Agenda item

840 Old Kent Road, London SE15 1NQ

Minutes:

Planning application number: 19/AP/1322

 

PROPOSAL:

 

Demolition of existing building and redevelopment of the site to provide a new building of up to 13 and 21 storeys in height (maximum height 73.60m above ground level). Redevelopment to comprise 168 residential units (Class C3), a 1,778 sqm (GIA) retail unit (Class A1) and a 52 sqm (GIA) flexible retail unit (Class A1/A3), with associated landscaping, car parking, servicing, refuse and plant areas, and all ancillary or associated works.

 

The committee heard the officer’s introduction to the report. Members of the committee asked questions of the officers.

 

An objector addressed the committee and responded to questions put by members of the committee.

 

The applicant’s representatives addressed the committee, and answered questions from the committee.

 

There were no supporters who lived within 100 meters of the development site present at the meeting that wished to speak.

 

Councillor Richard Livingstone addressed the committee in his capacity as a ward councillor, and answered questions put by the committee. 

 

The committee put further questions to the officers and discussed the application.

 

A motion to grant the application was moved, seconded, put to the vote and declared

carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That planning permission be granted, subject to conditions set out in the report and referral to the Mayor of London, and the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement by no later than 5 August 2020.

 

2.  That the environmental information be taken into account as required by Regulation 30 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessments) Regulations 2017.

 

3.  That following issue of the decision it be confirmed that the director of planning shall place a statement on the Statutory Register pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessments) Regulations and that for the purposes of Regulation 30(1) (d) the main reasons and considerations on which the Local Planning Authority's decision is based shall be set out as in the report.

 

4.  That in the event that the requirements of (1) are not met by 5 August 2020, the director of planning be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reasons set out at paragraph 490 of the report.

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