Agenda item

VINOPOLIS, 1 BANK END (INCLUDING RAILWAY ARCHES BOUNDED BY STONEY STREET, CLINK STREET AND PARK STREET), 16 PARK STREET, 18 PARK STREET (THAMES HOUSE) & WINE WHARF, STONEY STREET SE1

Minutes:

Planning application reference 15/AP/3066

 

Report: see pages 87 to 149 of the agenda and pages 5 to 6 of the addendum report.

 

PROPOSAL

 

Redevelopment of Thames House behind retained façade for retail use (either Classes A1 shops, A2 professional services, A3 cafes/restaurants or A4 drinking establishments) on ground floor and offices above, demolition of two storey Thames House side addition; erection of a 6 storey building on land between railway viaduct and 28 Park Street (max. building height 27.4m AOD) to provide retail on ground and part first floors (either Classes A1, A2, A3 and A4) and offices above; remodelling of Wine Wharf building on Stoney Street, replacement of existing two storey Vinopolis Plaza at 16 Park Street with a two storey retail building, refurbishment of railway arches and change of use to retail (either Classes A1, A2, A3 or A4); creation of a basement to provide a cinema (Class D2 use) cycle parking spaces and refuse and recycling; together with the formation of a new north-south route alongside the railway arches and a new east-west retail arcade. 

 

The committee heard an officer’s introduction to the report.

 

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

 

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 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 and addendum report, an additional condition that the gates on Clink Street be shut at 11.00pm and people dispersed elsewhere, an additional informative requiring the developer to set up a residents liaison group where residents could raise issues of concern and provide input into the management committee, referral to the Mayor of London and the applicant entering into a satisfactory legal agreement.  

 

b)  That the Director of Planning be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reason set out in paragraph 185of the officer report in the event that a satisfactory legal agreement is not entered into by 1 December 2016.

 

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