Agenda item

The minutes of the meeting held on 10 January 2017 were submitted and approved and the Chairman was authorised to sign them as a correct record.

The Group were given updates on two applications that were discussed at the previous meeting.

·         161243, (PP) 34 MEADS STREET, EASTBOURNE – At the previous meeting the Group raised no objections to the proposal but suggested the possibility of reducing the use of food imagery on the shop windows be explored.  The Specialist Advisor for Conservation reported that conversations with the Co-Op design team had revealed that re-branding was part of a three year process and window advertising would be looked at in the future. The Group would be updated as the application progressed.

·         161321/161424, COURTLANDS HOTEL, 3-5 WILMINGTON GARDENS – Following the Group’s objections to the replacement of timber sash windows with UPVC, the Specialist Advisor for Conservation reported that he was in conversation with the applicant.  Various options were being considered, including a proposal for timber windows for the front elevation. New samples would be submitted.

NOTED.