Agenda, decisions and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor Mahmood and Councillor Rajan – Seelan.  Councillor Ahmed and Councillor Collymore attended as a substitute members.

Apologies were received from Councillor Mahmood and Councillor Rajan – Seelan.  Councillor Ahmed and Councillor Collymore attended as a substitute members.

Members are invited to declare at this stage of the meeting, the nature and existence of any relevant disclosable pecuniary, personal or prejudicial interests in the items on this agenda and to specify the item(s) to which they relate.

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To approve the minutes of the previous meeting, held on 17 August 2022 as a correct record.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the previous meeting held on Wednesday 17 August 2022 be approved as an accurate record of the meeting.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the previous meeting held on Wednesday 17 August 2022 be approved as an accurate record of the meeting.

Granted planning permission subject to stage 2 referral to the GLA, the conditions and informatives as set out in the committee report and supplementary report, together with completion of the Section 106 Agreement .

PROPOSAL

Demolition of the existing buildings and structures, the erection of a ‘co-location’ scheme ranging in height from 2 to 19 storeys, incorporating industrial floorspace with residential accommodation (Use Class C3), together with associated landscaping, access arrangements, car and cycle parking, servicing and refuse and recycling facilities

RECOMMENDATION~:

That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to:

(1)   The application’s 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 report.

(2)   That the Head of Planning is delegated authority to negotiate the legal agreement as detailed in the report.

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

(4)   That the Head of Planning is delegated 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.

(5)   That, if by the “expiry date” of this application (subject to any amendments/extensions to the expiry date agreed by both parties) the legal agreement has not been completed, the Head of Planning is delegated authority to refuse planning permission.

(6)    That the Committee confirms that adequate provision has been made, by the imposition of conditions and obligations, for the preservation or planting of trees as required by Section 197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

June Taylor, Principal Planning Officer, North Area, Development Planning Team introduced the report and set out the key issues. In introducing the report members were advised that a similar application on this site had previously been approved in June 2020, however this application had come to Planning Committee as it represented an amended version of the approved proposal. The amendments listed in the report included changes to the bulk, scale and massing, as well as increased industrial floorspace and number of residential units. The revised application sought permission for the demolition of the existing buildings and structures on site, and the construction of a building ranging in height from 2 to 19 storeys, incorporating 173 new homes, all of which would be affordable housing (58 x 1bed, 85x 2bed and 30x 3bed), together with 2,228sqm of light industrial floor space (B1(b) and B1(c)) with associated access, parking, cycle storage and bin storage, and residential amenity space. The application site currently comprised of a single storey car showroom situated to the north east side of Bridgewater Road, opposite the intersection with Manor Farm Road, a basement car park to the rear of the showroom which was formerly the Boyriven Textiles building  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

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