Point No 2
The Application Form – Errors and Omissions
The Applicant is Ladson’s – NOT Tesco. (This is an important
point in later arguments)
The developer has throughout the Application documents
sought to minimize the scale of what is proposed. (Opinion)
Size of
development:-
The Application form merely states the Net Retail Area of
the proposed store as 1,728 sq metres. They have not stated the Gross internal
floor area which is 2,880 sq metres.
Had they downloaded the 1APP document for filling in by hand
they would have been specifically asked to state the Gross figure (see
Appendix). On the online 1APP, if you
don’t fill the Gross figure in, it doesn’t appear on the form.
Number of
employees:-
The Application form states the No of employees at this
development as Nil
Opening Hours:-
The Application form states that Sunday opening hours would
be from 10.00am to 6.00pm. This is in contravention of the Sunday Trading Laws which state that shops
over 280 sq metres are restricted to 6 hrs opening. It may well be that the
intention is to open for six hours within the period 10.am – 6.00pm to give
them some flexibility – I feel however that this should be stated.
Certificate of
ownership:-
The submitted Certificate B only includes Mr & Mrs
Seddon as owners of the Site and Bolton Council Estates as owners of the Tree
Plot and Crossley St.
However I pointed out to Mr Allen the existence of a Charge
against the Site in the name of Mr Wayne Seddon and the fact that half of Crossley
St was owned by Bolton at
Home.
Mr Allen wrote to the Agents pointing this out and they duly
issued the additional appropriate notices on 2nd February. The
Application form has not been modified.
Conclusion:-
These are only technical points but the Committee may wish
to take a view on whether they make the Application invalid – or not.
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