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Application Details
Description: Change of use of existing ground floor retail unit to new 1 bedroom flat and part retail unit
Status: Approval
Applicant Name
Mr Sam Bastow, Geroge Staffordshire Investments Limited
Application Location
55-57
Port Street
Evesham
WR11 3LF
UPRN
Ward
Bengeworth Ward
Parish
Evesham
Agent Name
Dean Sutton, Dean Sutton Design Consultants
Agent Address
68 Albert Road
Evesham
WR11 4La
Application Reference: W/25/00359/FUL
Application Type: Full planning permission
Case Officer: Isabelle Badland
Decision Level: Delegated
Application Received Date: Wednesday 19 February 2025
Application Valid Date: Friday 20 June 2025
Consultation Start Date: Tuesday 25 March 2025
Consultation End Date: Thursday 17 July 2025
Site Visit Notice Date: N/A
Advert Expiry Date: Thursday 3 April 2025
Committee Date: N/A
Decision Date: Friday 18 July 2025
Appeal Date: N/A
Appeal Decision: N/A
Consultees
- Cllr Mark Goodge, Bengeworth Ward
- Cllr Mrs Emma Stokes, Bengeworth Ward
- Conservation Officer, Conservation Officer
- Drainage Engineer, Engineers - S.W. Land Drainage Partnership
- Highways, County Highways
- National Amenities Societies, National Amenities Societies
- Parish Clerk, Evesham Town Council
- Worcestershire County Council (Public Paths),
- Worcestershire Regulatory Services - Air Quality, Worcestershire Regulatory Services
Relevant Policies and Constraints
- Policy Case HLA - PAR/37/236/HOU. 55 & 57 PORT STREET. STORE>FLATS. Affordable. Small site (EMP only)
- SWDP 6: Conservation Area
- Policy Case HLA - PAR/37/450/HOU. 55-57 Port Street, Evesham, WR11 3LF. Change of use of first/second floor of shop into two maisonettes at first/second storey level (15.00203 was for 1 flat, 15/01748 is to create 2 flats not 1).. Open Market. Small windfall (HLA only)
- Minor Aquifer
- Air Quality Management Area Consultation
- SWDP 2: Development Boundary
- SWDP 10: Secondary Shopping Frontage
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1302707. Listed Building. 53-61, PORT STREET. LB/1302707
- Paper: Evesham Journal - Thursday
- Affect setting: Evesham Conservation Area
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1302707. Potentially Curtilage Listed. 53-61, PORT STREET. PCL/1302707
- Evesham Conservation Area
- SWDP 5: Urban - Unsurveyed
- Listed Building 0m Buffer: Grade II. H.E Ref: 1302707. Listed Building. 53-61, PORT STREET. LB/1302707
- Listed Building 0m Buffer: Grade II. H.E Ref: 1302707. Potentially Curtilage Listed. 53-61, PORT STREET. PCL/1302707
- CIL004 - Main Urban Area
- Wind Turbines
- Surface Water: Low 1 in 1000 extent
- Surface Water: Medium 1 in 100 extent
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1081365. Potentially Curtilage Listed. 47, PORT STREET. PCL/1081365
- Public Right of Way: Type- Footpath. Path No- EV-537 A
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1081366. Potentially Curtilage Listed. 63, PORT STREET. PCL/1081366
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1081369. Listed Building. 58-64, PORT STREET. LB/1081369
- Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1081366. Listed Building. 63, PORT STREET. LB/1081366
Application Documents
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This application has been approved
The following conditions and information notes are associated with the approval
The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. Reason: To conform with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
Unless where required or allowed by other conditions attached to this permission/consent, the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the information (including details on the proposed materials) provided on the application form and the following plans/drawings/documents:
Existing Plans and Elevations 285-SB 01 B
Proposed Plans and Elevations 285-SB 02 B
Location and Block Plans 285-MB 03
Site Plan Showing Rear Amenities Area 285-MB 04
Reason: To define the permission in accordance with Policy SWDP1 and SWDP2 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
No dwelling hereby permitted shall be occupied until sheltered and secure cycle parking to comply with the Council’s adopted highway design guide has been provided in accordance with details which shall first be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and thereafter the approved cycle parking shall be kept available for the parking of bicycles only.
REASON: To encourage use of non car travel, to comply with the Council’s parking standards and to comply with Policies SWDP4 and SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Positive and Proactive Statement. No problems have arisen in dealing with this application. The planning application sought an acceptable form of development consistent with the requirements of relevant policies and material considerations. No amendments or alterations were therefore required and no further positive or proactive action was deemed necessary.
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