Agenda item

Demolition of existing Piazza shopping centre; part removal of Queensgate Market; demolition/retention of service tunnels; redevelopment of the site to form new public realm space (including public park and gardens, play areas, public square/outdoor event space); refurbishment and change of use of existing Queensgate Market Hall into food hall (Use Class E (b) sale of food and drink for consumption, mostly, on the premises); refurbishment and extension of existing library and art gallery building to form museum (Use Class F.1); change of use of part existing market hall building and extension to form public library (Use Class F.1); erection of indoor event venue incorporating multi-storey car park below (Sui-Generis); erection of public gallery building (Class F.1); associated infrastructure on land and buildings at Queensgate Market, Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery, and Piazza (and The Shambles) Shopping Centre (part Listed Building/part within a Conservation Area) Piazza Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield.

Contact: David Wordsworth, Planning Services

Ward(s) affected: Newsome

Approval delegated to the Head of Planning and Development.

The Committee considered Application 2022/93248 relating to the demolition of existing Piazza shopping centre; part removal of Queensgate Market; demolition/retention of service tunnels; redevelopment of the site to form new public realm space (including public park and gardens, play areas, public square/outdoor event space); refurbishment and change of use of existing Queensgate Market Hall into food hall (Use Class E (b) sale of food and drink for consumption, mostly, on the premises); refurbishment and extension of existing library and art gallery building to form museum (Use Class F.1); change of use of part existing market hall building and extension to form public library (Use Class F.1); erection of indoor event venue incorporating multi-storey car park below (Sui-Generis); erection of public gallery building (Class F.1); associated infrastructure on land and buildings at Queensgate Market, Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery, and Piazza (and The Shambles) Shopping Centre (part Listed Building/part within a Conservation Area) Piazza Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 36(3), the Committee received a representation from Councillor Adam Gregg.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received representations from Helen Roberts, James Sibson, Chris Calvert and David Glover (on behalf of the applicant).

Resolved -

1)       That approval of the application and issue of the decision notice be delegated to the Head of Planning and Development in order to:

a)    complete the list of conditions, including those contained within the report, as set out below:

Timeframe and phasing

1.    5 year time frame to commence development

2.    Development build in accordance with Plans

3.    Submission of a Phasing Plan

Heritage

4.    Details of all external materials for all new construction including samples of ceramic cladding and facing materials for sensitive locations

5.    Landscaping details, materials, street furniture design, anti-social behaviour measures, a landscape strategy and a maintenance plan.

6.    External lighting strategy and specifications in sensitive locations

Highways

7.    Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)

8.    Events Management Plan

9.    Service Management Plan

10.Full Travel Plan

11.Signing/Wayfinding Strategy

12.Highway Works – construction of new signalised access from A62 Queensgate to MSCP

13.Highway Works – construction of new service layby on Alfred Street

14.Multistorey Car Park (MSCP) Access Control System

Highway Structures

15.New retaining walls

16.Surface water attenuation tanks

Environmental Health

17.Air Quality Impact Assessment

18.Electric Vehicle Charging Points

19.Implement agreed Kitchen Extract Scheme

20.Submission of a Phase 2 Intrusive Site Investigation Report

21.Submission of Remediation Strategy (cont. land)

22.Implementation of the Remediation Strategy (cont. land)

23.Submission of Verification Report (cont. land)

24.Noise Report required for proposed noise generating use

25.Noise from Fixed Plant & Equipment

26.Entertainment Noise Inaudibility

27.Installation of the Agreed External Artificial Lighting

28.Construction Environmental Management Plan

Drainage

29.Drainage Details (scheme detailing foul, surface water and land drainage)

30.Overland Flow Routing

31.Construction Phase Surface Water Flood Risk and Pollution prevention plan.

Ecology

32.Ecology Ecological Design Strategy (EDS)

33.Construction environmental management plan (CEMP: Biodiversity)

Coal Authority

34. Intrusive site investigations

35.Declaration prepared by a suitably competent person

Others

36.Sustainability- provisions of the Climate Change Statement to be implemented (and thereafter retained), along with a Post Construction Report

37.Details of waste collection provision

38.Tree protection plan

39.Landscape / tree planting details

b)    secure an agreement to cover the following matters:

Sustainable Transport:- Framework Travel Plan (and subordinate plans) implementation and monitoring including fees – £15,000 (£3,000 for five years).

2)       In the circumstances where the requisite 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 Hall, Hawkins, Pattison, Pinnock and Sokhal (5 votes)

Against: Councillors Armer and Thompson (2 votes)