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Items
No. Item

11.

Apologies

Minutes:

            Apologies were reported on behalf of the Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Hendron), Aldermen McCoubrey, R. Patterson and Rodgers, together with Councillors Austin, Beattie, Campbell and Carson.

 

2.

Minutes

Minutes:

The minutes of the meetings of 7th and 26th August were taken as read and signed as correct. It was reported that those minutes had been adopted by the Council at its meeting on 1st September, subject to the omission of those matters which had been delegated to the Committee by the Council and to the amendment of the minute of the meeting of 26th August under the heading “Northern Ireland Housing Executive – Belfast District Housing Plan 2014/2015”, which, at the request of Alderman Stoker, and with the consent of the Council, it was agreed that comments on the Housing Plan would be sought from the Housing Forum with those comments being presented to the Committee for its approval prior to them being submitted to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. 

 

21.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

            No declarations of interest were reported.

 

3.

Request for Deputations

Minutes:

            The Committee agreed to receive, at its meeting on 9th October, a deputation from local residents in respect of proposals for the redevelopment of the Science Library at Chlorine Gardens by The Queen’s University of Belfast.

 

4.

Routine Correspondence pdf icon PDF 49 KB

Minutes:

The Committee noted the receipt of the undernoted items of correspondence:

 

Transport NI/Roads Service

 

·     Notification of changes to waiting restrictions for coaches at Chichester Street and High Street;

·     Notification of the proposed abandonment of land at Thorburn Road;

·     Notification of the proposed abandonment of rights-of-way at footpaths on Templemore Avenue, Ainsworth Avenue, Boyne Court, Andersonstown Road, 31 Moltke Street and Village URA; and

·     Notification of the provision of a blue badge parking bay at 12 Sinclair Street.

 

5.

New Planning Applications pdf icon PDF 69 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

            The Committee noted a list of new planning applications which had been received from the Planning Service from 19th till 25th August.

 

6.

Streamlined Planning Application - Decisions Issued pdf icon PDF 119 KB

Minutes:

The Committee noted a list of decisions which had been issued by the Planning Service between 29th August and 7th September under the Streamlined Planning Process.

7.

Deferred Items Still Under Consideration pdf icon PDF 79 KB

Minutes:

            A list of deferred items which were still under consideration by the Planning Service was noted by the Committee, together with the comments of the Divisional Planning Officer thereon.

 

8.

Reconsidered Items Z/2013/0785/F 37 - 43b Upper Lisburn Road pdf icon PDF 79 KB

Minutes:

Appeal Decisons Notified     The Committee considered further a planning application in relation to the development of 16 semi-detached terraced houses, with an associated road and landscaping at the above-mentioned site, in respect of which the Divisional Planning Manager had offered an opinion to approve.

 

            The Committee agreed, with one Member voting against, to adopt the opinion of the Divisional Planning Manager.

 

            (As the decision was not unanimous, it was subject to ratification by the Council.)

 

9.

Appeal Decisions Notified

Minutes:

            The Committee noted the outcome of a number of recent planning appeals.

 

10.

Reconsidered Items - Applications Withdrawn

Minutes:

Application Withdrawn from the Planning Scedule     At the request of the Planning Service, the undernoted items were withdrawn from the list of reconsidered items to enable further information to be provided by the applicants:

 

Site

Proposal

Opinion

 

1 Hill Street

Self adhesive vinyl advertisement

with clear self adhesive laminate

 

Refusal

12 Deramore Park

Existing outbuilding to rear

to be demolished

 

Refusal

12 Deramore Park

Demolition of outbuildings, retention  and conversion of garage with new build extension as two dwellings

Refusal

 

11.

