Agenda item

External works to Market Building and wider site including alteration and demolition of modern additions to the Market building, new glazed screens, new WC and welfare facilities, provision of services and lighting including associated works, remodelling to the stone annexe, alterations to catering facilities, and self-contained commercial units, works to floor surfaces of Market Building. Use of Market Building for a mix of uses (sui generis) including retail, hot food takeaway, drinking establishment, restaurant / café uses, market office, public welfare facilities, storage facilities as well as provision of areas that provide a mix of fixed and flexible indoor and outdoor market stalls. Creation of areas for open market, siting of associated structures, installation of new fixed market stalls demolition of external bin store and creation of waste compound area, storage compounds, vehicular parking, remodelling and surfacing of areas of hardstanding, street furniture, car park layout, installation of parcel lockers, landscaping and associated works (Listed Building within a Conservation Area) Huddersfield Open Market, Brook Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1DY.

Ward affected: Newsome

Contact: John Holmes, Planning Services

Application approved (delegated).

The Committee gave consideration to Application 2025/92443 - External works to Market Building and wider site including alteration and demolition of modern additions to the Market building, new glazed screens, new WC and welfare facilities, provision of services and lighting including associated works, remodelling to the stone annexe, alterations to catering facilities, and self-contained commercial units, works to floor surfaces of Market Building. Use of Market Building for a mix of uses (sui generis) including retail, hot food takeaway, drinking establishment, restaurant / café uses, market office, public welfare facilities, storage facilities as well as provision of areas that provide a mix of fixed and flexible indoor and outdoor market stalls. Creation of areas for open market, siting of associated structures, installation of new fixed market stalls demolition of external bin store and creation of waste compound area, storage compounds, vehicular parking, remodelling and surfacing of areas of hardstanding, street furniture, car park layout, installation of parcel lockers, landscaping and associated works (Listed Building within a Conservation Area) at Huddersfield Open Market, Brook Street, Huddersfield.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received representations from (i) Alex Mettrick, Abdulah Kotoric, Lorraine Howell, Jeff Needham, Pam Day, Jez Gunnell, Jonathan Adamson, Naeem Nazir, Sandra Jackson and Andrew Wilson in objection to the application and (ii) Clare Plant, Adele Poppleton, Marcus Westmoreland, Nick Mitchell, Chelsea Atkinson, Samantha Sharp, Rowan Bailey, Gerard Quinn and Justin Roche in support of the application.

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

RESOLVED – That authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Development to approve the application, issue the decision notice and complete the list of conditions including matters relating to;  

-          Time limit to commence development

-          Development to be completed in accordance with the submitted plans and specifications

-          Unit 01 upon drawing 0410revP01 to be used for retail only

-          Hours of use to be between 08:00 and 23:00

-          Servicing hours (deliveries / unloading) to be between 08:00 and 18:00

-          Submission of a lighting scheme to be approved in writing

-          Safety and security measures to be submitted and approved in writing

-          Compiling of a remediation strategy in relation to land quality to be agreed by the Local Planning Authority

-          Undertaking of the remediation strategy or any other such strategy so approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority

-          Completion of verification of land quality which is submitted to the Local Planning Authority in writing

-          Submission of a scheme of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

-          Submission of a scheme which details of the finalised materials and colour finishes of construction of the development including all surfacing

-          Finalised design, materials and colour finishes of all means of enclosure and screening including any bollards, gates, fences and walls

-          Waste Management is undertaken in accordance with the submitted strategy

-          Submission of a Construction Noise Environmental Management Plan to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority prior to development commencing

-          Submission of a noise assessment in relation to events

-          Noise limits for events

-          Noise limit for all plant and machinery to be use

-          Submission of a swept path analysis plan to be approved by the Local Planning Authority

-          Access management plan submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority

-          Details of construction access management to be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and in place prior to development commencing / for the duration of the construction phase of the development.

A Recorded Vote was taken in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 42 (5) as follows;

For: Councillors Firth, Sokhal, Taylor, McGrath and Ullah (5 votes)

Against: Councillors Davies, Richards and Scott (3 votes)