No anticipation was required; it was made clear at the pre-application meeting, in the notes/minutes of that meeting, by the officer during assessment and in her final report that the design was not considered to be satisfactory by the Council. Furthermore, referral to an external, independent...
I think the planning officer covered this pretty well during this afternoon's committee meeting.
And at the last minute, BHA concedes on the S106 payments but tries to impose payment conditions. What on earth were Stallards & Perry thinking this would achieve.
At a formal pre-application consultation such as this, any advice provided by the Council (officers and elected members) is based on their understanding of the legislation and the Council's published policies. If the applicant doesn't take this on board then they should expect to have their...
And anyone reading the planning officer's report will see that they don't think it does and why. Seemingly not taking on board Councillors' pre-application comments/requests/suggestions on the design and then, more or less, showing two fingers to a couple of fairly standard S106 commitments...
If the hotel is designed to generate income for the business I would think, and hope, that the Crosthwaites report can be readily refuted. However, if the application doesn't demonstrate commercial viability and the Community Stadium Ltd doesn't get the development costs back over 50 years then...