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20/0967 Wembley Park Station Car Park and Train Crew Centre, Brook Avenue, Wembley, HA
Meeting: 26/11/2020 - Planning Committee (Item 3)
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Decision:
Granted consent, subject to the Section 106 heads of terms as amended in the supplementary report, conditions and informatives as set out in the committee report and subject to the Stage 2 referral of the application to the Mayor of London.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL:
Comprehensive mixed-use redevelopment of the site comprising the phased demolition of the existing buildings and structures on site and the phased development comprising site preparation works, provision of five new buildings containing residential uses, replacement train crew accommodation and flexible retail floorspace, basement, private and communal amenity space, associated car parking (including the part re-provision of station car parking), cycle parking,
refuse storage, plant and other associated works.
RECOMMENDATION:
GRANT planning permission subject to referral to the Mayor of London (stage II referral) and the prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations set out within the Committee reports.
That the Head of Planning be granted delegated authority to negotiate the legal agreement indicated above and to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives to secure the matters set out within the Committee reports.
That the Head of Planning be granted delegated authority to make changes to the wording of the Committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or add conditions, informatives, planning obligations or reasons for the decision) prior to the decision being actioned, provided that the Head of Planning is satisfied that any such changes could not reasonably be regarded as deviating from the overall principle of the decision reached by the Committee nor that such change(s) could reasonably have led to a different decision having been reached by the Committee.
That, if by the “expiry date” of this application (subject to any amendments/extensions to the expiry date agreed by both parties) the legal agreement has not been completed, the Head of Planning be granted delegated
authority to refuse planning permission.
That the Committee confirms that adequate provision has been made, by the imposition of conditions, for the preservation or planting of trees as required by Section 197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Mr Toby Huntingford (Principal Planning Officer) introduced the report, setting out the key issues and answered Members’ questions. He referenced the supplementary report that informed of additional objections and added that they did not raise new issues. He drew Members’ attention to the amendment to the Heads of terms of the Section 106 legal agreement.
Ms Nicoleta Benga objected to the grant of planning permission for reasons including the following:
· The proposed development would add to overcrowding of the nearby public park in an area that was already “deficient” of open space as outlined in the objectors’ section of the main report.
· The proposal would cause parking and traffic congestion particularly on Brook Avenue despite being a car free development and the anticipated consultation for the introduction of CPZ.
· The proposed tall blocks would cause overshadowing and loss of light to existing homes, including nearby Matthews Close.
Mr Phillip Grant (objector) raised several issues including the following:
The application site would be inappropriate for tall buildings in breach of policy SPD1. He continued that the proposed 454 homes constituted an over-intensive use of the site within a residential area site and ... view the full minutes text for item 3