Seven-bedroom supported accommodation at 25-27 Stanley Street, Bewsey And Whitecross, Warrington

“Description of Development: Proposed internal refurbishment and single storey rear extension, cycle and bin shelters…”

“The proposed development seeks to change the use of 25 Stanley Street from a single residential property with an ancillary office element to a Sui-Generis use to allow for accommodation for leavers of care in the form of a mix of ‘trainer flats’ and shared accommodation where there would be a member of staff/house manager located within the adjacent building 24/7 to manage any issues and to assist the occupiers in the transition to independent living.”

“The application site comprises 25, 27 and 29 Stanley Street with 27 and 29 Stanley Street having already been converted into supported living accommodation. Stanley Street was most recently in use as a residential dwelling although it has been used as a solicitor’s office in the recent past.”

“The application site, is of comparable height to a number of the surrounding buildings with the existing BT building located adjacent to the site to the east of the site being considerable higher. The current application comprises two planning units, numbers 25 and 27 Stanley Street.”

“Statutory expiry date: 02/12/2025 Recommendation: Grant subject to conditions with delegated authority given to the Development Manager to make non-material changes to planning conditions and reasons as may be necessary prior to the issue of the decision…”

“Impact on the Heritage Asset – internal alteration to facilitate conversion and a single storey rear extension. The internal alterations would cause less than substantial harm to the significance of the heritage asset. This harm would be outweighed by the public benefits of the proposals in accordance with Policy DC2 of the Local Plan and NPPF.”

“The upgrades to historic doors have been the subject of significant discussion and full details of this will be conditioned. It is noted (and was observed on site) that a full suite of doors survived in the core of the building and the importance of this has been recognised both in on site meetings and in the accompanying heritage statement.”

“Strong objection to the removal and boarding over of fireplaces • Strong objection to insertion of suspended ceilings • Strong objection to upgrades/alterations to historic doors • Consider that the cumulative impact would significantly erode the “historic character, room volumes, planform, and access patterns of the building” • Identify extensive and irreversible erosion of the historic interiors causing significant damage to the buildings significance.”

“The application was publicised by a site notice, press notices and neighbour letters and no letters of representation have been received.”

“Members noted the content of the report and the update note.”

“The application was approved with conditions as per the officer recommendation.”