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25/0154/FUL – Demolition of the concrete shed and part demolition of the cart shed adjoining The Black Barn and construction of front/side extension including solar panels; alterations to doors and materials; alteration of front access path and courtyard; creation of drop off zone and parking area; change of use from agriculture to a mixed commercial use and community uses including indoor sport and recreation, provision of education, public hall, exhibition hall and as a public meeting place (Use Classes E(d), F.1(a), F.1(e), F.2(b));  widening of access off Denham Way at Woodoaks Farm Denham Way Maple Cross Rickmansworth.

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25/0155/LBC - Listed Building Consent: Demolition of the concrete shed and part demolition of the cart shed adjoining The Black Barn and construction of front/side extension including solar panels; alterations to doors and materials; alteration of front access path and courtyard; creation of drop off zone and parking area; change of use from agriculture to a mixed commercial use and community uses including indoor sport and recreation, provision of education, public hall, exhibition hall and as a public meeting place (Use Classes E(d), F.1(a), F.1(e), F.2(b)); widening of access off Denham Way.

Recommendation for 25/0154/FUL: that authority is delegated to the Head of Regulatory Services, following the completion of a S106 agreement securing the Heads of Terms set out below (and subject to any minor alterations to those terms as agreed between the Head of Regulatory Services and the Planning Committee Chairman), to grant planning permission subject to conditions.

Recommendation for 25/0155/LBC: that Listed Building Consent be granted subject to conditions.

The applications were a full application and associated listed building consent application for demolition of the concrete shed and part demolition of the cart shed adjoining The Black Barn and construction of front/side extension including solar panels; alterations to doors and materials; alteration of front access path and courtyard; creation of drop off zone and parking area; change of use from agriculture to a mixed commercial use and community uses including indoor sport and recreation, provision of education, public hall, exhibition hall and as a public meeting place (Use Classes E(d), F.1(a), F.1(e), F.2(b));  widening of access off Denham Way at Woodoaks Farm Denham Way Maple Cross Rickmansworth.

The Planning Officer provided an update to the Committee, outlining that whilst officers were satisfied with the conclusions set out in the committee report (i.e. that the proposed development would result in less than substantial harm to the heritage asset and harm to the openness of the Green Belt but that there were other considerations that existed to outweigh that harm) officers were not satisfied that the mechanisms proposed within the report to secure the very special circumstances met the necessary tests. Those mechanisms included a number of the recommended planning conditions, and the draft Heads of Terms for a legal agreement which were detailed at section 7.7 of the report.

As a result, officers had been working with the applicant and the Council’s Planning Solicitor to produce a revised set of Heads of Terms which were considered to better secure what would be necessary to make the application acceptable in planning terms. These had been circulated to Members of the Committee prior to the meeting as a supplementary item and were available to view on the committee agenda online.  It was considered that these would secure the public benefits proposed by the scheme, and they therefore replaced what had been set out in section 7.7 of the report.  The Planning Officer summarised the revised draft Heads of Terms for the benefit of the Committee.

In terms of the proposed use of the building, the Planning Officer reported that the description of the development, the report, and condition 4 referred to a number of uses.  It was subsequently agreed by the Committee that as the permitted uses were secured by the conditions and Heads of Terms, the description of the development in both the full application and the listed building consent application should be revised to omit the references to the use classes as follows: 

‘Demolition of the concrete shed and part demolition of the cart shed adjoining The Black Barn and construction of front/side extension including solar panels; alterations to doors and materials; alteration of front access path and courtyard; creation of drop off zone and parking area; change of use from agriculture to a mixed commercial use and community uses; widening of access off Denham Way at Woodoaks Farm Denham Way Maple Cross Rickmansworth WD3 9XQ.’

The Planning Officer also reported that as the refined Heads of Terms addressed a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 145