Application for a non-material minor amendment (ground floor apartment amended to provide separate access including entrance door added to side elevation and ground floor window adjusted to south elevation) of 22/0395/FUL - Conversion and extension to existing dwelling to create 5 No. apartments

The development consist of retention of ground floor retail and takeaway uses, with apartments to the first/second floor levels The design allows for apartments with external windows for natural light and ventilation suitable for residential use

Prior Notification - The development consists of retention of offices to the ground floor and conversion to apartments to the first and second floor. This following the precedence set for buildings immediately adjacent the application site. The design and layout of the apartments ensures all apartment will have external windows to ensure natural light and suitable usage as a residential dwelling.

Change of use of first floor from office to residential to form 3 flats, using existing external windows to provide natural light to all habitable rooms.

Use of offices to eight flats and two dwellings, all units to be provided with windows and/or roo...

Prior Approval sought for change of use of part of the ground floor from shop (Use Class A1) to 2 x 1 bed flats (Use Class C3) with changes to fenestration

Prior approval for a change of use of the ground floor from retail (Use Class A1) to 3 studio flats (Use Class C3) with changes to fenestration and removal of external staircase

Prior approval for the change of use from offices (Use Class B1(a) to dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), to provide 8 self-conatined flats (5 studios and 3 two-bed flats). All of the proposed habitable rooms will have windows that will provide adequate natural light.

Prior notification for change of use from office use to provide three self-contained 1 bedroom studio apartments. The apartments are accessed from a dedicated entrance at the rear of the property via a communal staircase. Each of the three apartments will contain a shower room and an open plan living area with a kitchen. Each of the proposed apartments has large windows providing natural daylight and ventilation into all of the habitable rooms.

The proposals are to change the use of the building to provide 45 residential units; 8 on the ground floor, 12 on the first, 13 on the second and 12 on the third. The proposed internal layouts are indicated on the drawings that accompany the application. All dwellings comply with the Nationally Described Technical Standards. Four of the proposed new flats will be formed within part of the existing undercroft carpark. Any external alterations required to facilitate the conversion and change of use such as changes to the existing fenestration and the formation of new infill walls to the flats undercroft car park and one flat on the second floor will be the subject of a separate application. Waste and recycling facilities, together with a secure cycle store to meet Local Authority standards will also be the subject of a future planning application and will be provided within the ground floor level courtyard where 18 carparking spaces will also be retained for residential use. A lockable raised arm vehicle barrier will be located at the top of the ramp to the basement carpark to prevent unauthorised access. A full Daylight Report accompanies this application. There are 86 habitable rooms within the proposals and in relation to the Average Daylight Factor the Daylight Report confirms that 91% of those (78 rooms) will meet or exceed the BRE target values for the room types. Of the 8 rooms that do not meet that target, 5 are lounge/kitchen/dining spaces and they achieve an ADF of at least 1.5% (the recommended target value for a living/dining room). In terms of Daylight Distribution 98% of all habitable rooms meet or exceed the target value recommended for daylight distribution levels within rooms. This means that 84 rooms will have direct access to sky via one, or more, windows over at least 80% for their plan area (the BRE recommended target value). The 2 rooms that do not meet this target fall only marginally short.