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Thames Water Utilities, St Michael's London NW2 6XD (Ref 10/2247)
Meeting: 24/11/2010 - Planning Committee (Item 10)
10 Thames Water Utilities, St Michael's London NW2 6XD (Ref 10/2247) 
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PROPOSAL: Development to provide 25 dwellings, comprising a three-storey building fronting St Michaels Road (11 x 1-bedroom, 7 x 2-bedroom, 1 x 3-bedroom flats), a two-storey terrace to the rear (2 x 2-bedroom, 4 x 4-bedroom houses), with 16 car-parking spaces, 25 bicycle spaces, associated hard and soft landscaping and provision of a vehicular crossover on land adjacent to the pumping station and Thames Water utilities site. |
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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 Head of Planning to agree the exact terms thereof on advice from the Director of Legal and Procurement.
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In her introduction the Area Planning Manager Rachel McConnell referred to concerns raised by Councillor Choudary at the site visit, additional objections from local residents and a petition with approximately 180 signatories details of which were set out in the tabled supplementary and mostly covered in the reports. She then submitted responses to the following concerns which had not been previously addressed in the main report:
Highway Safety and Parking
The revisions to the layout could ensure 16 parking spaces on the site. In addition a condition would be attached requiring the submission of a revised parking layout and alterations to the front boundary. This would require the re-positioning of the front gate to allow for two car lengths of space for vehicles entering the site, so as to reduce the likelihood of vehicles waiting on the road. The Council's Highways Engineer and the Transport Consultants had advised that the proposed vehicle movements associated with the proposed development were not considered to be such that they will have a detrimental impact on highway safety during these times.
Density
The applicants had advised that there would be 73 habitable rooms within the development, not 79 as stated in the main report, thus resulting in an overall density of 228hrh and 79 units per hectare.
Relationship of the flats with the Listed Church
The proposed flats were considered to be subservient to the Grade II listed church and were therefore not considered to detract from its setting. The design was considered appropriate in the local area.
Prospective Residents
The applicant had confirmed that the proposed scheme which would be fully affordable housing (shared ownership units and social rent accommodation) would not provide housing for young offenders. She continued that all the units would be allocated in accordance with the West London funding arrangements, providing new homes of particular benefit to those who are unable to afford standard market valued homes in the area.
Disturbance of Bats
Although a condition had been attached requiring a lighting strategy for the site, the ecological consultants for the site had confirmed that there had been only one official recorded sighting of a bat within 730m from the site.
Removal of existing Landscaping next to Japanese Knotweed areas.
The removal of the existing landscaping in the areas of the Japanese Knotweed was considered to be the most effective means ... view the full minutes text for item 10