Agenda item

Decision

Partial demolition and internal alterations/extensions to existing shopping centre as part of a part new build/part refurbished mixed used scheme for 11, 533 sq m of A1 retail, class A3 - A5 food and drink and class d2 assembly and leisure floor space and 675 residential units. the residential element comprising 346 no. 1 bedroom and 329 no. 2 bedroom being contained within 4 no. towers of between 15 and 23 storeys plus infilling development on top of the existing shopping centre and a stand alone tower of 15 storeys with a viewing galley on top.  Reconfiguration of existing access and frontages onto Wellington Street and works including, alterations and improvements to the entrances to the shopping centre; provision of amenity space and landscaping; vehicle and cycle parking; refuse and recycling storage; provision of new and/or upgrading existing infrastructure; groundwork's and re-profiling of site levels; ancillary engineering and other operations and plant and machinery.

Deferred to a future Committee meeting to allow further discussion with the Applicant to achieve an improved view from the Mackenzie Square entrance through a reduction/ redistribution of tower heights within the development.