Agenda item

Planning application: Application 21/AP/1104

PROPOSAL:

Minor material amendments to planning permission 20/AP/3675 (for

Phased, mixed-use redevelopment of the existing Elephant and Castle shopping centre and London College of Communication sites comprising the demolition of all existing buildings and structures and redevelopment to comprise buildings ranging in height from single storey to 35 storeys above multi-level and single basements, to provide a range of uses including residential (use class C3), retail (use Class A1-A4), office (Use Class B1), Education (use class D1), assembly and leisure (use class D2) and a new station entrance and station box for use as a London underground operational railway station, means of access, public realm and landscaping works, parking and cycle storage provision, plant and servicing areas, and a range of other associated and ancillary works and structures.

The Committee heard the officer’s introduction to the report.

Members of the committee asked questions of officers present.

The committee heard the objector’s statement.

The committee put questions to the objector.

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

The Committee heard a statement in support of the application from a member of the public who lived within 100 metres of the development site.

There were no questions for the resident.

There were no ward councillors present who wished to speak.

The committee discussed the application.

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

RESOLVED:

a)  That planning permission be granted subject to conditions, referral to the Greater London Authority (GLA), and a variation and endorsement to the s106  agreement for planning permission 16/AP/4458.

b)   That the environmental information be taken into account as required by Regulation 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.

c)   That following issue of the decision it be confirmed that the Director of Planning and Growth 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 this report, and shall inform the Secretary of State of the decision.