Planning precedent report

The development will consist of: the change of use of semi-basement and ground floor from car park and retail to bar and jazz club with part retail / cafe-bar fronting onto Drury Street; the construction of a sub-basement for customer toilets and store (c.45.6sq.m.); increase in the height of the existing basement level; reconfiguration of the internal layout to make it fit for purpose; modifications to the fire escape exit to South William Street at basement level; new pedestrian entrance and ground floor facade treatment to the bar and jazz club; relocation of pedestrian entrance and facade treatment to the ground floor retail / cafe-bar unit; associated elevational changes; and all associated works; all on a site of c.0.042ha (c.422.1sq.m.).

PERMISSION:The development will consist of the change of use of the existing basement car park (369sqm) at 47 Drury Street to restaurant use, the change of use of the existing ground floor retail (35.1 sqm) at 47 Drury Street to restaurant use and the associated extension of the existing SOLE Restaurant out to 47 Drury Street at ground floor and basement levels. It will include the relocation of the restaurant entrance from 18-19 South William Street to 47 Drury Street along with associated internal modifications to the existing building. The relocation of the entrance will involve the remodelling of the shop / carpark entrance frontage to form a new shopfront to 47 Drury Street including new signage, lighting and a demountable canopy awning over the new restaurant entrance.

Planning permission for development at this site: first floor level and part second floor level. The development will consist of a change of use in the existing four storey over basement building, from education use (cookery school at first floor level and associated wine school at second floor level) to office use. The development is accessed from the existing William Street South entrance with existing fire escape exiting onto Drury Street.

The development will consist of a change of use, of the 1st and 2nd floors within the existing four storey over basement building, including the existing associated outdoor terrace, from education use (cookery school at 1st floor and associated wine school at 2nd floor on the Drury Street side) and from office use (at 2nd floor on the William Street South side) all to Sports and Recreational use. It includes fitness and health studios, well-being suite and associated ancillary support facilities. The development is accessed from the existing William Street South entranceway with a fire escape exiting onto Drury Street. The development includes for the upgrade and remodelling works to the 18/19 William Street South shopfront; the removal of the existing, timber, door surrounds and fascias, strip back to the original tiled finish, the removal of the existing roller shutter and recessed doors to No. 19 and their replacement with a traditional steel and glass entrance screen to match the existing windows, along with a new, matching style canopy and signage to No. 19 and a retractable awning to No. 18 to match existing and associated lighting, all as described in the drawings.

The development will consist of small extension (36.2 sqm) to provide a new link corridor at first floor level, all as part of the development which is the subject of a change of use planning application reg. ref. 3045/24. The proposals include for the associated extension of the existing outdoor terrace at second floor level and a low profile, solar PV array behind the existing parapet on the flat roof of 18/19 William Street South. The development is accessed from the existing William Street South entranceway with a fire escape exiting onto Drury Street, all as described in the drawings.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of the change of use from retail / commercial use to bar / restaurant / performance venue and associated works at 46 Drury Street (Protected Structure No. 2393). The works include: (a) the reforming and extension of the existing semi-basement (providing an additional floor area of c.40sq.m.) for ancillary kitchen, stores, keg lift, staff welfare facilities and customer toilets; (b) removal of existing ground, first and second floors and their replacement with new floors at ground and first floor level (creating a double height first floor space); (c) new glazed entrance door; (d) new gate to lane; and (e) all associated site and development works. There will be an overall net reduction in floor area from c.404sq.m. to c325sq.m. All works proposed on a site of 0.0171ha (171sq.m.).