Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of interest received at this point in the meeting.

The minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Development Committee held on 11 April 2024 were submitted and approved as a correct record.

Schedule – Page 9

Item 1 – Acklam Hall, TS5 7DY – Page 11

Item 2 – 2 Helmsley Close, TS5 7LP – Page 53

·        The Head of Planning submitted plans deposited as applications to develop land under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

21/0304/RES, Erection of 55 bed hotel and spa with ancillary works adjacent

to Acklam Hall

Members were advised that the application sought reserved matters consent for the erection of a 55 bed hotel (including a spa located at a basement level) to the east of Acklam Hall in the location of the eastern courtyard which had previously occupied the site.

The principle of a development in this location had been agreed as part of the 2012 hybrid application which gave outline consent for an extension to the Hall in the location of this proposed development.

The hybrid application was for 56no. dwellings, doctors surgery and parking,

outline nursing home, works to Hall including extension and restoration and landscaping.  Members were advised that the housing and doctors surgery (Tees Valley Hospital) had been completed.

The development included three storeys (two floors above ground and a basement). The proposed development included a car park to the south of the hotel and the retention of the existing car park to the south of Acklam Hall.

The application site was located on the Acklam Hall estate to the north of Hall Drive within the Acklam Hall Conservation Area. Acklam Hall was Middlesbrough’s only grade I listed building. Within the wider site there were residential dwellings located to the east and west of Acklam Hall, separated from the Hall by a formal landscaped garden to the west and an area of grassed open space to the east. To the immediate northwest of the Hall sits St Mary’s Church and to the northeast is the Tees Valley Hospital which sits directly north of the residential dwellings which are to the east of the Hall. To the south was an area of open space separating the site from Hall Drive, the Avenue of Trees and residential estates. To the north is an area of open space.

Members heard that during the application process, in response to consultee and officer comments, a revised scheme was submitted. Whilst improvements were made in relation to the scale of the development (increasing the separation distance to the existing residential properties) and the design of the building. The changes did not go far enough to remove the concerns raised by Historic England, the Conservation Officer, or the planning authority.

The development was considered to result in harm to the significance of the heritage asset, namely Acklam Hall, a grade I listed building and its setting, and the Acklam Conservation area. The proposed development lacked subservience and would dominate views of the hall by virtue of its design and appearance. The scale and massing, whilst in broad accordance with the outline consent, appear incongruous as a result of the bulky design. The excessive levels of parking detract from the setting of the Hall and harm the visual appearance of the area. On balance, the economic and public benefits of the development  ...  view the full minutes text for item 24/3

The Head of Planning submitted details of planning applications which had been approved to date in accordance with the delegated authority granted to him at Minute 187 (29 September 1992).

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