Agenda item

Partial demolition of Listed Building to facilitate refurbishment and extension of the George Hotel to form 90+ room C1 hotel with associated ancillary uses (including bar, restaurant, gym, conference room) (within a Conservation Area) George Hotel, St George's Square, Huddersfield.

Contact: Callum Harrison, Planning Services.

Ward(s) affected: Newsome.

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

the considered report subject to an additional condition to establish a cycle storage facility for hotel employees.

The Committee gave consideration to Planning Application 2023/90024 Partial demolition of Listed Building to facilitate refurbishment and extension of the George Hotel to form 90+ room C1 hotel with associated ancillary uses (including bar, restaurant, gym, conference room) (within a Conservation Area) George Hotel, St George's Square, Huddersfield.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received a representation from Simon Taylor (On behalf of the applicant).

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 36(3) the Committee received a representation from Councillor Graham Taylor (Cabinet Member – Regeneration).

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. Timescale – three years

2. Development in accordance with approved plans

3. Pre commencement condition for details for the proposed canopy to Block A – scaled drawings 1:20.

4. Pre-commencement condition for details of dropped kerb to be provided on John William Street adjacent to the hotel site into a full loading bay along with the footway being widened with a pedestrian crossing.

5. Pre-commencement condition for a waste management plan.

6. Prior to construction commencing, a schedule of the means of access to the site for construction traffic shall be submitted.

7. Pre-commencement condition for further / specific details of green roof (including substrate depth, watering details and confirmation that a sedum mat is not proposed).

8. Pre-commencement condition for the management of newly establishing trees.

9. Pre-commencement condition method statement regarding the protection of the existing trees and planting bed during the works.

10. Submission of a Travel Plan.

11.Pre-commencement condition for details of any works to retaining walls abutting the highway.

12.Pre-commencement condition for drainage scheme.

13.Pre-commencement condition for an Ecological Design Strategy (EDS) to ensure that a 15.80% biodiversity net gain is achieved.

14.Pre-commencement conditions for contaminated land investigation and remediation.

15.Pre-commencement conditions for intrusive site investigation with regard to

the historic coal mining legacy.

16.Submission of a signed statement or declaration prepared by a suitably competent person confirming that the site is, or has been made, safe and stable for the approved development with regard to the coal mining legacy.

17.Pre-commencement condition for a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP).

18. No site clearance works shall take place between 1st March and 31st August inclusive due to bird nesting.

19.No operational use of the doors on John William Street outside the hours of 0700hrs and 2300hrs Monday to Saturday and 0900hrs to 2300hrs Sunday.

20.The combined noise from any fixed mechanical services and external plant and equipment shall not exceed the background sound level at any time.

An additional condition to establish a cycle storage facility for hotel employees.

2.  To secure an agreement to cover the following matter:

Sustainable Transport - A financial contribution of £10,000 for a Travel Plan assessment and monitoring for five years.

3. 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; if so, the Head of Planning and Development is 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, Crook, Pattison, A Pinnock, Sokhal, Thompson and S Hall (7 votes).

Against: (0 votes)