Change of use to include use classes 2, 3, 4, 5 (excluding light industrial), and 6

Why was this approved?

• Principle of additional uses on previously developed countryside site
• Residential amenity and noise from extended hours/events
• Highway safety and access improvements
• Site sustainability and business growth
• Lack of public objections
• Compliance with policy exceptions for redundant buildings

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Decision & Reasoning

Policies Assessed (6)

Conditions (4)

1. 1

   Time limit

   The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

2. 2

   Specific uses only

   For the avoidance of doubt approval is hereby given only for the following additional uses (as set out in the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 - or equivalent classes of any order which replaces it): - Main Film Studio Building - Research & Development excluding light industrial (Use Class 5); - Building referred as "Babbages" (Ground Floor) - Food and Drink (Use Class 3) - canteen open to members of the public, financial and professional services (Use Class 2) and offices (Use Class 4); - "Babbages" (First Floor) - Financial and professional services (Use Class 2) and offices (Use Class 4); and - Existing two storey office block with attached small sound stage/workshop - Financial and professional services (Use Class 2), Offices (Use Class 4), Research & Development excluding light industrial (Use Class 5), and Storage or distribution (Use Class 6). Reason: The application has been judged and considered acceptable on the basis of the above proposed uses only.

3. 3

   Operating hours

   No visitors/customers shall remain in the existing Film Workshop Building, the Film Studio building and the "Babbages" building outside the following hours 0730hrs till 0000hrs. These times do not apply if the existing buildings are being used for the purposes of the making and/or production of films. Reason: In the interests of the residential amenity of the area.

4. 4

   Event frequency limits

   The approval hereby given only allows for the existing Film Studio Workshop, Sound Stage Building and the "Babbages" building being occupied/operated for the users as Civic and Community Halls, Exhibition Halls, Conferences and Training Centres for more than 8 days per month with a maximum duration of 5 consecutive days in a month for one event. Furthermore, only one activity may take place within these buildings at any one time, unless the activities are associated with each other. These periods of use do not apply if the existing buildings are being used for the purposes of the making and/or production of films. These restriction does not apply for the Use Class 3 (i.e. cafe) of the Town and Country (Permitted Development Order) 2012 (or the equivalent class in any order which replaces it) within the "Babbages" building which will operate as a café open to members of the public. The uses of this section of the building would not account as an "event". However, if it is used for the purposes of Civic and Community Halls, Exhibition Halls, Conferences and Training Centres then the first paragraph of Condition 4 above would apply. Reason: In the interests of the residential amenity of the area.

Public Comments (3)

Consultation Responses

Lezayre Parish Commissioners approved the application unanimously but expressed concerns about use class 6 (storage/distribution) due to potential traffic increases and raised questions about existing conditions on operating hours. Highways Division stated 'Do not oppose' with no conditions.