Agenda item
Kingsland Hotel, Kingsbury Circle, London, NW9 9RR (Ref.14/2901)
Decision:
Grant planning permission, subject to an appropriate form of Agreement in order to secure the measures set out in the Section 106 Details section of this report and subject to conditions listed after paragraph 48, or;
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 Planning, or other duly authorised person, to refuse planning permission.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL:
Outline planning application for demolition of the existing 28 bedroom hotel and external store and erection of a new 3, 4, 5 and 6 storey 92 bedroom hotel with associated alterations to car park layout and vehicular access off The Mall and landscaping along the frontage (matters to be determined: access, appearance, layout and scale).
RECOMMENDATION:
(a) Grant Planning Permission, subject to an appropriate form of Agreement in order to secure the measures set out in the Section 106 Details section of this report and subject to conditions listed after paragraph 48, 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 Planning, or other duly authorised person, to refuse planning permission.
Steve Weeks (Head of Planning) informed members that although the proposed parking spaces of 7 (including four disabled spaces) would be less than the current provisions of 15 to 20 spaces, Transportation had advised that the proposed parking provision for the new hotel would be acceptable and with parking standards as set out in the Unitary Development Plan. He added that on-street parking space and Pay and Display in Kingsbury Road was considered adequate to address any overspill parking. The Head of Planning however recommended that the Section 106 legal agreement be updated to remove the rights for staff and the hotel operator to apply for business parking permits. He also recommended additional conditions requiring the applicant to provide further details regarding the refuse storage facilities and collection arrangements. With reference to the supplementary report, the Head of Planning also recommended a further condition for a revised roof plan to be provided that showed additional PV panelswhere appropriate and for the Energy Report to be secured as part of the Section 106 Agreement
Malcolm Honour (applicant’s agent) stated that the application was for a renewal of an expired planning permission granted on 14 October 2011 to demolish the existing 28 bedroom hotel and external store and erection of a new 3, 4, 5 and 6 storey, 92 bedroom hotel with associated alterations to car park layout and vehicular access. He continued that the difference between the current application and the previous scheme from 2010 was that outline planning permission to agree the principle of development was now being sought rather than full planning permission. Members heard that the application complied with the Council’s policies and the London Plan.
In response to members’ questions about parking, Malcolm Honour stated that on site parking would not be provided except for disabled spaces and that general parking provisions would be available on-street and via Pay and Display facilities. In respect of coach parking, he referred to the Travel Management Plan details of which would be submitted for approval. He continued that any contribution towards the introduction of CPZ in the area would be addressed in the Section 106 agreement and indicated that the applicant would be willing to contribute 25% of the consultation costs for CPZ.
DECISION: Planning permission granted as recommended and subject to additional conditions on the following as set out in the supplementary report;
25% contribution (capped at £15,000) towards future CPZ consultation in the event that agreed triggers are met and conditions requiring further details of CHP, plant and extraction flue.
Revised roof plan showing additional solar panels;
Travel management plan
Combined Heating Power.
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