Issue - meetings
Application 2
Meeting: 24/11/2021 - Planning Committee (Item 5)
5 20/2096 - 5 Blackbird Hill, London, NW9 8RR PDF 499 KB
Additional documents:
- 05 Supp. Supplementary Update - 20/2096 5 Blackbird Hill, London, NW9 8RR, item 5 PDF 106 KB
- Webcast for 20/2096 - 5 Blackbird Hill, London, NW9 8RR
Decision:
Granted planning permission subject to the conditions, informatives and completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations as set out within the report and supplementary agenda.
Minutes:
Construction of a single building up to 6 storeys to provide 45 residential units (Use Class C3), and flexible commercial/community use floor space (within Use Class E), car and cycle parking, associated landscaping, highways and infrastructure works, and provision of pedestrian and vehicular access.
RECOMMENDATION:
(1) That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations, as set out within the report:
(2) That the Head of Planning is delegated authority to negotiate the legal agreement and issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives to secure the matters as set out within the report.
(3) 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, or reasons for the decision) 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.
(4) That, if by the “expiry date” of this application (subject to any amendments/extensions to the expiry date agreed by both parties) the legal agreement has not been completed the Head of Planning is delegated authority to refuse planning permission.
Denis Toomey, Principal Planning Officer introduced the report, set out key issues and answered members questions. In introducing the application members were advised that the scheme was seeking to re-develop the site by introducing a new mixed use development comprising of 45 residential housing units with flexible commercial/community use occupying the ground floor. The main portion of the new build would comprise six storeys which would drop to three at the rear. Communal amenity space along with a car park would be provided to the rear of the site along with a lay-by to the front of the site on Blackbird Hill for servicing purposes. A number of amendments had been made to the proposals during the course of the application to reduce the overall scale which included reducing the original amount of residential units from 57 to 45, the introduction of additional separation distances with boundaries, a reduction in car parking spaces from 36 to 29 along with a larger communal garden and removal of a communal terrace.
In reference to the supplementary report circulated in advance of the meeting, the Principal Planning Officer drew members’ attention to further correspondence from a local resident who had objected to the proposal raising concerns that those who had signed a petition also in objection to the scheme had not been notified of the Planning Committee. Confirmation was also provided that the applicant had now provided a Fire Safety report with members advised that as a result Condition 16 could be removed from the list included within the report. This had also resulted in minor changes to the ... view the full minutes text for item 5