Agenda item

Internal alterations and refurbishment [Guildhall Ward] [Site Visit]

Members considered an application for Listed Building Consent (LBC) by Ms Fiona Williams, City of York Council for internal alterations and refurbishment.

Officers advised the Committee that they had been contacted by the Chairman of the Conservation Area Advisory Panel (CAAP) requesting that consideration of this application be deferred on the basis that the Panel were due to discuss the application at their meeting in October.

Officers advised that the Authority’s Conservation Officer had requested two additional conditions, the first requiring samples of the construction materials to be used in the access ramp and staircase handrails to the ground floor foyer to be submitted and approved and the second, for a detailed photographic record of the library interior be submitted and approved before any work commences.

They also reported that the wording of Condition 3 had been amended slightly.

Members noted that the intention was for the redundant library shelving to be placed in storage and requested that the Authority investigate options for reusing the shelving within the Council as an alternative to putting it into storage.

RESOLVED:             That the application be approved following a decision by the Secretary of State subject to the conditions listed in the report and the amended and additional conditions and informative listed below. ¹

Amended Condition 3

Notwithstanding the application details hereby approved, full details including height, location, decoration and structural members of the glazed screen to separate the cafe area from the children's library shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before work on site commences. Work shall thenceforth be undertaken in strict accordance with the details hereby approved.

Reason: To secure the historic character and integrity of the Listed Building and to secure compliance with Policy HE4 of the York Development Control Local Plan

Additional Condition 9

Samples of the construction materials to be used in the access ramp and staircase handrails to the ground floor foyer shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before work on site commences. Work shall thenceforth be undertaken in strict accordance with the details thereby approved.

Reason: To safeguard the historic character and integrity of the Listed Building and to secure compliance with Policy HE4 of the York Development Control Local Plan.

Additional Condition 10

A detailed photographic record of the library interior in accordance with a written specification to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority shall be undertaken prior to work commencing on site. A copy of the resulting report shall thenceforth be submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To safeguard the historic character and integrity of the Listed Building and to secure compliance with Policy HE4 of the York Development Control Local Plan.

Informative:

The shelving and bookcases which are surplus to requirements and are to be removed from the library, should, if at all possible, be reused by the Learning Culture & Children's Services Directorate either at the Museum Street library, another Council library or given to another Directorate to use if required.

REASON:                  The proposal, subject to the conditions listed in the report and the amended and additional conditions listed above, would not cause undue harm to interests of acknowledged importance, with particular reference to details of the proposed suspended ceiling panels, removal of fixed timber shelving, provision of handrails to the  entrance ramp and staircase accessing the first floor, glazed entrance screen and exposure of original flooring. As such the proposal complies with Policy  HE4  of the City of York Development Control Local Plan and Central Government advice on Listed Building Control outlined in PPG 15 "Planning and the Historic Environment".