Decision details

Full Application - To change the use of the current dining room at the Crag Inn Into a bottling plant for bottling on site spring water at the Crag Inn, Wildboarclough

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Decision Maker: Planning Committee

Decision status: APPROVED (In accordance with officer recommendation with additional or amended condition(s))

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

 

The Planning Officer introduced the item for an extension to the current business. The current business is not financially viable and the bottling and selling of the water from the borehole would create a new revenue stream which it was hoped would help to sustain the public house.

 

Consultation with the legal officer would take place regarding a change to Condition 5 of the report.

 

The following spoke under the Public Participation at Meetings Scheme:-

 

·         Mr Doran Binder, Owner - Supporter

 

Members discussed condition 6 and questioned why the water could not be sold from the public house.  Officers agreed to change this condition to allow some sales over the counter from the public house.

 

The officer recommendation to approve the application subject to conditions was moved.

 

Members discussed concerns regarding limited opening times of the pub which the applicant stated was due to the poor revenue from the pub business which does not allow for the costs of employment of any staff.  It was hoped the additional income from the water sales would encourage longer pub opening times.

 

The officer recommendation to approve the application subject to changes to the conditions was seconded.

 

The applicant confirmed that all necessary testing of the quality of the water to be sold was carried out.

 

The motion for approval of the application subject to amended conditions was voted on and carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

To APPROVE the application subject  to the following conditions:-

1.    3 year temporary consent.

 

2.    Adopt submitted plans.

 

3.    Water bottling use and any associated storage to be restricted to the dining room shown on the approved plans and the enclosed yard area directly to the east of the public house only.

 

4.    Any operation of machinery associated with the water bottling use and any deliveries or other activities in the yard area associated with the water bottling use to be restricted to between the hours of 08.30 and 18.00 only.

 

5.    No more than 500 crates per day (or 5000 litres per day whichever is the lesser) of water shall be produced and bottled from the site and no more than 500 crates (or 5000 litres) shall be distributed from the site.

 

6.    There shall be no direct retail sales of the bottled water from the application site other than for consumption  within the public house and direct sales of bottled water through the bar.

 

7.    The water bottling use hereby approved shall cease completely if the Crag Inn ceases to trade as a public house.

Cllr Mrs Judith Twigg left the meeting at 12 noon.

 

 

 

Publication date: 03/05/2018

Date of decision: 13/04/2018

Decided at meeting: 13/04/2018 - Planning Committee

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