Agenda item

Planning Application Number: 22/AP/1602 

Report: see pages 6 to 149 of the main agenda pack and pages 1 to 6 of the addendum report.

PROPOSAL: Demolition of the existing building above ground and part basement and redevelopment of the site to provide an 11-storey stepped building with rooftop plant, plus a two storey basement, providing office, retail, restaurant and wellness uses alongside external terraces, landscaping, public realm works, new plant equipment, internal loading bays, cycle parking spaces and other associated works.

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

Representatives for the objectors addressed the meeting and responded to questions from members of the committee.

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

Councillor Irina von Wiese addressed the committee in her capacity as a ward councillor and responded to questions from members of the committee.

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

The committee put further questions to 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:

a.  The conditions set out in the report and amended by the addendum report.

b.  An amended condition 50 to stipulate that use of the external terraces on the northern edge of the development only be allowed between the hours of 9:00 to 23:00 hours, and use of the external terraces on the southern edge of the development only be allowed between 9:00 and 19:00 hours. 

c.  An additional condition stipulating that the southern external terraces on the sixth floor are not to be accessed by employees of the building. 

d.  An informative be added advising the applicant that the construction management plan which is conditioned submitted for approval should include information regarding the consultation undertaken with local residents about the construction management plan, in particular addressing the cumulative impact of the development with the neighbouring development and the way the needs of residents with protected characteristics have been taken into account.

e.  Referral to the Mayor, and

f.  The applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement by no later than the 31 May 2023.

2.  That in the event that the requirements of (1.) are not met by the 31 May 2023, the director of planning and growth be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reasons set out at paragraph 307 of the report.

At this point the committee adjourned for a comfort break from 8.25pm to 8.33pm.