Agenda item
33-35 Commercial Road including existing car park to rear and part of Assam Street, London E1
Decision:
The Committee RESOLVED that planning permission for the redevelopment by the erection of 10 storey and 35 storey buildings to provide 782 rooms of student accommodation with ancillary, leisure, kitchen/dining facilities, offices (Class B1) and Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5, the change of use of the existing Grade II listed building to offices and retail uses and the provision of 670 cycle spaces and the listed building consent for the partial demolition and refurbishment of the existing Grade II listed building at 33-35 Commercial Road including existing car park to rear and part of Assam Street, London E1 be REFUSED for the following reasons:
1) The proposal would result in overdevelopment of the site and provide an excessively high building that would be insensitive to the character of the surrounding area by reason of design, bulk, scale, density and height contrary to Policies DEV1 and Policy DEV5 of the Tower Hamlets Unitary Development Plan 1998, Policies 4B.1, 4B.3, 4B.8 and 4B.9 of the London Plan 2004 and Policy DEV2, CP48 and DEV27 of the Local Development Framework Core Strategy and Development Control Submission Document and Policy CRF12 of the emerging City Fridge Action Area Plan.
2) The proposal would result in an unjustified density resulting in demonstrable harm to Policy HSG9 of the Tower Hamlets Unitary Development Plan 1998, Policy HSG1 of the Tower Hamlets Local Development Framework, Core Strategy and Development Control Submission Document and Policy 4B.3 of the Local Plan 2004.
3) The development would adversely affect the setting of a grade 2 listed building contrary to Policy DEV39 of the Tower Hamlets Unitary Development Plan 1998 and CON1 of the Tower Hamlets Local Development Framework, Core Strategy and Development Control Submission Document.
The Committee RESOLVED that listed building consent be REFUSED for the following reasons:
1) The development would fail to preserve features of special architectural or historic interest which the listed building possesses contrary to Policy DEV36 of the Tower Hamlets Unitary Development Plan 1998, Policy CON1 of the Tower Hamlets Local Development Framework Core Strategy and Development Control Submission Document and national advice in Planning Policy Guidance Note 15.
Minutes:
Mr Michael Kiely, Head of Development Decisions introduced the site and the application for planning permission for redevelopment by the erection of 10 storey and 35 storey buildings to provide 782 rooms of student accommodation with ancillary, leisure, kitchen/dining facilities, offices (Class B1) and Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5, the change of use of the existing Grade II listed building to offices and retail uses and the provision of 670 cycle spaces and the application for listed building consent for the partial demolition and refurbishment of the existing Grade II listed building at 33-35 Commercial Road, London E1.
Mr Richard Humphreys, Strategic Applications Manager, presented a detailed report and update report. He advised the Committee that the applicant had submitted an appeal against the Council’s non-determination of the applications within the statutory period. The Update Report therefore amended the recommendation to determine the decision the Committee would have made had it been empowered to.
The Committee RESOLVED that the Planning Inspectorate be informed that, had it been in a position to determine the planning application for the redevelopment by the erection of 10 storey and 35 storey buildings to provide 782 rooms of student accommodation with ancillary, leisure, kitchen/dining facilities, offices (Class B1) and Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5, the change of use of the existing Grade II listed building to offices and retail uses and the provision of 670 cycle spaces and the listed building consent for the partial demolition and refurbishment of the existing Grade II listed building at 33-35 Commercial Road including existing car park to rear and part of Assam Street, London E1, it would have been REFUSED for the following reasons:
1) The proposal would result in overdevelopment of the site and provide an excessively high building that would be insensitive to the character of the surrounding area by reason of design, bulk, scale, density and height contrary to Policies DEV1 and Policy DEV5 of the Tower Hamlets Unitary Development Plan 1998, Policies 4B.1, 4B.3, 4B.8 and 4B.9 of the London Plan 2004 and Policy DEV2, CP48 and DEV27 of the Local Development Framework Core Strategy and Development Control Submission Document and Policy CRF12 of the emerging City Fridge Action Area Plan.
2) The proposal would result in an unjustified density resulting in demonstrable harm to Policy HSG9 of the Tower Hamlets Unitary Development Plan 1998, Policy HSG1 of the Tower Hamlets Local Development Framework, Core Strategy and Development Control Submission Document and Policy 4B.3 of the Local Plan 2004.
3) The development would adversely affect the setting of a grade 2 listed building contrary to Policy DEV39 of the Tower Hamlets Unitary Development Plan 1998 and CON1 of the Tower Hamlets Local Development Framework, Core Strategy and Development Control Submission Document.
The Committee RESOLVED that listed building consent be REFUSED for the following reasons:
1) The development would fail to preserve features of special architectural or historic interest which the listed building possesses contrary to Policy DEV36 of the Tower Hamlets Unitary Development Plan 1998, Policy CON1 of the Tower Hamlets Local Development Framework Core Strategy and Development Control Submission Document and national advice in Planning Policy Guidance Note 15.
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