Agenda item

SKIPTON HOUSE, 80 LONDON ROAD, PERRY LIBRARY, 250 SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD and KEYWORTH STREET HOSTEL, 10 KEYWORTH STREET, LONDON SE1

Minutes:

Planning application reference 16/AP/5125

 

Report: see pages 7 to 86 of the agenda and pages 1 to 5 of the addendum report.

 

PROPOSAL

 

Demolition of the existing buildings and creation of 1 level of basement (plus mezzanine) and the erection of buildings ranging from Ground Floor plus 7 to ground floor plus 39 stories (maximum building height of 146.3m AOD) comprising retail uses (Use Classes A1/A3/A4) and fitness space (Use Class D2) at ground floor, multifunctional cultural space (Use Classes D1/D2/Sui Generis) at ground floor and basement, and office use (Use Class B1) and 408 residential units (Use Class C3) on upper levels, new landscaping and public realm, a publically accessible roof garden and associated retail unite (Use Class A1/A3/A4), ancillary servicing and plant, cycle parking, and associated works..

 

Prior to the officer’s introduction, a motion to defer consideration of the application was proposed, seconded, put to the vote and lost.

 

The committee heard an officer’s introduction to the report and asked questions of the officer.

 

The committee heard representations from objectors to the application and asked questions of the objectors.

 

The applicant and applicant’s agent addressed the committee and answered questions arising from their submission.

 

The committee heard representations from a local ward councillor, Councillor David Noakes, and asked questions of the ward councillor.

 

The committee debated the application and asked further questions of officers.

 

A motion to refuse planning permission was proposed, seconded, put to the vote and lost.

 

A motion to grant planning permission was proposed, seconded, put to the vote and declared granted as follows:

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.   

a)  That planning permission be granted, subject to conditions set out in the report, addendum report and revised recommended decision notice, an additional condition restricting hours of use of the roof garden’s adjoining café to 11.00pm, referral to the Mayor of London, and the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement by no later than 16 December 2016.

 

b)  That the Head of Development Management, in consultation with the chair of Planning Committee, be authorised under delegated authority to make any minor modifications to the proposed conditions arising out of detailed negotiations with the applicant which may necessitate further modification and may include the variation, addition or deletion of the conditions as drafted.

 

c)  That environmental information as required by Regulation 3(4) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessments) Regulations 2011 be taken into account.

 

d)  That following issue of the decision, the Director of Planning place a statement on the Statutory Register pursuant to Regulation 24 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessments) Regulations 2011, which contains the information required by Regulation 21, and that for the purposes of Regulation 24(1)(c) the main reasons and considerations on which the planning committee's decision was based be as set out as in the report.

 

e)  That authorisation be given to the Director of Planning to refuse planning permission for the reasons set out under paragraph 271 of the report in the event that the requirements of (a) are not met by 16 December 2016.

 

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