Issue - meetings
Northern Area Application 1
Meeting: 03/06/2015 - Planning Committee (Item 4)
4 Former Oriental City, 399 Edgware Road, Kingsbury, London, NW9 (Ref. 15/1337) 
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Decision:
Granted planning permission, subject to the conditions set out in the Draft Decision Notice.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL:
Reserved matters application for construction of a part 2-, part 9-storey buildings comprising 183 residential units (52 x 1 beds, 67 x 2 beds, 51 x 3 beds and 13 x 4 beds) with associated landscaping, parking and servicing (Phase 2). This application has been submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (the Reserved Matters), 37 (car parking), 38 (servicing details), 39 (cycle parking), 41 (residential unit mix) and 42 (details of housing quality) of Outline planning permission reference 12/2166 (subsequently varied by application ref: 14/4965 dated 18 March 2015 and non material amendment ref: 14/3849 dated 5 January 2015).
RECOMMENDATION: Grant planning permission subject to conditions set out in the Draft Decision Notice.
Rachel Murrell (Area Planning Manager) with reference to the supplementary report clarified the issues raised during the site visit. Members heard that under the hybrid planning consent, a financial review mechanism had been incorporated into the S106 legal agreement to secure any identified surplus towards the provision or improvement of affordable housing in the borough, capped at £3,600,000. She advised that the S106 legal agreement also secured employment training plans for each phase of the development. She continued that officers in Property and Education had not as yet identified a school operator, noting that the deadline for achieving this target was June 2016.
Tom Vernon (applicant’s agent) stated that he had worked in close partnership with officers to bring forward an acceptable hybrid scheme which would assist with the regeneration of the site including residential accommodation. He added that an acceptable car parking provision had been agreed and that within the S106 agreement, if controlled parking (CPZ) was introduced, residents would not be entitled to parking permits. The agent continued that the applicant expected residents to register as new patients with local existing General Practitioners (GP).
DECISION: Planning permission granted as recommended.