Issue - meetings
Land at rear of 81-147 Candy Street And Wendon Street, London, E3 (PA/14/00623)
Meeting: 11/03/2015 - Development Committee (Item 5)
5 Land at rear of 81-147 Candy Street And Wendon Street, London, E3 (PA/14/00623) PDF 451 KB
Proposal:
Demolition of existing garages and 2 bungalows and the construction of 45 residential dwellings (15 x 1 bed, 15 x 2 bed, 9 x 3 bed and 6 x 4 bed) with associated infrastructure provision.
Recommendation:
That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to any direction by The London Mayor, the prior completion of a legal agreement, conditions and informatives.
Decision:
Application withdrawn from the agenda for further discussions between the Council and the applicant with the London Legacy Development Corporation.
Minutes:
It was reported that the application had been withdrawn from the agenda for further discussions between the Council, the applicant and the London Legacy Development Corporation about the impact on Candy Street of their work to replace the bridge at Crown Close.
It was explained that since agenda publication, the LLDC had provided further information about their work and it was important that this information was considered by the Applicant, Officers and the LLDC before it came back to the Committee.
Meeting: 17/12/2014 - Development Committee (Item 5)
5 Land at rear of 81-147 Candy Street And Wendon Street, London, E3 PA/14/00623 PDF 101 KB
Proposal:
Demolition of existing garages and 2 bungalows and the construction of 45 residential dwellings (15 x 1 bed, 15 x 2 bed, 9 x 3 bed and 6 x 4 bed) with associated infrastructure provision.
Recommendation:
That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to the prior completion of a legal agreement, conditions and informatives.
Additional documents:
- PA-14-00623 - Candy Street - Final, 19/11/2014 Development Committee, item 5 PDF 1 MB
- Candy Street Update, item 5 PDF 70 KB
Decision:
Application withdrawn from the agenda for further discussion with the London Legacy Development Corporation. The Application would be brought back to the Committee once the issues had been addressed.
Minutes:
It was reported that the Application had been withdrawn from the agenda by Officers for further discussion with the London Legacy Development Corporation. The Application would be brought back to the Committee once the issues had been addressed.
Meeting: 19/11/2014 - Development Committee (Item 6)
6 Land at rear of 81-147 Candy Street And Wendon Street, London, E3 (PA/14/00623) PDF 1 MB
Proposal:
Demolition of existing garages and 2 bungalows and the construction of 45 residential dwellings (15 x 1 bed, 15 x 2 bed, 9 x 3 bed and 6 x 4 bed) with associated infrastructure provision.
Recommendation:
That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to any direction by The London Mayor, the prior completion of a legal agreement, conditions and informatives.
Decision:
Update Report tabled.
Councillor Shiria Khatun seconded by Councillor Asma Begum moved that the application be deferred pending further discussion with the London Legacy Development Corporation about the impact on potential future enhancements to the Crown Close pedestrian and pedestrian/cycle bridge as set out in their holding objection.
On a vote of 6 in favour of this proposal, 0 against and 1 abstention, this proposal was carried and the Committee RESOLVED:
That planning permission at Land at rear of 81-147 Candy Street And Wendon Street, London, E3 (PA/14/00623) be DEFERRED for the demolition of existing garages and 2 bungalows and the construction of 45 residential dwellings (15 x 1 bed, 15 x 2 bed, 9 x 3 bed and 6 x 4 bed) with associated infrastructure provision pending further discussion with the London Legacy Development Corporation about the impact on potential future enhancements to the Crown Close pedestrian and cycle bridge as set out in their holding objection.
Minutes:
Update Report tabled.
Shahara Ali-Hempstead (Planning Officer) gave a presentation on the application. She firstly explained that the application was not referable to the London Mayor and drew attention to the holding objection from the London Legacy Development Corporation. Both of these matters were detailed in the update report.
It was reported that the site sits within a mainly residential area bounded by the A12 dual carriageway and near to the Crown Close bridge. The site had no specific policy designation and was brownfield land that was largely vacant. Given this, the redevelopment of the site to provide affordable housing was strongly supported in policy.
Consultation had been carried out on the application. Three objections had been received from the occupants of the bungalows on the site and the Disability Advocate about displacement of these occupants. However, it was proposed that these occupants would be rehoused in the development in accessible units, designed to meet the current occupiers specific needs, at social rent levels with assured tenancies.
The scheme comprised three sites - I, J and K. The nature of the proposals for each were explained. Overall, it was considered that the buildings were of a high quality design and would fit in and enhance the local street scene. There would be 45 new affordable units (100% of the units) with a split of 31 as affordable rent (in line with the Council’s affordable rent levels) and 14 as intermediate. It was considered that the overprovision of family units in this case was acceptable given the need for such housing in the Borough and that the scheme would not adversely affect the housing mix in the area.
Attention was drawn to the level of child play space on site. Whilst there was a shortfall of such space, there were a number of good quality parks and open spaces nearby that had recently been enhanced. This would compensate for the shortfall. The quality of the units met or exceeded policy requirements and there were measures to minimise noise disturbance.
Contributions had been secured to mitigate the impact of the scheme. It was considered that the shortfall in contributions was acceptable taking into account the results of the independent viability testing and the substantial benefits of the scheme including 100% affordable housing. The car free agreement and parking options were also noted.
In summary, the application generally complied with policy. In view of the benefits, Officers were recommending that the scheme be granted.
In response to questions about noise from the A12, it was confirmed none of the habitable rooms in site J would directly face the dual carriageway. The majority of family units would be located on this site. The separation distance between site J and the highway measured 10 metres taking into account the land reserved for the DLR. The windows to the rear of the development would be non-opening save for essential maintenance.
Whilst there would be a small number of habitable rooms on site K facing the ... view the full minutes text for item 6