Agenda and minutes

Planning Sub-Committee B (decommissioned, for planning committees after 20 May 2023, please click the "Committees" tab on the right) - Monday 7 January 2019 7.00 pm

Venue: Ground Floor Meeting Room G02 - 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH

Contact: Beverley Olamijulo, Constitutional Officer  Tel: 020 7525 7234, Email:  beverley.olamijulo@southwark.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Introduction and welcome

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    Minutes:

    The chair welcomed councillors, members of the public and officers to the meeting.

2.

Apologies

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    Minutes:

    This sub-committee was reconvened from 12 December 2018, for which the chair had previously given her apologies. Therefore the chair was not required to attend.

3.

Confirmation of voting members

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    A representative of each political group will confirm the voting members of the sub-committee.

    Minutes:

    The members of the committee present were confirmed as voting members.

4.

Disclosure of Members' interests and dispensations

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    Members to declare any interests and dispensation in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting.

    Minutes:

    There were none.

5.

Items of business that the Chair deems urgent

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    The chair to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.

    Minutes:

    The chair gave notice of the following additional papers circulated prior to the meeting:

     

    • Addendum report relating to item 6.1 – development management item
    • Members’ pack.

6.

Development management items

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    ADDENDUM REPORT

     

    The addendum report had not been circulated five clear days in advance of the meeting, nor had it been available for public inspection during that time. The chair agreed to accept the item as urgent to enable members to be aware of late observations, consultation, responses, additional information and revisions.

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    1.  That the determination of planning applications, or formal observations and comments, the instigation of enforcement action and the receipt of the reports included in the attached items be considered.

     

    2.  That the decisions made on the planning applications be subject to the conditions and/or made for the reasons set out in the attached reports unless otherwise stated.

     

    3.  That where reasons for decisions or conditions are not included or not as included in the reports relating to an individual item, they be clearly specified.

6.1

CASTLE SQUARE & ELEPHANT ROAD, SE1 6TW

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    Planning application reference number: 18/AP/2108

     

    Report: see pages 6 to 44 of the agenda pack and pages 1 to 3 of the addendum report 1 and pages 1 to 3 of the addendum report 2.

     

    PROPOSAL

     

    Erection of a temporary 2/3 storey structure comprising 517 sqm of retail (Class A1-A5) floorspace, 14.8 sqm of estate management office (B1) floorspace, 33.1 sqm of welfare services/storage (Sui Generis) floorspace; 23 cycle stands and associated hard landscaping works, for a period of 5 years.

     

    Representatives of the objectors addressed the sub-committee and responded to questions from members.

     

    The applicant and the applicant’s agent addressed the meeting and responded to questions from members.

     

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

     

    Councillors Darren Merrill and Rebecca Lury addressed the sub-committee in their capacity as ward councillors and responded to questions from members of the sub-committee.

     

    Members asked further questions of officers.

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    1.  That the planning application 18/AP/2108be granted for a limited period, subject to conditions and an s106 agreement.

     

    2.  That in the event that the requirements of the above are not met by 11 January 2019, that the director of planning be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reasons set out in paragraph 64 of the report.

     

    3.  That a caveat be included in the agreement which specifies that any delay with the development of the building, would mean an additional twelve months would be added to the five year term of the lease.