Issue - meetings
Application 2
Meeting: 14/06/2022 - Planning Committee (Item 5)
5 21/3443 - 30 Brondesbury Park, Kilburn, London, NW6 7DN PDF 321 KB
Additional documents:
- 05. Supplementary Report 21.3443 Brondesbury Park, item 5 PDF 95 KB
- Webcast for 21/3443 - 30 Brondesbury Park, Kilburn, London, NW6 7DN
Decision:
Granted planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report and updates detailed within the supplementary agenda.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL
Demolition of the existing property and erection of 9 residential units (6 flats in a three-storey building and 3 two – storey terraced houses) together with access, parking, landscaping and associated works.
RECOMMENDATIONS
(1) That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to conditions and informatives as set out within the report.
(2) 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, planning obligations 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.
(3) That the Committee confirms that the adequate provision has been made, by the imposition of conditions, for the preservation or planting of trees as required by Section 197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 .
June Taylor, Principal Planning Officer, South Team, introduced the report and set out the key issues. In introducing the report members were advised that the application was seeking the demolition of the existing building in order to be replaced by six flats in its place (three x 2 bedroom and three x 3 bedroom) together with one x 4 bed house and two x 3 bed houses addressing the Aylestone Avenue frontage.
The Committee were advised there had been an error on the original report regarding the breakdown of terraced houses with the correct number and size of dwellings being reflected in the proposal as outlined above.
Three on site parking spaces would be provided, one using the existing access from Aylestone Avenue and two using a new crossover on Aylestone Avenue. The existing vehicle crossover on Brondesbury Park would be removed and reinstated to provide a footway. Associated landscaping, cycle storage and bin storage would also be provided.
As the Committee had no questions for the officer at this point, the Chair invited the first public speaker on the item Mr Abhijeet Parikh (objector) to address the Committee (in person) in relation to the application, who went on to highlight the following concerns:
· Mr Parikh advised that he lived in a neighbouring property to the proposed development with shared a party wall. His main concerns related to the design and scale of the development which he felt would negatively impact on his and other neighbouring properties by creating significant overlooking.
· Whilst not objecting to the conversion of the property to flats his concerns were focussed around the terraced houses proposed. Whilst noting that the west facing elevation diagram in the report pack showed that the development would be set back, Mr Parikh was not satisfied that this would effectively mitigate his concerns and felt that even if a high party wall or trees were used as green ... view the full minutes text for item 5