Agenda item

Reports of the Strategic Lead for Planning

The Committee considered reports of the Strategic Lead for Planning and received a comprehensive presentation detailing connected applications for the hybrid City Centre South, the Listed Building Consent for the Retail Market Queen Victoria Road and the Listed Building Consent for 8A Bull Yard. Although the Committee received one overarching presentation, a decision was taken on each application separately.  The applications were as per the following: 

A: Full application for removal of bridge link between Coventry Market roof top car park and roof top parking over existing retail units on Markey Way and associated reinstatement works to roof top car park surface and balustrade, removal of existing Coventry Markey basement ramp from Rover Road and associated infilling and reinstatement works, works to retaining wall to north-east of Coventry Market, removal of existing pedestrian ramp into Coventry Market off Rover Road, creation of new Coventry Market basement ramp from Queen Victoria Road and associated works to Coventry Market basement, and removal and relocation of William Mitchell mural from front elevation of the former Three Tuns Public House building in the Bull Yard; Outline application:

B: For part of the site (as defined within the Application Boundary Area Plan) for the demolition of all existing buildings and redevelopment of the land for mixed uses, including details of the layout and scale of new development, with details of access, appearance and landscaping reserved; and

C: For part of the site for the demolition of all existing buildings and the redevelopment of the land for mixed use, with details of access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping reserved. The scheme comprises a mixed use redevelopment of up to 1,300 residential units (Class C3), up to 150 hotel rooms (Class C1), up to 37,500sqm of mixed-use non-residential floorspace including Class E Commercial, Business and Service uses, Class F.1 Learning and Non-Residential Institutions, and Sui Generis Pub or Drinking Establishment/Hot Food Takeaway/Cinema uses, hard and soft landscaping and new public open spaces including sustainable urban drainage systems, car parking provision and formation of new pedestrian and vehicular access and stopping up of existing highway.

LB/2020/2857 – Listed Building Consent for: Removal of bridge link between Coventry Market roof top car park and roof top parking over existing retail units on Market Way and associated reinstatement works to roof top car park surface and balustrade, removal of existing Coventry Market basement ramp from Rover Road and associated infilling and reinstatement works, works to retaining wall to north-east of Coventry Market, removal of existing pedestrian ramp into Coventry Market off Rover Road, creation of a new Coventry Market basement ramp from Queen Victoria Road and associated works to Coventry Market basement.

LB/2020/2860 – Listed Building Consent for: Removal and relocation of the Grade II listed William Mitchell Mural from the front elevation to a new location to be agreed in writing with Coventry City Council in consultation with Historic England.

The late representations document tabled at the meeting corrected typos within the officer report where listed building consent reference LB/2020/2857 was incorrectly referred to as LB/2020/2875. In addition, the document appraised further representations received and outlined additional and amended conditions.

A registered speaker was present at the meeting and spoke in respect of his objections to the application. Councillor J O’Boyle, Cabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration, attended the meeting and spoke in support of the application. The Applicant’s representative also spoke in support of the application.

RESOLVED that the grant of planning permission be delegated to the Strategic Lead for Planning in respect of Application OUT/2020/2876 and the associated applications for Listed Building Consent reference LB/2020/2857 and LB/2020/2860, subject to the conditions listed in the report and the late representations document and the completion of a S106 Legal agreement to secure the review of contributions and obligations at subsequent Reserved Matters stage, as identified within the report and subject to the Secretary of State not wishing to intervene regarding determination of the application(s).