63Significant public benefit

63 Significant public benefit

63 Significant public benefit

(1) Consent may be granted to development that creates floor space that will be used to provide a significant public benefit, without the allocation of heritage floor space that would be required to be allocated to the site in the absence of this clause.

(2) Floor space is used to provide a significant public benefit for the purposes of this clause if the floor space is used—

(a) for an historic club, or

(b) for a cinema, recital hall or theatre for use by the public, or

(c) for a mid-block pedestrian connection required by this plan,

but only if, in the opinion of the consent authority, the use is appropriate to its location and meets an important need in the city.