Demolition of hotel and formation of 14 residential apartments with car parking and vehicular/ pedestrian access.

The Committee considered an application to construct 14 flats on the site of the former Conway Court Hotel, Warren Road, Torquay which had been considered by members on two previous occasions.

Prior to the meeting, Members of the Development Management Committee undertook a site visit and written representations were circulated to members.  At the meeting Mr Richard Maddox addressed the Committee in support of the application.

Resolved:

Subject to:

(i)        the completion of a Section 106 Agreement in respect of waste, sustainable transport, stronger communities, lifelong learning and greenspace being completed within three months of the date of this Committee or the application be refused for the lack of a Section 106 Agreement, and

(ii)       clarification of the acceptability of hit and miss timber screening and use of fibre cement board in place of zinc panelling;

approved with conditions relating to 1:20 details of key features, samples of materials, implementation of bike and bin storage, species and density details to supplement the conceptual landscape strategy for the site; and further investigative study of ground conditions to inform foundation design.