Issue - meetings
Application 1
Meeting: 07/04/2021 - Planning Committee (Item 3)
3 20/4197 - Wembley National Stadium, Olympic Way, Wembley, HA9 0WS PDF 482 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Granted planning permission subject to the completion of a satisfactory deed of variation to the existing Section 106 legal agreement, particularly in relation to the Wembley Stadium Employment and Skills Plan and a consecutive event cap (maximum of 4 non sporting events), and conditions and informatives as set out in the report.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL:
Proposed variation of Condition 1 (event cap) of planning permission reference 18/4307 (varied permission for the construction of the stadium, dated 07/03/2019), to allow up to 9 additional major non-sporting events per event calendar year.
Planning permission 99/2400 was for the demolition of the original Wembley
Stadium and clearance of the site to provide a 90,000-seat sports and entertainment stadium (Use Class D2), office accommodation (Use Class B1), banqueting/conference facilities (Use Class D2), ancillary facilities including catering, restaurant (Use Class A3), retail, kiosks (Use Class A1), toilets and servicing space; re-grading of existing levels within the application site and removal of trees, alteration of existing and provision of new access points (pedestrian and vehicular), and parking for up to 458 coaches, 43 mini-buses and
1,200 cars or 2,900 cars (or combination thereof).
Application reference 17/0368 granted permission to vary condition 3 (event cap) of consent 99/2400 to allow 22 additional major Tottenham Hotspur Football Club events in between 1 August 2017 and 31 July 2018.
Application reference 18/4307 granted permission to vary conditions 1 (event cap) and 2 (temporary traffic measures) of planning permission reference 17/0368 to allow 8 additional Major Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (THFC) events to May 2019.
The current application includes the submission of an Environmental Statement.
RECOMMENDATION:
Resolve to grant planning permission, subject to the completion of a satisfactory deed of variation to the existing Section 106 legal agreement as set out in the report.
That the Head of Planning is delegated authority to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives as set out in in the report.
That the Head of Planning is delegated authority to make changes to the wording of the committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or add conditions, informatives) 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.
Hilary Seaton, Principal Planning Officer introduced the report, set out the key issues and answered members’ questions. The Principal Planning Officer clarified that the proposed designated pick up and drop off area could be within an area other than the green car park if deemed suitable by the local authority and relevant stakeholders. She also highlighted the significant infrastructure works that had been carried out since the original stadium consent including two-way working in the area to the east of the stadium and the opening of a link between the western end of North End Road and Bridge Road to provide an east-west route past the stadium. She advised that an additional representation had been received since the publication of the main report which related to issues already addressed in the report.
Chris Bryant, the applicant, then addressed the Committee on several matters including:
· The current event cap on full capacity events made ... view the full minutes text for item 3