Issue - meetings

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

PROPOSAL

Demolition of Former Kilburn Square Clinic, 13-15 Brondesbury Road, substation, footbridge and garages and redevelopment of site to provide extra care flats (Use Class C3b) and general needs flats (Use Class C3)) in 4 buildings alongside access routes, car parking, motorcycle parking, cycle parking, refuse and recycling storage, amenity space, landscaping, playspace, boundary treatments, alterations to the entrance to Varley House, refurbishment of the existing podium parking area and other associated works.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to:

(1)      That the Head of Planning being delegated authority to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives as detailed in the report.

(2)      The Head of Planning being 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.

Curtis Thompson, Planning Officer, South Area Planning Team, introduced the report and set out the key issues. In introducing the report members were advised that the application would see the re-development of the site to provide 139 units within four blocks ranging between 5 and 8 storeys in height. The development would also see a range of associated works including access routes, car and motorcycle parking, cycle parking, refuse storage areas, amenity spaces, landscaping and boundary treatments.

It was clarified that where report paragraph 130 had referred to the volume of communal amenity space, the figure provided was actually in relation to the provision of play space, not the total amenity space.

The Chair thanked Curtis Thompson for introducing the report.  As there were no Committee questions raised at this point, the Chair invited the first speakers Margaret Von Stoll (objector) and Zahia Allawa (objector) to address the Committee (in person) in relation to the application, as Ms Von Stoll and Ms Allawa had indicated that they were sharing the allocated time slot, the Chair agreed for them to address the Committee consecutively with Ms Von Stoll speaking for 2 minutes and Ms Allawa speaking for 1 minute. Ms Von Stoll introduced herself as a member of the Kilburn Village Residents Association (KVRA) before she proceeded to highlight the following key points:

·                There had been significant dialogue between the KVRA and the applicant’s team in an attempt to compromise on a scheme acceptable to existing local residents.  Despite these attempts, however, it was felt that the scheme presented to the Committee represented overdevelopment and lacked community support.

·                It was felt that a smaller scheme that comprised of Blocks A and B would be acceptable as it would still support the provision of new homes in Brent without the need to remove trees and green  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4