Application for
listed building consent - roofing remedial works to Samson's tower
as amended by plan received 04 March 2022
This application was referred
to the Development Control Committee as West Suffolk Council was
the applicant and owner.
Members were advised that
consideration of proposals such as this were governed by The
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations
1990. Those regulations required that for applications submitted by
the Council to the same Local Planning Authority relating to the
execution of works for the demolition, alteration, or extension of
Listed Buildings, the Authority should apply to the Secretary of
State for that consent.
The Committee was therefore
asked to note the recommendation before them at Paragraph 36 of
Report No DEV/WS/22/011. Whilst Officers were satisfied that,
having considered all material matters, the proposal was
acceptable, this was not a decision for West Suffolk Council to
take. The recommendation therefore was to note the Officer position
in relation to the acceptability of the scheme, but thereafter to
refer the matter to the Secretary of State for
determination.
Attention was drawn to the supplementary
‘late papers’ which had been circulated following
publication of the agenda, and which set out comments received in
relation to ecology matters. These matters would require resolution
prior to notifying the Secretary of State of the application in
relation to the determination process.
As part of his presentation the Planning
Officer showed videos of the site by way of a virtual ‘site
visit’.
It was proposed by Councillor Andy Drummond
that Listed Building Consent be granted and that the matter be sent
to the Secretary of State for determination, as per the Officer
recommendation. This was duly seconded by Councillor Peter
Stevens.
Upon being put to the vote and with the vote
being unanimous, it was resolved that
Decision
1. Delegated Authority be given to Officers to
conclude considerations in relation to the biodiversity related
implications of this proposal, and for the matter to only be
referred to the Secretary of State in the event that such impacts
are considered acceptable;
2. Subject to 1. the LPA confirms that it is content
that, all matters considered, it is minded to GRANT Listed
Building Consent; and
3. The matter be sent to the Secretary of State for
determination, and that it be recommended to the Secretary of State
that consent be granted subject to the following conditions:
I.
The works to which this consent relates must be begun not later
than three years from the date of this notice
II.
The development hereby permitted shall
not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details
shown on the approved plans and documents.