Issue - meetings

Granted planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives as laid out in the Committee report.

PROPOSAL

Proposed erection of temporary sports hall (Use Class: E(d)) for period of 9 years on existing concrete slab east of main University Building.

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 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 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.

Nicola Blake, Principal Planning Officer, North Area Planning Team, introduced the report and set out the key issues. In introducing the report members were advised that the proposal was for the installation of a temporary sports hall at Westminster University's Northwick Park campus. The proposal would occupy existing hardstanding which had access to services, and as such, no further groundworks would be required. The temporary structure would be in use for approximately 9 years, after which it would be dismantled to enable the completion of the consented Northwick Park Masterplan.

The site was not situated within a conservation area and there were no listed buildings within the site curtilage.

As there were no speakers who had requested to speak on the item, the Chair advised the Committee that the application was presented to the Planning Committee due to its size. Committee Members were then invited to ask officers any questions they had in relation to the application. The Committee had one question regarding the temporary nature of the construction, officers advised that the site formed part of the wider Northwick Park Masterplan, which encompassed broader redevelopment. Plans were displayed to the Committee to provide greater context of the plan. The Committee were advised that the temporary sports hall would be constructed to continue to provide on site leisure facilities while other permanent construction works were going ahead.

As there were no further questions from members and having established that all members had followed the discussions, the Chair asked members to vote on the recommendations.

DECISION: Granted planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives as set out in the Committee report.

(Voting on the recommendation was unanimous)