Agenda item

At 8.00pm the meeting adjourned for a five-minute comfort break. The meeting reconvened at 8.05pm

Planning application reference 22/AP/1887

Report: See pages 78 to 241 of the agenda pack and addendum pages 3 to 11.

PROPOSAL

The construction of 34 social rented homes across two separate buildings, along with the provision of external community / sports / play facilities and associated landscaping and car parking.

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

The objectors present addressed the committee. and responded to questions from members.

The applicants addressed the committee and responded to questions from members.

There were no supporters present, who lived within 100 metres of the development site and wished to speak.

The ward councillors were unable to attend the meeting but provided written representation about delivering new council homes. They urged the Leathermarket CBS to continue engagement with residents on the estate.

Members further debated the application.

A motion to grant the application subject to conditions and an amended condition set out in the officer’s report, and the addendum report, that were presented during the hearing, was moved, seconded, put to the vote and declared carried.

RESOLVED:

1.  That planning permission be granted subject to conditions set out in the report and amended Condition 8 below, also the additional condition concerning the flood risk and addendum report; and for the applicant to enter into an appropriate S106 legal agreement no later than 15 April 2026.

2.  That in the event the requirements of paragraph 1 above are not met by 15 April 2026, the director of planning and growth be authorised to refuse planning permission, if appropriate, for the reasons set out in paragraph 263 of the report.

Condition 8 (amended):

Play equipment and landscaping

Details of the proposed play equipment on sites 2 and 4 and associated

hard and soft landscaping, shall be submitted to the local planning authority

after public consultation with Elim Estate Residents, and should include

details of the public engagement undertaken. The details shall be approved

in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the

development hereby granted permission and shall thereafter be retained

and maintained for the lifetime of the development.

Reason:

To ensure that present or future users of the play area do not suffer a loss

of amenity in accordance with the Southwark Plan 2022 Policy P56

(Protection of amenity), and the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.