Issue - meetings

Granted planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives as set out in the Committee report and supplementary report and the inclusion of an additional condition relation to the inclusion of active and passive EVC points.

PROPOSAL

Demolition of Youth Centre and the construction of a new Special Educational Needs School comprising a three-storey school building, MUGA, soft and hard landscaping, access, parking and drop off and pick up system.

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.

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 application sought the demolition of the existing community use buildings on site in order to redevelop the site to provide a one to three storey Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) school, access, parking and turning area within the frontage and outdoor spaces, including a Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) which would be situated to the southern end of the site. The site was not within a conservation area and there were no listed buildings within the site’s curtilage.

The Committee’s attention was drawn to the supplementary report that detailed minor amendments made to the wording of the conditions.

The Chair thanked Nicola Blake for introducing the report. As there were no Committee questions raised at this point, the Chair invited the first speaker Councillor Afzal (Ward Councillor) to address the Committee (online) in relation to the application.

The following key points were highlighted:

·                Councillor Afzal acknowledged the need for additional support for SEND pupils in Brent and as such welcomed the application to provide an additional SEND school in Brent to meet the needs of children that required this specialist education environment.

·                Queries were raised as to what considerations had been given to the impact of the increased footfall and traffic to the area as a result of the new school.

The Chair thanked Councillor Afzal for addressing the Committee and invited the Committee to ask any questions they had in relation to the information heard. In response, the Committee queried whether Councillor Afzal felt it would be useful for the Council to engage in further consultation with residents in relation to extending Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) hours once it had been assessed if there was an impact on local parking from the development, particularly in terms of the extended use hours of the MUGA. In response Councillor Afzal welcomed the opportunity for further discussions to be had as and when appropriate.

The Chair then invited  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4