Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Planning and Environment Committee meeting held on 13th June 2019.
AB/49/19/L
Location: Sparks Yard, 18 Tarrant Street, Arundel, BN18 9DJ
Proposal: Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to facilitate the change of use of upper floors to a single, four bedroom residential unit [use class C3a] and ground floor to a commercial unit (use classes A1,A2 & B1a).
Response: The Committee objected to the application on the grounds that there would be significant alterations to a historic building, the continual erosion of retail uses would undermine the vitality and viability of the Arundel’s shopping experience and, thus, unless there was robust financial evidence that the use of the premises were no longer viable for a commercial use, and that the property has been on the commercial market to let/sell for a period of time without success, the application should be refused.
AB/48/19/PL
Location: Sparks Yard, 18 Tarrant Street, Arundel, BN18 9DJ
Proposal: Change of uses to form an upper floors single, four bedroom residential unit (use class C3a) & a ground floor commercial unit (use classes A1, A2 and B1a), together with all associated works. This application affects the character & appearance of the Arundel Conservation Area.
Response: The Committee objected to the application on the grounds that there would be significant alterations to a historic building, the continual erosion of retail uses would undermine the vitality and viability of the Arundel’s shopping experience and, thus, unless there was robust financial evidence that the use of the premises were no longer viable for a commercial use, and that the property has been on the commercial market to let/sell for a period of time without success, the application should be refused.
