Agenda item

Having declared an interest in this item, Councillor Richard Livingstone left the meeting room at this point. Councillor Margy Newens attended as a reserve.

Planning Application Number: 25/AP/2987   

Report: see pages 11 to 238 of the agenda pack and pages 1 to 6 of the addendum report.

PROPOSAL:

Demolition of existing buildings and phased redevelopment to provide dwellings (Use Class C3), flexible retail, leisure (including drinking establishment), and commercial accommodation (Use Class E/Sui Generis), light industrial (Use Class B2/E(g)(iii)) landscaping, and associated works.

The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement and associated addendum submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.

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

Councillor Austin addressed the committee in their capacity as ward councillor. Members put no questions to Councillor Austin.

Members put questions to officers.

Objectors to the application 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.

There were no supporters living within 100 metres of the development site wishing to speak.

Councillor Richard Livingstone addressed the committee in his position as a ward councillor and answered questions put by the members.

Motion to exclude Press and Public

At 8.30pm, a motion to exclude the press and public was moved, seconded, put to the vote and declared carried.

RESOLVED:

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of this on the grounds that exempt information would be disclosed, as defined in Article 10.4.5 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules.

The committee returned to the open session at 8:47pm.

On the return to open session, a motion to refuse the item was moved, seconded, put to the vote and declared carried. 

RESOLVED:

That planning permission be refused, for the following reason:

The proposed development, owing to the low level of affordable housing, would fail to meet the significant need for social rented and intermediate homes in the borough. As such the proposal would be contrary to Policy HO8 ‘Providing affordable homes’ of the NPPF (2026) Policy H4 ‘Delivering Affordable Housing’ of the London Plan (2021) and Policy P1 ‘Social rented and intermediate housing’ of the Southwark Plan (2022) as well as the Affordable Housing SPD (2025).