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The English Partridge, Bighton, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9RE

Meeting: 07/06/2018 - Planning Committee (Item 8)

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Case number: 18/00251/FUL

Minutes:

The Head of Development Management referred Members to the Update Sheet which set out: amendments to Condition 2 and Condition 10,addition of Condition 17; and additional wording to be added to the recommendation to read as follows: ‘Recommendation: Permission, subject to the following conditions’ to end of report.

 

In response to questions from Members, the Community Planning Manager clarified that the entire site currently has Asset of Community Value (ACV) status. However, the provisions of the Localism Act mean that, in the event of planning consent being granted and development commencing, that part of the site would then be removed from the ACV listing but the remainder of the pub site would retain its ACV status. 

 

During public participation, Jonathan Booth and Neil March (Agent representing Bighton Parish Council) spoke in objection to the application and Mike Worthington (Agent) spoke in support of the application and all answered Members’ questions thereon.

                       

During public participation, Councillor Griffiths spoke on this item as a Ward Member.

 

In summary, Councillor Griffiths stated that the application had raised objections from the Parish Council and over half of the households in Bighton. Bighton comprised of a farming community with young families who connected with the community, as such the community were willing to purchase the pub and had previously offered the Applicant more than the asking price to secure the building for this purpose; this offer had been rejected.

 

She stated that The English Partridge was a popular venue in a truly traditional setting offering a cosy feel and good food and was sorely missed by the local community and those who used to frequent it. She considered that the proposed application would detract from the visual impact of the  Grade II Listed Building, its rural setting and would cut into the frontage resulting in a loss to the garden area, rendering the existing building unbalanced.

 

Councillor Griffiths stated that with insufficient car parking on site, this would impact on local residents with potential on street parking and blocking of roads which are used by passing tractors and large arable farming machinery.

 

In conclusion, Councillor Griffiths urged the Committee to consider refusing the application on the grounds of Policy CP6, stating that the application should not threaten the loss of a community facility and that attempts should be made by the Applicant to satisfy this Policy requirement. She stated that the Applicant had not accepted the previous offer made by the community group and that no attempt to offer the business further in this respect had been made.

 

At the conclusion of debate, the Committee agreed to refuse permission for the following reason: contrary to Policy CP6 as the facility and service were threatened by the disposition of the land to the side of it, therefore the Committee were not satisfied that the community asset would be retained.

 


 

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