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Western Area Application 4
Meeting: 17/04/2013 - Planning Committee (Item 13)
13 Car Park, Brook Road, Wembley, HA9 (Ref. 12/3499) PDF 861 KB
Decision:
Granted planning permission subject to amendments to Section 106 obligations and conditions 2, 19, 23 and 30 as set out in the supplementary report, the completion of a satisfactory Section 106 or other legal agreement and delegate authority to the Head of Area Planning or other duly authorised person to agree the exact terms thereof on advice from the Director of Legal and Procurement.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL:
Erection of 4 blocks of flats (3x8-storey & 1x5-storey) comprising 109 flats and the erection of 2x3-storey semi-detached family houses (revised description).
RECOMMENDATION:
(a) Grant planning permission subject to amendments to conditions 2, 9, 23 and 30 and to the Heads of Terms of the Section 106 obligations or an appropriate form of Agreement in order to secure the measures set out in the Section 106 details section of this report, or
(b) If within a reasonable period the applicant fails to enter into an appropriate agreement in order to meet the policies of the Unitary Development Plan, Core Strategy and Section 106 Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document, to delegate authority to the Head of Area Planning, or other duly authorised person, to refuse planning permission.
With reference to the tabled supplementary report, Neil McClellan, Area Planning Manager, informed members that additional representations had been received since the report was circulated but raised no new issues. He also updated members about a tree that he understood from the owners of the site (Transport for London) was leaning precariously over the road and for which reason the owners were intending to remove it. The Area Planning Manager then drew members’ attention to amendments to conditions 2, 9, 23 and 30 and to the Heads of Terms of the Section 106 obligations as set out in the supplementary report.
Mr Barry Hargraves, an objector alleged that the proposed scheme would result in a shortfall of eighty car parking spaces and as Brook Avenue was already heavily parked, unbearable traffic congestion would ensue. The resultant pollution would have an adverse impact on residential amenity, giving rise to a significant deterioration in the quality of life of local residents. He also expressed concerns about the height of the proposed blocks and suggested that a 2 or 3-storey block would integrate with the character of houses on Brook Avenue.
Paula Saunders, a local resident objected to the proposed development on the following grounds:
· The proposed 8-storey blocks would be excessive in height and overbearing within a residential area which comprised mainly domestic houses.
· It would thus result in overlooking and loss of privacy to neighbouring residents.
· It would constitute an over-development of the site with high density flats which would be detrimental to the neighbouring houses on Brook Avenue.
· The proposed parking provision would be insufficient and despite being a “car free development”, the scheme would exacerbate the existing traffic situation on Brook Avenue particularly as there would be only one vehicular access into the development.
· As the car park (the site) was already situated in an elevated land above the road, the 8-storey building would be over-imposing when viewed from the other side of the road, despite the proposed woodland buffer.
· The 8-storey block of flats at the end of the road adjacent to the Premier Inn should not be used as a precedent for the rest of the road as that building was situated next to another 8-storey building.
· The proposal would ... view the full minutes text for item 13