Application Withdrawn from the Planning Schedule

Minutes:

            The Committee noted that the following application had been withdrawn from the schedule to enable further information to be submitted:

 

Site

Proposal

Opinion

 

Lands to the side and rear

of 1 Earlswood Road, Ballyhackamore

Demolition of existing garage

and erection of detached two

bedroom dwelling

Refusal

                                            

 

Reconsidered Items

 

            The Committee considered further the undernoted planning applications and adopted the recommendations of the Divisional Planning Manager thereon:

 

Site

Proposal

Opinion

 

 

 

Lands to the east of

60 Quarry Road

Proposed new dwelling (in substitution of dwelling granted permission under

Z/2009/0413/F) (Amended description)

*(It was noted by the Committee that the Planning Service was in the process of revoking permission Z/2009/0413/F)

Approval

 

 

 

 

The Chippie

133 Stranmillis Road

Retrospective change of use of

ground floor to restaurant with

hot food take away

Refusal

 

 

 

Forsythe House

Cromac Square

Office occupier signs

Consent

 

 

 

448a – 450 Shore Road

Conversion of existing first floor premises to 2no apartments

Refusal

 

Lands at 406-420 Donegall Road and 1-3 Glenmachan Street

 

Furniture showroom and ancillary site works

 

Approval

 

104 – 108 Barnetts Road

 

The proposal is for a 2 detached dwelling and 10 semi-detached dwellings (amended scheme)

 

Approval

 

 

 

Kincora Mews

10 Kincora Avenue

Erection of 3 apartments (1 no 2 bed and 2 no 1 bed) in substitution of 2 no 4 bedroom houses with parking from previous approved application Z/2001/3270

Approval

 

12.

Schedule of Applications pdf icon PDF 129 KB

Minutes:

            The Committee considered the schedule of planning applications which had been submitted by the Divisional Planning Manager and agreed to adopt the recommendations contained therein with the exception of those referred to below:

 

Site

Proposal

Opinion

 

 

 

170 Upper Malone

Road

Proposed nursing home – specialist elderly mentally infirm unit with ancillary works.  (Reduced scheme to 45 bedrooms)

[Deferred at the request of the Committee to enable an office meeting to be held: Criteria 4].

Approval

 

 

 

72 Knockbreda Road

and Nos.1,3,5,7,9 and 11

Flush Drive

Proposed demolition of derelict flats and garages at Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 Flush Drive and erection of a new boundary wall and erection of two covered storage areas forming an extension to the existing building supplies storage yard.  (Further information received)

[Deferred at the request of the Committee to enable an office meeting to be held: Criteria 5]

Refusal

 

 

 

2 Claremont Mews

Proposed apartment block for 6 apartments with ground floor parking (Amended Scheme)

[Deferred at the request of the Committee to enable an office meeting to be held: Criteria 5]

Refusal

 

 

 

Land south of

2 Mill Valley Place and

11 Mill Valley Crescent

Erection of 12no dwellings, landscaping and associated site works

[Deferred at the request of the Committee to enable an office meeting to be held: Criteria 5]

Refusal

 

 

 

36 Belmont Road

Ground floor restaurant – application for change of use and addition of extract flue to rear of property. (retrospective) (Acoustic Report received)

[Deferred at the request of the Committee to enable an office meeting to be held: Criteria 4].

Approval

 

 

 

22 – 23 Shaftesbury Square

Change of use of ground floor of No. 23 to amusement arcade including extension and frontage alterations to allow for amalgamation with no. 22 (Amended description of plans)

[Deferred at the request of the Committee to enable an office meeting to be held: Criteria 5]

Approval

 

 

 

Lands on McClure Street to include land south of railway and north of Powerscourt Place between 10 Cameron Street and 85 Ormeau Road

Construction of 20 5 person 3 bed and 7 3 person 2 bed social housing dwellings with associated landscaping

[Deferred at the request of the Committee to enable an office meeting to be held: Criteria 5]

Refusal

 

 

 

Queen’s University Science Library at 12 Lennoxvale dwelling (vacant) at

14a Lennoxvale and service access to south and east of Queen’s University Architecture Building 15 Chlorine Gardens

Demolition of Science Library, 14a Lennoxvale, sub-station, associated steps and ramp and Science Library boundary wall on St. Ives Gardens, relocation of external fire access from side to rear elevation of Architecture Building and development of new School of Biological Sciences Building (providing 11.165m2 or floorspace on 3-5 levels for teaching, research, offices, study areas and laboratories), landscaped pedestrian link between Chlorine Gardens and Lennoxvale, new, relocated service access to basement level from Lennoxvale and associated operational development including cycle parking, lighting, CCTV and landscaping.

Approval

 

[Deferred to enable deputations to attend the Committee]

 

 

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