Agenda item
1 Millharbour, London E14 9SL
Minutes:
Mr Stephen Irvine, Development Control Manager, presented items 9.3 and 9.4, which related to the erection of two buildings of 48 storeys and 39 storeys to provide 763 residential units, retail (Class A1), food and drink (Class A3, A4), business (B1) and leisure (D2) uses with new vehicular accesses, parking, open space and landscaping at 1 Millharbour, London E14 9SL; and the erection of buildings up to 21 storeys in height comprising 190 residential units, retail (Class A1) or food and drink (Class A3/A4) and community uses (Class D1/D2) together with new access arrangements, parking, open space and landscaping at 4 Mastmaker Road, London E14 9UB as both applications were linked.
At its meeting on 7th July 2005, planning permission had been granted at 1 Millharbour subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement which allowed the affordable housing to be located off-site within the ward. The affordable housing would be included in the proposals for 4 Mastmaker Road, where there would be more capacity for family accommodation and a large amount of open space. Both sites were located within the Millennium Quarter Master Plan.
Members asked questions relating to the heights of the buildings; Unitary Development Plan policy; distances from existing properties; affordable housing provision; education provision in the area; car parking and impact on traffic.
Mr Irvine informed the Committee that officers were of the view that the proposal would not have a significant impact on adjoining residents. It was considered that the site at 4 Mastmaker Road would be more suitable for family sized affordable housing. The applicant would be making a financial contribution towards additional education provision in the area as part of the Section 106 Legal Agreement. Members were also informed that the Highways officer had raised no objection to the scheme. The definition of a ‘Car Free Agreement’ was clarified for the Committee as one that would not permit residents to obtain parking permits to park on the street.
On a vote of
7 for
2 against
The Committee AGREED that the application for the erection of two buildings of 48 storeys and 39 storeys to provide 763 residential units, retail (Class A1), food and drink (Class A3, A4), business (B1) and leisure (D2) uses with new vehicular accesses, parking, open space and landscaping at 1 Millharbour, London E14 9SL be GRANTED subject to the conditions outlined below:
1.1.1 The satisfactory completion of a legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (and other appropriate powers) to include the matters outlined in Section 1.2 below, and the conditions and informatives outlined in Section 1.3 and 1.4 below.
1.1.2 That if the Committee resolve that planning permission be granted, that the application first be referred to the Mayor of London pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2000, as an application for a new building exceeding 30 metres in height, involving more than 5000 residential units and development which comprises a total floorspace of more than 20,000 sq m.
1.1.3 The Committee confirmed that its had taken the environmental information into account, as required by Regulation 3 (2) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999.
1.1.4 The Committee agreed that following issue of the decision, a statement be placed on the Statutory Register confirming that the main reasons and considerations on which the Committee’s decision was based, were those set out in the Planning Officer’s report to the Committee (as required by Regulation 21(1)(c) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Assessment) Regulations 1999.
Legal Agreement
1.2 Section 106 agreement to secure the following:
(1) Contribution to public art/craft
(2) Contribution to MQ Project Team costs
(3) Appropriate financial contribution of £4,956,612 (index linked from April 2002) towards the improvements and upgrades of the transport infrastructure, public realm and open space, provision of training and employment and securing community facilities as set out within the Millennium Quarter Master Plan
(4) A proportion of affordable housing, consisting of 27 units (86 habitable rooms) on site and 119 units (458 habitable rooms) provided offsite as part of the scheme proposed for 4 Mastmaker Road. The total affordable housing provision thus equates to 146 units (544 habitable rooms), with the mix and type as specified in Section 7.5.9 of the officer’s report
(5) The provision of a public route through the site as part of the ‘East – West Link’ in the Millennium Quarter
(6) Section 278 agreement for highways works and improvements
(7) A Travel Plan (for both the commercial and residential component) which promoted sustainable transport by reducing dependency on the private motor car and implements a shift towards more environmentally sustainable means of servicing the travel requirements of occupants and visitors
(8) Compliance with a post construction Environmental Management Plan
(9) The use of local Labour in Construction and the occupation of the development
(10) A car free agreement to restrict the occupiers from applying for residents parking permits in the area
(11) TV Reception Monitoring and Mitigation
Conditions
1.3 That the following conditions be included
(1) Time Limit for Planning Permission
(2) Details and samples to be used on external surfaces of buildings
(3) Details and treatment of all open land within site including both hard and soft landscaping
(4) Details of parking layout
(5) Noise insulation – residential accommodation
(6) Noise insulation – non-residential
(7) Details of soil survey
(8) Programme of archaeological work
(9) Microclimate study
(10) Details of compliance with Lifetime Homes Standards and access for people with disabilities
(11) Hours of construction
(12) Construction noise mitigation
(13) Restriction on levels of vibration
(14) Air Quality Management Plan
(15) Details of route for construction traffic and notices
(16) Details of on-site construction parking and delivery arrangements
(17) Construction Environmental Management Plan
(18) Details of a monitoring and control regime and Project Environmental Manager
(19) Details pf surface and foul water drainage
(20) Details of site foundations
(21) Details of ecological mitigation/enhancement plan
(22) Highway Works
(23) Five metre buffer zone alongside the Millwall and East India Dock
(24) Submission of impact studies of water supply infrastructure
(25) Car Management and Operation Strategy
1.4 Informatives
(1) Use of highest quality of materials
(2) Requirements of the Control of Pollution Act 1974
(3) Compliance with Environmental Management Plan in legal agreement
(4) Request to comply with MQ Code of Construction Practice
(5) Consideration to be given to green roof systems
(6) Transport of material on dock
(7) Additional plant space
(8) London Cite Airport safeguard
(9) Confirmation that the EIA information has been taken into account in the decision
(10) Environment Agency advice
(11) Thames Water advice
(12) British Waterways advice
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