Agenda item

Planning Application Number: 24/AP/3801

Report: see pages 16 to 192 of the supplemental agenda pack No.1 and pages 1 to 3 of the addendum report

PROPOSAL:

Proposal: Material amendment under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to reference number 07/AP/1262, as amended by 13/AP/4266, to secure amendments to Blocks A, B, C, D and associated landscape only including amendments to the internal configuration, external design and overall massing, mix and unit numbers, and variation of the conditions of consent including to allow for:

·  Changes to façade design and composition of all buildings to meet updated fire regulations and energy and sustainability standards as well as addressing overheating;

·  Adjustments to building footprint, form, and massing;

·  Internal reconfiguration of units to address the current Nationally Described Space Standards, resulting in a change in mix and a reduction in units from 589 to 566;

·  Re-organisation of building cores, additional staircases and inclusion of additional fire safety features including sprinklers;

·  Change from winter gardens to a mix of winter gardens and balconies;

·  Addition of plant, lift overruns, smoke vents and risers on the roof of buildings, contributing to overall increases in building massing and heights ranging between 3.9 and 4.9 metres;

·  Addition of new residential amenity facilities in Building A, C and D, including swimming pool a gym uses;

·  Amendments to condition 34 to reflect the reduction in commercial floorspace by 113m2;

·  Inclusion of revised energy strategy, facilitated by inclusion of rooftop plant;

·  Amendment to basement layout to accommodate Thames Tideway Tunnel infrastructure;

·  Rise in finished floor level of building C for flood protection.

Application 07/AP/1262 was accompanied by an Environmental Statement pursuant to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which can be viewed on southwark.gov.uk/planningregister under reference 07/AP/1262. This application is supported by a note prepared Trium dated March 2025 assessing the compliance against the Environmental Statement, which can be viewed on southwark.gov.uk/planningregister under reference 24/AP/3801. Copies of the application documents are available by request. 

This item was heard together with 6.3.

A motion to grant planning permission as on paper with an additional condition was moved, seconded, put to the vote and declared carried.

RESOLVED:

1.  That planning permission be granted subject to:

a.  revised conditions to those on the existing permission, as set out in the report, and

b.  an amended condition 10 to require ongoing consultation with residents, in a similar manner to the approach taken at the Rotherhithe Gas Holder Site, and

c.  the completion of a deed of variation to the existing s106 legal 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 30 September 2025, the director of planning and growth be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the development not complying with Southwark Plan 2022 SP6, SP4, P23, P28, P50, P54, P53 Polices and London Plan 2021 Polices SI 2, S4, E11, T1, T4, T5, T9 and DF1.

After this, the meeting took a comfort break from 8:16pm at 8:23pm.