Issue - meetings
Basin Approach Final Deferral Report
Meeting: 10/10/2012 - Development Committee (Item 6)
6 Land at Commercial Road, Basin Approach, London. (PA/12/00925) PDF 95 KB
Additional documents:
- PA 12 925 Basin Approach Final, item 6
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- Update Report 24th August 2011.doc, item 6
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Decision:
On a unanimous vote, the Committee RESOLVED:
1. That planning permission (PA/12/00925)at Land at Commercial Road, Basin Approach, London be GRANTED for erection of buildings between 3 and 9 storeys in height to provide 48 dwellings, including affordable housing, together with the provision of landscaping works, disabled parking and infrastructure works subject to:
2. The prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations set out in the report.
3. That the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated authority to negotiate the legal agreement indicated above.
4. That the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated power to impose conditions and informatives on the planning permission to secure the matters set out in the report.
5. That if, within three months of the date of this committee the legal agreement has not been completed, the Corporate Director of Development & Renewal is delegated power to refuse planning permission.
Note: Councillor Md. Maium Miah did not vote on this item having not been present at the 22nd August 2012 meeting of the Development Committee where it was previously considered.
Minutes:
Jerry Bell (Applications Team Leader) introduced the report Land at Commercial Road, Basin Approach, London. (PA/12/00925).
Nasser Farooq (Planning Offer) presented the detailed report. He reminded the Committee of its decision on 22nd August 2012 to defer the application to explore the reduction in height of the scheme by two storeys to maintain views from the Hydraulic Accumulator Tower and improve light levels to the proposed units. He advised that since then, Officers had visited the tower to identify the impact on views; the Applicant had carried out a views assessment in light of Members concerns and had been in contact with the organisations that raised objections to the original scheme (the Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society and the East Waterway Group)
He described the changes made to scheme in light of the above. Particularly the reduction in two storeys and the loss of four residential units as a result. However the proposal still provided an acceptable level of affordable housing of 35%. The plans also further improved sunlight conditions.
Overall, given that Officers were satisfied with the initial scheme and the further improvements, Officers also considered that this scheme should be granted.
Members welcomed the improvements and considered it was substantially better than the previous scheme. They welcomed the fact that the applicant had listened to their views and had come back with a scheme that addressed their concerns.
On a unanimous vote, the Committee RESOLVED:
1. That planning permission (PA/12/00925)at Land at Commercial Road, Basin Approach, London be GRANTED for erection of buildings between 3 and 9 storeys in height to provide 48 dwellings, including affordable housing, together with the provision of landscaping works, disabled parking and infrastructure works subject to:
2. The prior completion of a legal agreement to secure the planning obligations set out in the report.
3. That the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated authority to negotiate the legal agreement indicated above.
4. That the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated power to impose conditions and informatives on the planning permission to secure the matters set out in the report.
5. That if, within three months of the date of this committee the legal agreement has not been completed, the Corporate Director of Development & Renewal is delegated power to refuse planning permission.
Note: Councillor Md. Maium Miah did not vote on this item having not been present at the 22nd August 2012 meeting of the Development Committee where it was previously considered.