Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Malcolm Elliott, Deborah Martin, Chris Sawday, and the City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby.

No declarations were made.

The minutes of the meeting held on 16^th May 2012 are attached and the Panel is asked to confirm them as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

that the mintues of the meeting of the Conservation Advisory Panel held on 16^th May 2012 be confirmed as a correct record.

There were no matters arising from the minutes.

The Director, Planning and Economic Development submitted a report on current development proposals.

A) CLYDE STREET, ERSKINE STREET

Planning Application 20120802

Change of use, Roof extension

The buildings were within the St George’s Conservation Area.

The application was for the conversion of the two factory buildings to 125 flats including a roof top extension to create an additional floor. The Panel made observations on two similar proposals approved in 2008 (20080272 & 20080226).

The Panel discussed this at length. The suggestion of leaving the building alone was the preferred option, but acknowledged the previous consent and need to bring the building back into use. Regarding the roof extension some preferred the modern option but generally they thought that the proposed option might work providing materials matched exactly which they felt would be difficult to achieve, and therefore suggested a string course to delineate between the old and the new.  Although the panel acknowledged it was not necessarily within their remit they requested that concerns regarding the limited car parking was raised.

The Panel recommended SEEKING AMENDMENTS to the application and requested MORE INFORMATION details of MATERIALS, and BETTER JUNCTION DETAIL

B) 24 DE MONTFORT STREET

Planning Application 20120608, Conservation Area Consent 20120609

Demolition, new building for 9 flats

The site was within the New Walk Conservation Area. New walk was also listed Grade II on the register of parks and gardens in England

The application was for the demolition of a two storey post war building and redevelopment of the site with a new five storey building to create nine flats.

A few members noted that the current building was quite a good attempt at a modern building but generally it was felt that, had it been a vacant site, they would not have supported the existing building. Therefore they supported the principle of demolition. The scale of the new building was acceptable but the colour palette should contrast with the adjacent 44 Princess Road and be more in line with the building to the rear of 44 discussed a couple of months ago. They also noted that it seemed to relate better to the modern building on the other side of the site.

The Panel recommended APPROVAL of the application but requested that a colour contrast be applied in brick colour

C) 54A-56 LONDON ROAD

Planning Application 20120620, Advertisement Consent 20120619

Shopfront, signage

The quirky 1930s addition to the London Road street scene was within the South Highfields Conservation Area.

The application was for new shopfronts and signage.

The Panel supported the revised drawings to keep the recessed shopfronts and to lower the aluminium backdrop to the signage. However they would like to see the signage above one shop only, with perhaps a blank panel above the other shop, with the projecting sign in the middle to preserve the individuality of the shopfronts.

The Panel recommended SEEKING AMENDMENTS to the application

D) 42 BELVIOR STREET

Pre-Application enquiry

Change of use, alterations

The building was Grade II listed and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 72.

The meeting closed at 6.42pm.