Decision details

Item 13: Hoardings and window stickers/posters surrounding the Friarsgate Medical Centre building.

Friarsgate Medical Centre, Friarsgate, Winchester

Case number: 19/00174/AVC

The Head of Development Management referred Members to the Update Sheet which stated that Paragraph 3 of the ‘Design/layout and Impact on Character of Area’ section referred to the use of a map image. This had now been updated to include images taken from the Central Winchester Regeneration Supplementary Planning Document and amended drawings had been received to reflect this.

Therefore, condition 07 was updated to read:

The development shall be carried out in accordance with the following plans:

•           Location Plan received 28.01.2019

•           Hoardings – Measurements with Design received 12.03.2019

•           Hoardings – Panel Measurements received 28.01.2019

•           Visual Image showing Hoarding and Windows received 28.01.2019

•           Door Measurements and Graphics received 28.01.2019

•           Archway Graphics received 28.01.2019

•           Block Plan showing location of hoardings received 28.01.2019

•           Single Window Graphic received 28.01.2019

•           Window Vinyl Stickers received 28.01.2019

•           Marked up windows and measurements received 30.01.2019

During public participation, Councillor Horrill spoke on this item as the Leader of the Council.

In summary, Councillor Horrill stated that:

·         As Chairman of the Cabinet (Central Winchester Regeneration) Committee the redevelopment of the area was a key commitment and the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and its vision for the area had been adopted.

·         The Woolstaplers Hall, the former antiques market and Coitbury House would remain in the redevelopment.  The former Friarsgate building had been empty for almost 10 years and after being purchased by the City Council in 2018 it would now be demolished.

·         The Council was seeking hoardings and window stickers/posters in the short term to secure the building, to prevent unauthorised access and provide public safety.

·         The application would complement the street scene and would protect the site during demolition.

·       The images to be used were consistent with the SPD.

At the conclusion of debate, the Committee agreed to grant permission for the reasons and subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the Report and as per the Update Sheet.

RESOLVED:

That the decisions taken on the Development Control Applications in relation to those applications outside the area of the South Downs National Park be agreed as set out in the decision relating to each item.

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