Agenda item

Planning Application Number: 24/AP/1958 

Report: see pages 43 to 388 of the agenda pack and pages 1 to 6 of the addendum report 

PROPOSAL:

Phased mixed-use redevelopment of the site comprising:

- Demolition of all existing buildings/structures and site clearance, except 82 and (part) 83 Borough Road which are to be retained, altered and refurbished for Flexible Commercial, Business and Service, and Learning and Non-Residential Institution Uses (Class E/F1 / F2(b)); - Construction of basement structure and vehicular access;

- Construction of buildings to provide Dwellings (Class C3), Flexible Commercial, Business and Service and mixed food and drink and leisure uses (including drinking establishments with expanded food provision, hot food takeaways, live music performance venue and cinema) (Class E / Sui Generis) and public toilets; and

- Provision of associated car and cycle parking, open space and landscaping, means of access and highway alterations, installation of plant and utilities and all other associated ancillary works incidental to the development.

The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement (ES) in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended).

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

The meeting then adjourned for a comfort break from 8.26pm to 8.33pm.

Following this, the spokespersons for the objectors addressed the committee and responded to questions put by members of the committee.

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

The committee heard from a supporter of the application and put questions to the supporter.

Councillors Victor Chamberlain and Maria Linforth-Hall addressed the committee in their capacity as ward councillors and responded to questions from the committee.

Members of the committee put further questions to officers and discussed the application.

A motion to grant planning permission 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 and addendum report, referral to the GLA and the completion of a S106 legal agreement, whose section on business relocation is to be brought back to committee for agreement; and

2.  That the director of planning and growth be authorised under delegated authority to make any minor modifications to the proposed conditions arising out of detailed negotiations with the applicant, which may necessitate further modification and may include the variation, addition, or deletion of the conditions as drafted; and

3.  That the environmental information be taken into account as required by regulation 26(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended); and

4.  That the planning committee in making its decision has due regard to the potential equalities impacts that are outlined in this report; and

5.  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; and

6.  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 this report; and

7.  That in the event that the requirements of paragraph 1 above are not met by 26 July 2025, the director of planning and growth be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reasons set out in paragraph 949 of the report.