Agenda item
60 Neasden Lane, London NW10 2UW (Ref.17/2477)
Minutes:
PROPOSAL: Demolition of existing buildings on site and erection of new four storey commercial building fronting Neasden Lane comprising a total of 2,131 sqm, of which 117sqm is for flexible use within use classes A2, A3 or B1 and 898sqm of affordable workspace B1(a), and the remaining floorspace for use classes of A2 or B1, and new three to five storey residential building to the rear comprising 121 self-contained units (38 x 1bed, 63 x 2bed and 20 x 3 bed) with associated car and cycle parking, bin stores, landscaping and public realm works.
RECOMMENDATION:
(1) To GRANT planning permission subject to the prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations set out within the report.
(2) 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 in the report.
(3) 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.
David Glover (Area Planning Manager) introduced the report outlining the material planning matters relating to the application. Members noted the application fell within a designated Locally Significant Industrial Site (LSIS) but that the approval of a non-employment use (hotel) for an adjacent site had significantly changed the physical context of application site by isolating it from the main LSIS area and surrounding it with non-employment uses. The site was therefore considered suitable for release with the scheme felt to provide a sufficient mix of residential accommodation, managed affordable workspace, flexible commercial use and aesthetic improvements to justify recommended approval.
In response to a query raised by Members regarding the management of any potential contamination of the site David Glover advised that this had been addressed through the inclusion of a condition (should members be minded to approve the application) to ensure the necessary site investigations were undertaken and any remediation measures identified as a result were implemented. In terms of the impact of any construction works on the school adjoining the site these would be addressed through the construction management statement.
Having considered the regeneration benefits associated with the scheme and altered context of the site, Members indicated they were minded to approve the recommended approval of the application. Given that members had indicated they were minded to approve the application Councillor Hirani (local ward councillor) and the applicant’s agent advised they would withdraw their request to address the committee.
DECISION: To grant planning permission, as recommended in the report, subject to the inclusion of additional informatives requiring that any damage to public realm was repaired, the maximum standards were applied to fire safety issues and that employees were subject to the London Living wage.
(Voting for approval was unanimous: For 7, Against 0 and Abstain 0)
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