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[NOTE: The Planning Officer advised the Committee of amendments to Conditions 16, 17 and 20 as detailed below

Condition 16 (refuse) -  Substitute - Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted, the refuse and recycling facilities shown on the approved plans shall be  made available and shall thereafter be retained for use at all times.

Condition 17 (use of premises) – Amend - Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) and the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) the building hereby approved shall only be used as a brewery (Class B2 general industrial use) and for no other purposes whatsoever Class B2 use unless the prior written approval for that use is first given planning permission is first granted by the Local Planning Authority.

Condition 20 – (emissions) – Amend - Prior to the first occupation of the building for the brewery use (Class B2) commencement of the development hereby permitted, an extract/ventilation system shall be installed within the building in accordance with fully specified details of a scheme for the installation of equipment to control emissions from the premises including, an extract / ventilation system, to include make-up air should be designed and installed to manage emissions associated with the brewing process, e.g. steam, gas appliance and odours which shall have first shall been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These approved measures shall be implemented fully in accordance with the approved scheme prior to the occupation of the brewery use (Class B2) development (or commencement of the use hereby approved). The outlet from the ventilation / extraction flue must finish at least one metre from openings such as doors and windows and be at least one metre above eaves level, to ensure the dispersal of fumes and odours away from neighbouring properties. The flue ductwork must be supported using mountings fixed to the structure of the building in such a way that any vibration or noise associated with mechanical ventilation/extraction is reduced to a level which does not cause a nuisance to neighbours. All equipment installed as part of the scheme shall thereafter be operated and maintained in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter.]

The Committee considered an application for the erection of one detached industrial unit for Class B2 (General Industrial use) (327sqm GIFA) with ancillary shop and external storage and bottle wash areas and associated vehicular access, parking, refuse store and fencing.

Following a query regarding the acoustic fence the Planning Officer advised that Condition 26 required that the details of its acoustic composition/specification, height, position on the site and colour would need to be submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Some Members of the Committee were concerned by the loss of parking on the site for the Royal Mail Woking Rural Delivery Office and Vehicles Operation Centre. The Planning Officer explained that the Committee could not consider the loss of parking in determination of the application as the land was under private ownership and that the applicant had already advised the Council of their intention to serve notice terminating the licence to park on this land. It was noted in the report that Royal Mail was only able to utilise part of the application site for parking under licence and that the landowner was entitled to give notice at any time. There were no local planning policies which sought to protect existing car parks in private use.

Some Members of the Committee were concerned that the use of table top bottling could be discriminatory to disabled workers. It was explained that ‘Table Top’ just referred to the type of equipment and it was not an indication of the height of the equipment; it referred to the method of bottling rather than mechanical. The Committee asked that ‘Table Top’ be marked in inverted commas so that it was clearer this was not prescriptive of height.

RESOLVED

That planning permission be granted subject to the prior completion of an Undertaking of the Chief Executive to secure the off-site ecological mitigation and conditions.