74-bedroom hotel at 3 - 5 High Street, Perth

The proposed hotel

The application proposed converting, altering and extending largely vacant former municipal buildings to create a 74-bedroom hotel with associated facilities.

“The former municipal buildings comprising 1-5 High Street and 18-15 Tay Street occupy a prominent city centre corner site in the Perth Central Conservation Area, with parts overlooking the River Tay. The buildings are category B listed (LB 39320).”

“The site boundary encompasses the original 19 th century sections of the building on the corner of High Street and Tay Street, as well as a 2-storey 1930’s extension to the rear, a rear courtyard accessed via a pend from Tay Street, and a pitch-roofed garage block within the courtyard. The proposal is to repair, adapt and reuse the existing buildings to form a 74-bedroom hotel and associated back of house facilities.”

Officer report

Earlier applications

Earlier permissions covered access, floodlighting, stone repairs, door alterations, disabled access and window replacement; related listed building consent remained under consideration.

“05/00704/LBC Listed Building Consent was approved on 28 April 2006 for replacement of 'Crittal' metal windows with double glazed 'Crittal' metal W20 windows…”

“24/01614/LBC Listed Building Consent is currently pending consideration for associated alterations and extension to the building.”

Officer report

Residents’ concerns

Three representations were received: two objections and one neutral response, raising visual impact, potential noise and loss of view.

“Visual impact • Potential noise • Loss of view…”

Officer report

Who spoke at the meeting

The applicant’s representatives addressed the committee and answered members’ questions; [name withheld] introduced the report and advised on proposed amendments.

Committee discussion

A proposal to defer the application until listed building consent was decided was withdrawn after advice that the applications were separate and this application should be determined first.

“Councillor B Brawn proposed an Amendment to defer the application to allow the Listed Building Consent to be determined before this application was determined. Following advice that the applications are separate and, in any event, due to the holding objection from SEPA this application was more appropriate to be determined first, Councillor Brawn withdrew his Amendment.”

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The committee’s decision

The committee resolved to be minded to grant permission, subject to notification to Scottish Ministers, amended conditions and an additional sustainable drainage condition.

“Resolved: Minded to Grant, subject to notification to the Scottish Ministers, and the following amended terms, conditions and informatives, including an additional condition regarding SUDS:”

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Conditions and next steps

The decision included amended dust and noise conditions, deleted a duplicate informative, and added a detailed SUDS condition before development starts.

“[name withheld] introduced the report and advised that amendments were required: 1. update to Condition 8 to tighten the wording relating to the implementation of the construction dust management plan; Condition 10 relating to mitigation measures of the noise management plan requires confirmation as to when the measures are required by; and 3. Informative 5 to be deleted as it is a duplicate of Informative 1, with the others renumbered thereafter.”

“Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a Construction Dust Management Plan shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Council as Planning Authority. The CDMP shall include procedures and mitigation measures for the control of dust to prevent or minimise the release of dust during any stages of the construction period of the development. The CDMP shall thereafter be implemented as agreed.”

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