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Application 1
Meeting: 29/03/2021 - Planning Committee (Item 3)
3 20/0700 - Land adjacent to Northwick Park Hospital, Nightingale Avenue, London, HA1 PDF 700 KB
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Decision:
Granted planning permission subject to Stage 2 referral to the Mayor of London, s106 agreement and conditions and informatives as set out in the report.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL:
Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved apart from the means of access) for demolition of existing buildings on site and provision of up to 1,600 homes and up to 51,749 sqm (GIA) of new land use floorspace within a series of buildings, with the maximum quantum as follows:
· (Use Class C3) Residential: up to 1,600 homes
· Up to 50,150m2 floor space (GIA) of new student facilities including Student Accommodation, Teaching facilities, Sports facilities, and ancillary retail and commercial (Use Class A1, A2, A3)
· Up to 412sqm floorspace (GIA) of a replacement nursery (Use Class D1)
· Up to 1187sqm (GIA) of flexible new retail space (Use Class A1, A2, A3).
Together with an energy centre, hard and soft landscaping, open space and associated highways improvements and infrastructure works.
This application is
subject to an Environmental Statement.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to stage 2 referral to the Mayor of London and the prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations set out within the report.
That the Head of Planning is delegated authority to negotiate the legal agreement as set out in the report.
That the Head of Planning is delegated authority to issue the planning permission and impose the conditions and informatives to secure the matters set out within the report.
June Taylor, Principal Planning Officer introduced the report, set out the key issues and answered members’ questions. She highlighted that the application was made on behalf of Northwick Park Partnership, which comprised Network Homes, the University of Westminster, Brent Council and the NHS Trust who were working together to redevelop the site. The application related to the overall masterplan for this site but there were a number of other applications that were complementary to the site and would be linked together through s106 agreements.
In reference to the supplementary report, the Principal Planning Officer drew members’ attention to the following points:
· Planning obligation no 10 had been removed from the Heads of Terms.
· Further representations had been received from Sudbury Court Residents Association since the publication of the main report.
· There had been a point of clarification regarding affordable housing and housing mix on paragraph 76 of the main report.
· Further representations had been received from Brent Cycling Campaign and Harrow Cyclists since the publication of the supplementary report regarding sustainable transport and cycling layouts.
Mark Connell, the agent, then addressed the Committee and made the following points:
· The application was for up to 1,600 homes and over 50,000 square metres of facilities for the expansion of the University of Westminster all set within new areas of open spaces, public realm and improved infrastructure.
· A design code had been submitted to ensure a high standard of future reserved matters submissions, and all homes meet or exceed space standards.
· The parameters of the outline application ensured no less than 40% affordable housing would be delivered across the site.
· The construction phase would directly support 635 jobs and once operational the ... view the full minutes text for item 3