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The Committee also granted listed building consent for related works to the Grade II listed West Hill Lift, including a new lift from the upper terminus to the cafe, subject to conditions in the Officer's report. p7

The Committee refused an application at 65 Queens Road for change of use of the ground floor from Class E retail to mixed use restaurant and hot food takeaway, and the first floor from retail to a studio flat, for reasons including highway safety and parking, noise and odour, refuse storage, and impact on neighbouring residents set out in the Officer's report. p8p9

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• p715a West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road (HS/LB/26/00127) Proposal Demolition of the existing café and toilets and redevelopment to form a single storey visitor centre with café, restaurant and bar, takeaway, gallery/interpretation zones, retail and re-provision of toilets on the site of the existing West Hill Café. Creation of a new pathway/boardwalk and installation of external lighting on pathways, wayfinding and signage. Installation of air source heat pumps and solar panels and associated landscaping improvements. Application No. HS/LB/26/00127 Conservation Area Yes – Old Town Listed Building Grade II Public Consultation & Status 3 letters of objection Council application on Council owned land. Will Larkin, Principal Planning Officer, presented the application for listed building consent for works associated with the Grade II listed West Hill Lift. Since the publication of the report there had been one update - drawing numbers 355 and 356 had been removed as they were surplus to requirements. In response to a question from Councillor Simnett regarding the new lift at the upper terminus, the Principal Planning Officer clarified that new lift would be constructed from the arrival platform at the upper terminus to allow less able-bodied persons to more easily access the café without having to use the stairs. It would intersect with the proposed building at ground level. The installation of the lift would require a localised opening through an existing wall into the new lift shaft. There being no debate, approval of the application in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation was proposed by Councillor Simnett and duly seconded by Councillor Rumfitt. The Chair called upon the Committee to vote and it was RESOLVED (unanimously): To GRANT Listed Building Consent subject to the conditions set out in the Officer’s report.
• p815b 65 Queens Road (HS/FA/26/00119) Proposal Proposed change of use of ground floor from Class E (retail) to mixed use Class E (restaurant) and Sui Generis (hot food takeaway) with alterations to the shopfront. Change of use of first floor from Class E (retail) to studio flat (Class C3) . First floor rear extension. Installation of extraction vent to rear elevation. Use of roof of ground floor rear extension as courtyard including siting of refuse storage. Installation of two rooflights (amended description) Application No. HS/FA/26/00119 Conservation Area No Listed Building No Public Consultation & Status 5 or more letters of objection received, 5 or more letters of support received Zoe Taylor, Senior Planning Officer, presented the application for a change of use of the ground floor of 65 Queens Road from Class E (retail) to mixed use Sui Generis (hot food takeaway) and Class E (restaurant), and a change of use of the first floor from Class E (retail) to a studio flat (Class C3 residential). Faseeh Ullah (Petitioner and proposed operator of the business) spoke in support of the application together with Laurence Walker (the Applicant’s Agent). Members asked questions of the Petitioner, the Applicant and Officers regarding parking and highway safety, late-night opening hours, public health concerns, refuse storage, residential amenity impacts, the extraction flue and associated noise. Speakers and Officers provided clarifications in response, and Officers re-emphasised their reasons for refusal as stated in the report. Members debated the proposal. Councillors Rumfitt, Simnett, Lawrence and Lauchlan acknowledged that the application proposed to bring a vacant property back into use. However, Officer’s concerns regarding highway safety and parking, noise and odour from the extraction flue, refuse storage arrangements, the potential impact on neighbouring residents together with the constrained layout of the proposed studio, were persuasive reasons for refusal.
• p9With refusal of the application in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation having been proposed by Councillor Simnett, seconded by Councillor Lawrence, the Chair called upon the Committee to vote and it was RESOLVED (unanimously): To REFUSE the application for the reasons set out in the Officer’s report.