Agenda item
Alperton House, Bridgewater Road, Wembley, HA0 1EH (Ref. 10/1631)
Decision:
Delegate to the Director of Environment and Culture to grant planning permission if no further material objections are received after 13 October 2010 as the consultation period had not yet expired. The Director of Environment and Culture is authorised to grant planning permission subject to conditions including a condition requiring the submission of further details on disabled persons’ facilities, the completion of a satisfactory Section 106 or other legal agreement and delegate authority to the Director of Environment and Culture to agree the exact terms thereof on advice from the Borough Solicitor and, to authorise the Director of Environment and Culture, or other duly authorised person, to refuse planning permission if the applicant has failed to demonstrate the ability to provide for the above terms and meet the policies of the Unitary Development Plan and Section 106 Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document by concluding an appropriate agreement.
Minutes:
Change of use of first, second, third, fourth and fifth floors of building to a mixed use as an office (Use Class B1: business) and non-residential institution (Use Class D1: non-residential institutions - education and training centres).
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OFFICER RECOMMENDATION: Grant planning permission subject to the completion of a satisfactory Section 106 or other legal agreement and delegate authority to the Director of Environment and Culture to agree the exact terms thereof on advice from the Borough Solicitor and, to authorise the Director of Environment and Culture, or other duly authorised person, to refuse planning permission if the applicant has failed to demonstrate the ability to provide for the above terms and meet the policies of the Unitary Development Plan and Section 106 Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document by concluding an appropriate agreement. |
With reference to the tabled supplementary report, the Area Planning Manager informed the Committee that additional objections raised to the application as set out in the supplementary were largely building-management and health & safety matters. He reported that as the applicant’s notice served on all occupiers of the building would not have lapsed by the date of committee he requested Members to delegate authority to the Director of Environment and Culture or other duly authorised person to consider any comments raised within the 21 day period, and to approve the proposal subject to no new material considerations being raised that have not already been considered by members. In respect of the Travel Plan the Area Planning Manager recommended that the type/ level of Travel Plan and associated responsibilities for the building owner/ occupants be resolved through appropriately worded section 106 legal agreement.
Mr Diamond the applicant’s agent stated that mixed use consent already existed for the property and that the current applicant sought to widen that existing consent so as to be able to get full use of the property. He was confident that regulatory issues raised by some objectors would be complied with. In response to a question about how the applicant intended to upgrade facilities including those for the disabled, Mr Diamond stated that although there were no specific parking bays for the disabled, there were dedicated toilets within the building and that the lifts had all been adapted to accommodate all forms of disability. Furthermore, a satisfactory Fire Engineer’s occupancy report had been carried out in addition to regular monitoring of health and safety and fire procedures.
In reiterating the recommendation for approval, the Head of Area Planning added a further condition requiring the applicant to submit details of disabled persons’ parking and toilets. He advised that as the consultation period had not expired, delegated authority could be granted to the Director of Environment and Culture to grant planning permission if no further material objections are received after 13 October 2010.
DECISION: Delegated to the Director of Environment and Culture to grant planning permission if no further material objections are received after 13 October 2010 as the consultation period had not yet expired and subject to conditions including additional condition requiring further details to be submitted on disabled parking and toilets, the completion of a satisfactory Section 106 or other legal agreement and delegate authority to the Director of Environment and Culture to agree the exact terms thereof on advice from the Borough Solicitor and, to authorise the Director of Environment and Culture, or other duly authorised person, to refuse planning permission if the applicant has failed to demonstrate the ability to provide for the above terms and meet the policies of the Unitary Development Plan and Section 106 Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document by concluding an appropriate agreement. |
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