Agenda item

RESOLVED:

that the above Application be refused in accordance with the Officer recommendation, as detailed within the circulated report, and in accordance with the circulated amendment sheet, on the following grounds:

1.    The removal of conditions 1 and 2 of Planning Permission P2009/0406would allow for the unrestricted use of this building as a residential dwelling, which is considered to amount to an unjustified form of residential development within the countryside which, by virtue of its remote location, also results in it being heavily dependent on motor cars and therefore unsustainable. Furthermore the applicant has failed to demonstrate that he has made every reasonable attempt to secure (or retain) a suitable business re-use for the building. The continued residential occupation of the property is therefore contrary to Planning Policy Walesa and Policies ENV1, ENV8b and T1 of the Neath Port Talbot Unitary Development Plan.

That Members authorise prosecution action against the failure to comply with the terms of the extant Enforcement Notice.

(a)  in the event that an appeal against this decision is not validated by the Planning Inspectorate within one month of the date of this decision; or

(b) in the event that an appeal is dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate that the Notice is not complied with within a further agreed compliance period of six months.