Agenda item

BECKET HOUSE, 60-68 ST THOMAS STREET, LONDON, SE1 3QU

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Planning application number: 20/AP/0969

 

PROPOSAL

 

Redevelopment of the site to include the demolition of existing buildings (the Platform Southwark building, the existing tenant management organisation hall, nine garages, a sub-station, eight studio apartments, and a storage and boiler room building); the retention and improvement to the existing Styles House building; the erection of 25 new dwellings, a new substation, a new community centre and tenant management organisation facilities; car and cycle parking; a new boiler house; landscaping; access and associated works.

 

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.

 

Members of the committee asked questions of the objectors present.

 

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

 

The Ward Councillor, Councillor William Houngbo spoke on this item. The committee discussed the application.

 

The Chair noted the inclusion of an extra recommendation, which was submitted in the addendum.

 

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, the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement, and referral to the Mayor ofLondon.

 

2.  That, shouldplanning permissionbe granted,it beconfirmed thatan EnvironmentalImpact Assessmenthas beenundertaken asrequired by Regulation3 ofthe Townand CountryPlanning (EnvironmentalImpact 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 for the purposes of Regulation 30(1) (d) the main reasons and considerations on which the Local Planning Authority'sdecision is based shall be set out as in thisreport.

 

4.  In theevent thatthe requirementsof paragraph1 aboveare notmet by31 December 2021,the directorof planningand growthbe authorisedto refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reasons set out in paragraph 374.

 

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