Rayleigh Civic Suite and Flats Gets Approval
APPLICATION NUMBER 21/01331/FUL CIVIC SUITE, NO. 2 HOCKLEY ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 8EB PART DEMOLITION AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING BUILDING TO FORM 302 SQUARE METRES OF OFFICE ACCOMODATION (CLASS E (C) AND (G)) AND ERECTION OF NEW BUILDINGS TO CREATE 12 NEW HOMES (APARTMENT BLOCK CONSISTING OF 1NO. ONE BED, 8NO. TWO BED UNITS AND 3 TOWNHOUSES) WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, AMENITY SPACE, LANDSCAPING, NEW PEDESTRIAN
The application for the part demolition of Rayleigh Civic Suite and the new build of 12 dwellings, was approved by the development committee tonight. Non-committee members James Newport & Jim Cripps, along with Mike Wilkinson (Ind) spoke against the development with little effect on the committee members. Cllr Chris Stanley moved for refusal of the application but the vote was lost.
| For Refusal | Against Refusal |
| Cllr Chris Stanley (Proposed) | Cllr Simon Smith (Con) |
| Cllr Carol Weston (2nd'r) | Cllr Arthur Williams (Con) |
| Cllr Lisa Newport | Cllr Daniel Efdes (Con) |
| Cllr Jack Lawmon | Cllr David Merrick (Con) |
| Cllr Laureen Shaw (Con) | |
Cllr Ian Foster (Con) | |
Abstained | |
Cllr Lesley Butcher | |