Agenda item

Planning Application Numbers: 23/AP/1854 (full planning application) and 23/AP/1855 (listed building consent)

Report: see pages 8 to 186 of the agenda pack and pages 1 to 3 of the addendum report.

PROPOSAL:

Full Planning Application: Part demolition to the rear of 1 and 3 - 7 Stamford Street together with: the erection of a ground plus three[1]storey podium comprising retail, leisure, office, education, gallery, library and assembly room uses; two levels of basement for servicing, plant, car and cycle parking plus pit access within a partial basement at level three; two residential buildings of 22 and 40 storeys above podium; an office building of 44 storeys above podium; improvements to the existing public house; landscaping at ground and podium levels; replacement boundary at the southern edge of the Site; plant and all other associated, enabling and ancillary works.

Listed Building Consent: Demolition of rear extension at 3-7 Stamford Street together with removal of roof-level plant and modern elements at 1 and 3-7 Stamford Street; internal and external renovation and alterations throughout including replacement of windows, works to connect the listed buildings including a ground floor glazed infill between the buildings and all other associated and ancillary works.

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

There were no objectors present who wished to address the committee.

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

A supporter of the application living within 100 metres of the development site addressed the committee. The committee did not ask questions of the supporter.

Councillor Victor Chamberlain addressed the committee in his capacity as a ward councillor and responded to questions from members of the committee.

The committee put further questions to officers and discussed the applications.

Members instructed officers to ensure that the establishment of a liaison group with residents was included in the construction environmental management plan.

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

RESOLVED:

1.  That planning permission be granted subject to:

·  the conditions set out in the report

·  the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement, and

·  referral to the Mayor of London.  

2.  That following the issue of planning permission, the director of planning and growth write to the Secretary of State notifying them of the decision, pursuant to regulation 30(1)(a) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations.

3.  That following issue of the planning permission, the director of planning and growth shall place a statement on the statutory register pursuant to regulation 28 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations and for the purposes of regulation 28(1)(h) the main reasons and considerations on which the local planning authority's decision is based shall be set out as in the report.

4.  That listed building consent be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report, and the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement.

5.  That in the event that the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 4 above are not met by 29 October 2024, the director of planning and growth be authorised to refuse planning permission and listed building consent, if appropriate, for the reasons set out in paragraph 379 of the report.