Agenda item

Planning application reference numbers: 11-AP-1987, 11-AP-2079, 11-AP-2080 and 11-AP-3423

Report: See pages 119-210 of the agenda and pages 1-8 of the addendum report.

Proposal:

Application made under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 seeking demolition of listed train shed, part of St Thomas Street wall, 64-84 Tooley Street, and arches together with closure of Weston Street and Stainer Street in order to provide a new station layout including: construction of a new street-level station concourse, new replacement facades on Tooley Street and St Thomas Street, new roof canopies, landscaping and other works associated with the station.  Land use is to comprise station concourse, station ancillary space, operational car park, station loading bay, Class 'A' retail uses, and leisure (Class D1, D2 and sui generis uses).

Application for Listed Building Consent 

Proposal:

Demolition of train shed over platforms 9-16 at London Bridge Station, including main roof structure and supporting walls, in connection with the Thameslink Programme and associated development of London Bridge Station.

Application for Conservation Area Consent 

Proposal:

Demolition of 64-84 Tooley Street (former South Eastern Railway Office Building) in connection with the Thameslink Programme and the associated redevelopment of London Bridge Station.

Application for Listed Building Consent 

Proposal:

Works associated with the repair, refurbishment and re-use of the railway viaduct arches on St Thomas Street, including the creation of new shopfronts and service openings, in connection with the Thameslink Programme and redevelopment of London Bridge Station.

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

Objectors made representations to the committee and answered members’ questions.

The applicant made representations to the committee and answered members’ questions.

Ward councillors, Councillors Maark Gettleson and Anood Al-Samerai, made representations to the committee and answered members’ questions.

A motion to grant planning permission was moved, seconded, put to the vote and declared to be carried. 

RESOLVED:

That:

a)  Planning permission is GRANTED subject to conditions and the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement by no later than 30 March 2012, and subject to referral to the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (11-AP1987)

b)  Listed Building Consent is GRANTED subject to conditions (11-AP-2079 and 11-AP-3423)

c)  Conservation Area Consent is GRANTED subject to conditions (11-AP-2080)

d)  If it is resolved to grant planning permission, that it is confirmed that the environmental information has been taken into account as required by Regulation 3(4) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessments) Regulations 2011

e)  It is confirmed that, following issue of the decision, the Head of Development Management should 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 shall be set out as in this report

f)  In the event that the requirements of (a) are not met by 30 March 2012, the Head of Development Management be authorised to refuse planning permission for the reasons set out under paragraph 267

g)  The construction management plan be amended to ensure that appropriate measures are taken prior to road closure/commencement of works to ensure adequate traffic management

h)  The construction working group be amended to include local resident groups.