No interests were declared.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Strategic Development Committee held on 23^rd January 2020

 The Committee RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting of the Strategic Development Committee held on 23^rd January 2020 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair, subject to the following: in relation to Item 6.1 Quay House, Admirals Way, London.

Pg 5 of the Minutes: Replace: ‘the owners (of the Wardian Building) had been notified of the proposals and had not submitted any comments’

with:

‘had not submitted an objections’.

To RESOLVE that:

1)   in the event of changes being made to recommendations by the Committee, the task of formalising the wording of those changes is delegated to the Corporate Director Place along the broad lines indicated at the meeting; and

2)   in the event of any changes being needed to the wording of the Committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or add conditions/informatives/planning obligations or reasons for approval/refusal) prior to the decision being issued, the Corporate Director Place is delegated authority to do so, provided always that the Corporate Director does not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.

3)    To NOTE the procedure for hearing objections at meetings of the Strategic Development Committee.

The Committee RESOLVED that:

1)         In the event of changes being made to recommendations by the Committee, the task of formalising the wording of those changes is delegated to the Corporate Director, Place along the broad lines indicated at the meeting; and

2)         In the event of any changes being needed to the wording of the Committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or add conditions/informatives/planning obligations or reasons for approval/refusal) prior to the decision being issued, the Corporate Director, Place is delegated authority to do so, provided always that the Corporate Director does not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision

3)         To note the procedure for hearing objections at meetings of the Development Committee and the meeting guidance.

There are none

There are none.

Proposal:

Application for the approval of reserved matters for Plot E of London Dock to provide a secondary school with six forms of entry and a sixth form, a basement, public realm and school play space facilities, parking and associated highways works pursuant to Condition 3 of planning permission PA/19/00764, related to the provision of details of the appearance, landscaping, layout, scale and mix of the school.

Recommendation:

Approval of Reserved Matters subject to conditions

Paul Buckenham, (Development Manager) introduced the application for the approval of reserved matters for Plot E of London Dock to provide a secondary school with associated works -  pursuant to Condition 3 of planning permission PA/19/00764, related to the provision of details of the appearance, landscaping, layout, scale and mix of the school. Due to the number of representations, the application had been brought to the Committee for determination. Since the Committee report had been published a further two representations in objection had been received bringing the total to 45 letters of representation. The representations did not raise any new material issues and the outcome of the consultation would be reported during the presentation.

Katie Cooke (Planning Services) presented the report, describing the site location and surrounds. The principle of development had been set by the site allocation and part outline part detailed (hybrid) application approved in 2014. The matters reserved for determination only concerned: appearance, landscaping, layout, scale and mix of the school and concerned Plot E.

Three rounds of consultation were carried out and 44 representations were received, including one general comment. Issues raised included:  concerns around height of the proposal, the amenity impacts and lack of consultation.

Officers considered that the proposals reflected the outline permission in terms of: the appearance, scale, the layout. This included the creation of landscaping and public realm to facilitate pupil access.  The proposals would maintain a high quality environment and would comply with the planning policy.

The sunlight and daylight impacts on neighbouring properties  were accessed assessed as part of the s.73 application which was approved in November 2019 This had not changed.  Therefore Officers remained of the view that the impacts in this regard as well as the impacts generally on amenity, would be minimal due to the conditions

Given the merits of the application, the Committee were recommended to approve the reserved matters application.

The Chair invited registered speakers to address the Committee.

Amanda Atkins addressed the Committee in objection on behalf of the residents of Telford Yard. Whilst not opposed to the provision of the school, she expressed concern about the impact on the Telford Yard that was a local heritage building. This was on the basis of the amenity issues, including noise from the proposed ventilation plant for the scheme. She also objected to the scale of the proposed school and the choice of location in one of the worst polluted areas in London and the highway impacts. The issues had worsened since 2014.

Councillor Peter Golds, expressed concerns about the layout, appearance and landscaping issues. He stated that the local highway was one of the most polluted highways in London. The issues had worsened over recent years.  This application failed to take into account the air quality issues. The pupils would suffer as a result. He also considered that there had been a fall in pupil numbers in the west of the borough, so this may result in an oversupply of school places.

Jennifer Woods (Planning  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.1

Proposal:

Redevelopment of the site to provide approximately 284 residential

units, retail and commercial floorspace, new public realm and a new

neighbourhood centre.

Recommendation:

The Committee notes the contents of the report and pre-application presentation.

The Committee noted the contents of the report and pre-application presentation