Agenda item

Planning Application Number: 24/AP/3432

Report: 263 – 486 of the main agenda and 1 to 4 of addendum report.

Proposal:

“Demolition of the existing building on site with the retention and reuse of the basement level with minor basement extension. Construction of two separate but linked buildings, expressed as a series of four towers provisioning Residential units (Class C3) in the southern elements, and Purpose Built Student Accommodation units (Use Class Sui Generis), with the delivery of an amount of retail (Class E(a)), food and beverage (Class E (b)), office (Class Eg(i)) and medical services (Class Ee) floorspace at ground, first and second floor levels, with hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian and vehicle access, cycle parking, wider public realm improvements with associated highway works and all other and ancillary works associated with the development.

For information:

The development as a whole comprises 243 dwellings (Class C3) and 1,434 Purpose Built Student Accommodation Units, 924sqm of Class E(a)-(b) at ground floor level, and 1,106sqm of Class E(gi) and (e) at first and second floor level.”

The committee heard the officer’s introduction to the report and addendum report.

Members put questions to the officers.

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 the members of the committee.

There were no supporters present.

There were no ward councillors present.

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 conditions, the applicant entering into an appropriate legal agreement, and referral to the Mayor of London.

2.  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

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

4.  That following the issue 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 Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017; and

5.  That following issue of planning permission, the director of planning and growth place a statement on the Statutory Register pursuant to Regulation 28(1) of the TCP (EIA) Regulations 2017, which contains the information required by Regulation 28 and, for purposes of Regulation 28(1)(h) being the main reasons and considerations on which the planning committee’s decision was based shall be set out in the report; and

6.  That in the event that the requirements of (1) are not met by 31 December 2025, the director of planning and growth be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reasons set out in the Paragraph 427 of this report.