Issue - meetings

Granted planning permission subject to:

(1)        The applications referral to the Mayor of London (Stage 2 referral) and the prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations as detailed in the main and supplementary committee reports.

(2)        The conditions and informatives, as detailed in the main and within the supplementary committee reports.

PROPOSAL

Demolish all existing buildings (Atlip Centre, 2 Atlip Road and existing substation), remove the existing car park and redevelop the sites on both sides of Atlip Road for a mix of uses, including C3 residential, co-living homes, commercial uses (Class E) and community uses (Class F), including provision of a new standalone community centre.

RECOMMENDATION

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission subject to:

(1)        The applications referral to the Mayor of London (Stage 2 referral) and the prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations as detailed in the main and supplementary committee reports.

(2)        The conditions and informatives, as detailed in the main and within the supplementary committee reports.

Gary Murphy (Principal Planning Officer) introduced the planning application committee report detailing a mixed used residential led development.  The site was opposite Alperton Station and within the Alperton Growth Area and the Tall Building Zone.  The proposal was for a mixed use development comprising 7 buildings ranging in height with the tallest being 29 storeys.  This was to accommodate 464 C3 dwellings, 421 co-living homes, commercial floor space including a new standalone community centre, new open public space.  The C3 homes would deliver a range of market sale, low cost rent and shared ownership homes.  Wheelchair accessible and family sized homes would also be provided across all tenures along with improved pedestrian access and increased site permeability as well as provisions for Blue Badges.

Attention was drawn to the supplementary report, circulated in advance of the meeting, which provided details of further representations in objection to the scheme.  There had been a minor correction to a sentence in the main report and there was also an additional planning condition to attach.

The Chair thanked Gary Murphy for introducing the report.  As there were no Committee questions raised at this point, the Chair then invited Tahira Choudhry (who had registered to speak in support of the application) to address the Committee, who highlighted the following points:

·             Having lived in Alperton since 1965 Tahira Choudhry started by highlighting the many changes seen in the area over the years and development of housing to meet the needs of a growing population.

·             For years, she advised Alperton had felt neglected.  It often seemed like priority stopped at the Ealing Road Temple, leaving Alperton residents to fend for themselves and with the previous development of The Atlip Centre, built with hopes of housing shops and businesses, felt to have failed creating an eyesore at Alperton Station.

·             Although every development faced objections, once built she felt it important to recognise that those same developments become communities where people forged memories.  The need to support new housing was also highlighted, especially given the current demand for housing amongst families with development only regarded as “bad” until people moved in and called them home.

·             Whilst recognising the challenges within the Alperton area, particularly in the vicinity of Atlip Road, where drug activity and rough sleeping remained concerns, it was felt the applicant had  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4