Agenda item
Red House building, South Way, Land and Pedestrian walkway between South Way and Royal Route, Wembley Park Boulevard, Wembley (Ref.15/3599)
Decision:
Deferred to a subsequent meeting as set out in the Supplementary and at the applicants’ request to enable the issues raised by the Planning Committee and set out in the agreed minutes of the previous meeting to be reviewed and reconsidered.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL:
A hybrid planning application for the redevelopment of the site including;-
a) Full planning permission for the demolition of existing building and erection of a 13-storey building comprising a 312-bed hotel (Use Class C1) with ancillary and/or ground uses including a restaurant, bar, offices and gym (Use Classes A1-A4/B1 and/or D2) (referred to as Plot W11), on-site cycle parking and
b) Outline planning permission for the demolition of existing building (The Red House, South Way) and erection of a 4-storey building comprising 1610sqm of and/or A1-A4/B1/D1 and D2 uses, with all matters reserved (referred to as Plot W12) and new pedestrian boulevard (outline) with associated service yard, landscaping and infrastructure works.
RECOMMENDATION: Grant planning permission subject to conditions as set out in the Draft Decision Notice or, as set out in the Supplementary, if the Planning Committee is still minded to refuse, to defer the application to a subsequent meeting to allow the applicants to review the supporting information and proposal in the relation to the issues raised previously by the Committee.
David Glover (Area Planning Manager) informed members that following consideration of the application at the last meeting, there had been further discussion between the Event Safety Team and theSafetyAdvisoryGroup (SAG) for WembleyNationalStadium relating to the proposaltoreducethewidth ofthe existing boulevard fora temporaryperiodto allowforconstructionto take place. He continued that the applicant had requested a deferral to enable the SAG to re-assess the proposal and to allow the applicant to address the issues raised by the Committee.
Anne Clements (applicant) highlighted the significance of the application to the area and how it would bring economic benefit to the borough and important CIUL contributions and how the proposal would relate to and improve some views of existing buildings. She continued that working in partnership with officers and the GLA, Quintain had achieved a design that appropriately fitted into the Wembley Master Plan and the Area Action Plan.
Councillor McLennan (Lead Member for Housing and Development) addressed the Committee. She informed the Committee that at a recent meeting she attended with Officers of the Council, Quintain gave a detailed presentation of the Master Plan including how the boulevard would appropriately fit into the site. Councillor McLennan also drew members’ attention to other benefits of the proposal including employment and income generation. The Head of Planning confirmed the he and other senior officers had attended the presentation meeting.
Members heard that the Master Plan application was due to go out for public consultation however, they felt that they wished to see the document and the model before making a decision on the application. They were minded to defer the application as requested by the applicant so as to enable the applicant to review and reconsider the proposal and the Chair stressed that the applicant should consider all the reasons for which the Committee was minded to refuse and not just focus on the width of the boulevard as raised at the previous meeting and agreed in the minutes for the meeting.
DECISION: Deferred to a subsequent meeting as set out in the Supplementary and at the applicants’ request to enable the issues raised by the Planning Committee and set out in the agreed minutes of the previous meeting to be reviewed and reconsidered.
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