Issue - meetings

Granted planning permission subject to the prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations as laid out in the Committee report and the conditions and informatives as set out in the Committee report and supplementary report.

PROPOSAL

Demolition of existing building and erection of a 23 storey building to provide 139 units (Use Class C3) and 801sqm of creative light industrial floor space (Use Class E(g)(iii)) together with associated wheelchair accessible vehicle parking, cycle parking, landscaping, play areas, public realm improvements and associated works (Departure from Policy E4 of the London Plan and BE2 of Brent’s Local Plan).

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to:

(1)      The prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations as detailed in the Committee report and that the Head of Planning is delegated authority to negotiate the legal agreement.

(2)      That the Head of Planning is delegated authority to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives as detailed in 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, 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.

Sean Newton, 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 application sought the demolition of the existing building to construct a 23 storey building to provide 139 self-contained residential units and 801 square metres of creative light industrial floorspace, together with wheelchairs accessible parking, cycle parking landscaping, play areas and public realm improvements. The development would be car free with the exception of the blue badge /wheelchair accessible parking. The site fell within the Alperton growth Area and the Alperton Tall Building Zone. The site was not located within a Conservation Area.

The Committee’s attention was drawn to the supplementary agenda that provided some minor alterations to the Committee report in relation to the age group the onsite play space catered for and the floor to ceiling height of the commercial units.

It was also clarified that there had been an error made in the Committee report in relation the applicant’s financial contribution to a CPZ, the Committee was advised that the correct figure was £35k.

The Chair thanked Sean Newton for introducing the report, as there were no Committee questions raised at this point, the Chair invited the first speaker, Councillor Georgiou (as local ward councillor) to address the Committee (in person) in objection to the application. The following key points were highlighted:

·                Residents were concerned with what they felt was overdevelopment of the Alperton area.

·                Residents had reported that they had seen limited public benefits from the new schemes and had been negatively impacted by the increasing number of high density developments which they felt caused issues with increased traffic congestion,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6