Supporting documents - Renfrewshire Council

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RESTAURANT
The amended scheme proposes a much smaller development with bed
numbers now proposed at 46 (previously 64); reduced car parking numbers;
and a reduction in the size of the restaurant. The amended ground floor
layout plan shows a suggested layout of the restaurant with covers included
for illustrative purposes only. The officers expressed concern at the meeting
in August that the restaurant would become a destination in its own right and
thereby attracting customers and car borne traffic away from the town centre.
The amended scheme reduces the number of indicative covers to below 150.
It should be remembered that the maximum occupancy of the restaurant is
never likely to be near its capacity – for example, hotel guests travelling alone,
are likely to occupy a table for two to four people when dining. Not every 4
seated table will have 4 people sitting at it.
The restaurant is ancillary to the main use of the site as the hotel. While the
restaurant is open to the public, it is likely that the majority of users will be
staying in the hotel, other than a few local people who may well walk to the
site. It is considered that it is unlikely that the restaurant would ever be a
major attraction in its own right and it will have no material impact on the town
centre restaurants.
CONCLUSION
The plans submitted with this Statement, as an amendment to the submitted
application, show a smaller application site and incorporate a reduction in
the number of bedrooms proposed, size of the restaurant and car parking
spaces. The amended scheme has no impact on the existing David Lloyd
Leisure site and is satisfactory from a highways point of view and in respect
of car parking standards.
It is considered that the proposed development accords in all respects with
Policy IB11 of the Local Plan in that it will assist business and tourism; it will
not be detrimental to the local 12
Walsingham Planning, Brandon House, King Street,
Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6DX
March 2010