, 12, Southgate, Huddersfield.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37 the Committee received a

representation from David Tye (on behalf of the applicant.

RESOLVED –

Delegate approval of the application and the issuing of the decision notice to the Head of Planning and Development in order to:

1. complete the list of conditions, including those contained within the considered report, as set out below:

1.     Three years to commence development.

2.     Development to be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.

3.     Full details of proposed materials (inc. cladding, panels, fenestration) and their colour to be submitted and approved.

4.     Landscape strategy to be submitted and approved.

5.     Binstore material and colour details.

6.     Revised Noise Impact Assessment (to include assessment of master planned University Car Park).

7.     Sound Insulation Assessment.

8.     Noise Management Plan.

9.     Student occupation only.

10. Student use of gym / café only.

11. Car park management plan.

12. Waste management and maintenance plan.

13. Cycle parking to be provided as detailed.

14. CMP.

15. Protection of nesting birds.

16. Ecological Design Strategy to secure 10% net gain and other ecological mitigation / enhancements.

17. Removal of non-native species.

18. Air Quality Impact Assessment to be undertaken.

19. EVCP to be provided.

20. Crime mitigation measures to be detailed and implemented.      

2. Secure a section 106 agreement to cover the following matters:

a) Open space off-site contribution: £283,173.00 towards enhancement to local

Public Open Space.

b) Metro enhancements: £20,000 towards bus stop improvements.

3. In the circumstances where the Section 106 agreement has not been completed within three months of the date of the Committee’s resolution then the Head of Planning and Development shall consider whether permission should be refused on the grounds that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence of the mitigation and benefits that would have been secured and, if so, the Head of Planning and Development be authorised to determine the application and impose appropriate reasons for refusal under delegated powers.

A recorded vote was taken, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 42(5), as follows:

For: Councillors Armer, Paul Davies, E Firth, Pattison, A Pinnock, Sokhal and Thompson (7 votes)

Against: (0 votes).