Issue - meetings

Granted planning permission subject to

·             referral of the application to the Mayor of London (Stage 2 referral) and prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations set out in the Committee report;

·             the conditions and informatives as set out in the Committee report and supplementary report including an amendment to Condition 15 (access to community amenity space) to ensure the development remained tenure blind and inclusion of an additional condition to secure the provision of a community use plan within the café space or an alternative space within the development.

PROPOSAL

Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to provide six mixed use blocks, comprising residential dwellings (Class C3); the provision of industrial floorspace, gym floorspace, retail floorspace and flexible commercial floorspace; associated vehicular access; car and cycle parking spaces; refuse storage; amenity space; substation and landscaping.

RECOMMENDATION

(1)            That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to:

(i)              the applications referral to the Mayor of London (Stage 2 referral) and the prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations detailed within the report.

(ii)             Payment of the Council's legal and other professional costs in (a) preparing and completing the agreement and (b) monitoring and enforcing its performance.

(iii)           The conditions and informatives as set out in the Committee report and supplementary report.

(2)            The Head of Area Planning, or other duly authorised person, be authorised to refuse planning permission if the applicant has failed to demonstrate the ability to provide for the terms detailed within the report and meet the policies of the Local Plan and Section 106 Planning Obligations SPD by concluding an appropriate agreement.

(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.

Neil Quinn (Principal Planning Officer) introduced the report, detailing the proposal for the building of six new blocks varying in height and mass set within a significant amount of new public realm comprising hard and soft landscaping, play equipment and new walking routes. The site was bounded by the Sapcote Trading Centre to the north, Colin Road to the south, Dudden Hill Lane to the east and High Road to the west and was currently occupied by a number of industrial units including a heavy plant hire business, storage facilities for haulage equipment and scaffolding and a MOT station/Used car sales garage. The site was also located within a Locally Significant Industrial Site (LSIS) and Church End Growth Area with a Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) rating of 5.  Members were advised that the application proposed to deliver a total of 301 residential homes (including 48 at London Affordable Rent), replacement light industrial floorspace and retail/ commercial floorspace.  In referring to the supplementary report published prior to the meeting the Committee was advised this included additional representations received from Transport for London with the recommendation remaining to grant planning permission subject to the the conditions and heads of terms set out in the original report.

The Chair thanked Neil Quinn for introducing the report and then invited Tom Rusby & Laura Jenkinson (who had registered to speak as the applicants representative) to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3