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BUILDING & GROUNDS, ORIENTAL CITY, Edgware Road, Kingsbury, London, NW9 (Ref. 10/0775)
Meeting: 08/06/2010 - Planning Committee (Item 4)
4 Building & grounds, Oriental City, Edgware Road NW9 (Ref. 10/0775) PDF 319 KB
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Decision:
Planning permission granted subject to confirmation that referral to the Government Office for London is not required, conditions, and to the completion of a satisfactory Section 106 or other legal agreement and delegate authority to the Director of Environmental Services to agree the exact terms thereof on advice from the Borough Solicitor.
Minutes:
Extension to time limit of planning permission 06/1652 dated 13/06/2007 for the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment for mixed-use purposes, comprising Class A1 retail (with a replacement Oriental City [to include a Sui Generis amusement arcade and A3/A5 Uses], new B & Q and bulky goods store, which together should provide 500 jobs), 520 residential units (comprising 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom flats, 4% being affordable) located in eight blocks rising to 3, 6, 9 and 18 storeys above a fifth-floor-level landscaped podium along the Edgware Road, rising to 8, 4, 5 and 2 storeys above the fifth-floor landscaped podium facing Plaza Walk and rising to 3 and 6 storeys above the Grove Park street level; also, a nursery and primary school for 480 children, a health & fitness studio (Use Class D2), associated landscaping, servicing, 1,098 car-parking spaces - comprising 721 spaces for retail users (incl. school drop-off and disabled), 5 staff spaces accessed from Grove Park for the school, and 351 (incl. disabled) spaces for residents and a further 21 disabled spaces on the podium and works to highway. |
OFFICER RECOMMENDATION: Grant planning permission subject to confirmation that referral to the Government Office for London is not required and to the completion of a satisfactory Section 106 or other legal agreement (details below), and delegate authority to the Director of Environmental Services to agree the exact terms thereof on advice from the Borough Solicitor.
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The Area Planning Manager, Rachel McConnell, advised that the application was to extend the existing planning permission granted on 13 June 2007. She drew Members’ attention to the supplementary information circulated at the meeting which included observations concerning the site visit and further comments received. She also advised of an amendment to the wording of the Section 106 Agreement.
Mr Robert Dunwell, speaking on behalf of the Queensbury Area Residents’ Association and Group of Associations, circulated a statement to all members with the permission of the Chair. Mr Dunwell began by expressing concern that there was no mention in the report of a temporary community space for the Chinese community even though this was included in the Section 106 Agreement. He felt that as the Chinese community had been without a Chinese Centre for over 2 years, that every effort should be made to ensure one was provided within a reasonable time, which he suggested be within 6 months. Mr Dunwell also asked the Committee to consider the pressure on parking spaces for the site, especially in view of Barnet Council’s introduction of a Controlled Parking Zone scheme in the area.
Mr Fai Liu addressed the Committee as the Chair of the Oriental City Tenants’ Association (OCTA) which he stated represented the majority of interests within the Oriental community in the area. He stated that the applicant had failed to re-provide the facilities promised since the removal of the tenants from the site in 2008, even though the applicant had agreed that the displacement would only be temporary. Mr Liu expressed disappointment that there had ... view the full minutes text for item 4