Conversion, alteration and extension of former residential care home into a community hub. Removal of two storey rear lift tower, replacement of front lean-to, replacement/reduced front and rear dormers windows, erection of single storey rear extensions, fenestration alterations including installation of rooflights and associated ground works, erection of detached garden office, fence enclosure housing air source heat pump and various tree works

Extension 1. The application is for a renewal of an identical application that was approved in 2016. 2. The site currently accommodates a small house and two sheds. It is bounded by residential property on two sides, a paddock to the rear and is on the residential fringe of Westleton. The prevailing scale in the neighbourhood is varied with traditional one and two storey dwellings with one much larger property next door. 3. The existing house is to be extended to provide a single storey garage and an additional bedroom and ground floor bathroom to make the accommodation more modern and flexible. 4. The proposed dwelling will have no openings onto neighbouring properties and is screened by hedges and fences with the principal trees and boundary hedging and fencing being retained. 5. Highway access, bin and oil storage will be unchanged. 6. The exception is to increase the height of the existing perimeter willow fence to up to 3 meters (to graduate up after a minimum of 4 meters from the roadway) along the boundary between the cottage and the new building next door to improve privacy for both buildings following the new build increasing the land elevation in their back garden and increased scale of overlooking windows. 7. External materials are limited to brick and tiling compatible with local styles. 8. No biodiversity issues are presented by the proposals. 9. The site has been checked for contamination in 2017 and 2019 with no issues being found. 10. The site is not within a Conservation Area and the building is not listed.

Variation of Conditions 1, 13 (part vi) & 19 (part h) of listed building consent dated 17 February 2020 (19/09926/LBC); for Alterations to existing building including creation of new pedestrian & vehicular entrances; alterations to bottle balustrades & parapets; creation of three additional storeys at fifth, sixth & seventh floors; creation of two additional basement storeys; partial demolition & reconstruction of central wing; demolition & reconstruction of Triangular Courtyard facades incorporating extensions at ground to fourth floors; external alterations to Quadrangle facades including new pedestrian entrances; landscaping to Quadrangle & Triangular Courtyards; creation of external terraces at fourth, fifth, sixth & seventh floors; entrance canopies; public realm works including alterations to security walls & bollards; removal & replacement of street trees; all in connection with use as hotel comprising up to 125 hotel bedrooms/suites with flexible hotel/retail/restaurant/bar use at part ground floor, flexible hotel/restaurant use at part lower ground, part ground & part second floors; flexible hotel/bar use at part fifth & part sixth floors; flexible retail, leisure, restaurant or bar use at part ground floor, leisure/spa facilities within the basement levels & part lower ground floor ancillary ballroom, event space & meeting rooms, food & beverage facilities, back of house facilities; car, cycle parking & servicing facilities; and up to 88 residential dwellings with ancillary communal amenities, car, cycle parking & servicing; namely, amendments to the Quadrangle courtyard paving, amendments to internal layout of two residential units; installation of additional windows to fifth floor; installation of external grilles to the east and north elevations and submission of details reserved by Condition 13 (vi) (internal finishes, including vehicle and service areas) and 19 (h) (stonework and ironwork gate details).

Amendments to planning permission dated 19 March 2018 (17/09368/FULL) for Variation of Conditions 1, 13, 16, 7(a), 9, 38 & removal of Condition 40 of planning permission dated 10 July 2017 (16/09548/FULL) for; Alterations to the existing building including creation of new entrances; alterations to bottle balustrades & parapets; extensions to create three additional storeys; two additional basement storeys; partial demolition & reconstruction of the central wing; demolition, reconstruction & extensions to the Triangular Courtyard facades; external alterations to Quadrangle facades; creation of external terraces at fourth, fifth, sixth & seventh floor levels; addition of entrance canopies; alterations to security walls & bollards & the removal & replacement of street trees; all in connection with change of use from offices (Class B1) to a hotel (Class C1) comprising up to 125 hotel bedrooms/suites with flexible hotel/retail/restaurant/bar use at part ground floor (Class C1/A1/A3/A4), flexible hotel/restaurant use at part lower ground, part ground & part second floors (Class C1/A3); flexible hotel/bar use at part fifth & part sixth floors (Class C1/A4); flexible retail, leisure, restaurant or bar use at part ground floor (Class A1/D2/C1/A3/A4), leisure/spa facilities within the basement levels & part lower ground floor (Class D2/C1) ancillary ballroom, event space & meeting rooms, food & beverage facilities, back of house facilities & associated car & cycle parking & servicing facilities; creation of up to 88 residential dwellings (Class C3) with ancillary communal amenities, & associated car parking, cycle parking & servicing facilities; namely, amendments to the Quadrangle courtyard paving, amendments to internal layout of two residential units; installation of additional windows to fifth floor; installation of external grilles to the east and north elevations.