Issue - meetings
Application 3
Meeting: 17/08/2022 - Planning Committee (Item 6)
6 22/1177 - 135 Salusbury Road, NW6 6RJ PDF 496 KB
Additional documents:
- 6.a Supplementary Salusbury Road, item 6 PDF 77 KB
- Webcast for 22/1177 - 135 Salusbury Road, NW6 6RJ
Decision:
Granted planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL
Erection of a new commercial building to provide flexible commercial floorspace (Use Class E), together with soft and hard landscaping, cycle and car parking and associated works.
RECOMMENDATION~:
That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to:
(1) That the Head of Planning is delegated authority to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives as detailed in the report.
(2) That the Head of Planning is delegated 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.
Lena Summers, Planning Officer, South Team, introduced the report and set out the key issues. In introducing the report members were advised that the application site was located to the rear of the NW Works within Quadrant Business Centre, which comprised of 58,000 sqm of commercial floor space and 12 residential units. The site was currently being used as a car park and was not situated within a Conservation Area. Member’s attention was drawn to an amendment to one of the conditions to allow the applicant to start the foundations work before the materials were submitted.
As there were no questions for the officers at this stage, the Chair invited Mr Peter Rhodes OBE (objector) to address the Committee (online) in relation to the application. Mr Rhodes introduced himself and informed the Committee that he was representing 9 of the flat owners/residents of Quantic House, the residential building located within NW Works. It was noted that the 2 flats not represented were owned by the applicant. The following key points were shared:
· Residents felt there had been a lack of consideration and consultation with Quantic House residents, particularly in light of them sharing the same vehicular and pedestrian gated access off Salusbury Road.
· Quantic House had experienced serious security issues that residents feared would be exacerbated if the new development was approved. The issues involved unauthorised distribution of the gate codes by non-residential personnel, this had resulted in multiple thefts and attempts to break in to resident’s cars on the Quantic House car park.
· Residents were concerned that the additional distribution of the gate codes required during the construction phase of the development and to the future commercial tenants would undoubtedly exacerbate the security risk to the residents of Quantic House and their property.
· Waste issues were highlighted as a problem for residents as commercial tenants were using the Quantic House residential rubbish storage, causing an overflow to the private waste disposal area. The erection of a new development in NW Works and the presence of additional tenants would worsen the issue.
· Residents were unhappy with the loss ... view the full minutes text for item 6