Agenda item
744 Wick Lane and 46-52 Fairfield Road, London E3 (Report No DC018/056)
Minutes:
Mr Stephen Irvine (Planning Applications Manager) introduced the report, noting that the proposed development consisted of 146 flats and one commercial unit. It now achieved the requirement of 35% of the residential floorspace being affordable housing. The net residential density of 722 hrh was marginally over the guidelines in the London Plan, but was considered acceptable in this particular location which had good access to transport and other amenities. The original application had been substantially amended following consultation initiated by the developer, including by measures to make it more acceptable within the conservation area. There had been objections to the original scheme but the residents responsible had not notified their intention to sustain them at the committee.
In response to Members queries, it was confirmed that while the scheme had been subject to local consultation and revision as outlined, it had not been considered by the committee before. It was also confirmed that approximately 38% of the affordable units were family-sized. Although officers had pursued options for increasing the proportion of family-sized accommodation with the applicant, it had not been considered reasonable to require any more within the constraints of this particular site.
It was unanimously AGREED that planning permission be GRANTED for the demolition of the existing two buildings, and construction of new residential development of five connected blocks of three, four, five, six, seven and eight storeys, comprising 146 flats with a 217.5sqm A2/B1 commercial unit fronting Fairfield Road together with associated car parking and landscaping. The planning permission is subject to the following conditions and legal agreements:
Conditions
(1) Permission valid for 5 years.
(2) Details of external materials to be submitted for the Council’s written approval prior to the commencement of construction of the development.
(3) Details of hard and soft landscaping treatment to be submitted for the Council’s written approval. The approved landscaping shall be implemented prior to the occupation of any part of the proposed development of any part of the development.
(4) All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the buildings or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner, and trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season.
(5) Details of any proposed walls, fences and railings to be submitted for the Council’s written approval.
(6) Site investigation regarding any potential soil contamination to be carried out and any remedial work required to be agreed in writing by the Council and carried out as per agreement before construction works begin.
(7) Details of sound insulation/attenuation measures, to protect future residents from noise and vibration shall be carried out as specified in the applicant’s consultant’s supplementary information submitted to the Council unless otherwise agreed in writing.
(8) Building, engineering or other operations including demolition shall be carried out only between the hours of 8.00am and 6.00pm Mondays to Fridays and between the hours of 9.00am and 1.00pm Saturdays and shall not be carried out at any time on Sundays or Public Holidays.
(9) Any power/hammer-driven piling/breaking out of material required during construction/demolition shall only take place between the hours of 10.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday and at no other time, except in emergencies or as otherwise agreed by the Council in writing.
(10) Details of any external lighting to be submitted to the Council for written approval.
(11) The development of the site should not begin until a statement to minimise the impact on Air Quality is submitted to and agreed by the Local Planning Authority for written approval.
(12) No development approved by this permission shall be commenced until a scheme for the provision and implementation of surface water storage capacity during 1 in 100 year conditions has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details.
(13) No development shall take place until the applicant has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme for investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved by the Local Planning Authority.
Legal Agreements
Section 106 Legal Agreement to secure:
(1) The provision of affordable housing in accordance with the Council’s policies at a ratio of 35% of the residential floorspace in the development which is not subject to grant funding, with 20% for intermediate housing and 80% for rented housing
(2) Car-free development;
(3) Local Labour in Construction;
(4) Financial contribution towards road/junction improvements at the Wick Lane/Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach (A102(M) East Cross Route)/Tredegar Road (B142) road junction (£40,000);
(5) Financial contribution towards local primary school places (£130,920); and
(6) Financial contribution towards local public health facilities (£204,080).
Section 278 Agreement to secure:
(1) Remedial highway works associated with the development.
Conservation Area conditions
(1) The demolition works hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of five years from the date of this consent.
(2) Demolition, building, engineering or other works audible at or beyond the site boundary, and delivery/collection of materials, to be restricted to between 8.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday and 9.00am to 1.00pm Saturdays and at no other time. Noisy operations or special deliveries/collection outside these times shall only take place in exceptional circumstances, for example to meet police traffic restrictions, in an emergency or in the interests of public safety.
(3) Any power/hammer-driven piling/breaking out of material required during construction/demolition shall only take place between the hours of 10.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday and at no other time, except in emergencies or as otherwise agreed by the Council in writing.
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