Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

Planning permission was granted subject to conditions, Unilateral Undertaking, no issues arising from consultation with the Health and Safety Executive, and referral to the Greater London Authority.

5.1  PROPOSALS; All works associated with site clearance of six sites and erection of five buildings of six storeys and a four storey row of ten terraced houses, to provide 189 mixed tenure residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and 593m2 of non-residential space (Use Class E); landscaping to include residential courtyards, public realm, tree planting, the provision of play space, reorganisation of existing car parking and all associated Infrastructure.

POST SUBMISSION REVISIONS:

? Ground floor footprint reduced on corner of Downham Road and Southgate Road;

? Internal revisions to allow amended fire strategy;

? Trees retained on Downham Road;

? Pillar removed on Hertford Road;

? Development description amended to refer to 593m2 non-residential space, following amended Design and Access statement.

These amendments are sufficiently minor that it has been considered unnecessary to carry out a further consultation on the application.

5.2   The Council’s Planning Service’s Senior Planner, Major Projects, introduced the planning application as set out in the published report. During the course of the presentation reference was made to the addendum and the following amendments to the application report:

·  The Borough’s Streetscene team have requested that references to ‘road safety audit’ be replaced with ‘safety audit’. As such, paragraph 6.5.26 should be amended;

·  Accordingly, condition 44 would be amended to add further details as to what is expected by the condition;

·  The Greater London Authority had requested an additional condition.

5.3   The Committee heard from a local ward Councillor who raised objections on behalf of local residents. Local residents had raised a number of concerns including; the proposed development’s impact on the character of the area, the impact on daylight, sunlight, outlook and the sense of enclosure at neighbouring properties and the loss of green space on the corner of Southgate and Downham Roads. There were also concerns raised including the loss of existing mature trees, too little open space was proposed for the new residents, more bicycle storage should be provided for existing residents, the impact on existing residents during the construction period and the Downham Road East buildings would narrow the pavement at the corner of Downham and De Beauvoir road making them unsafe for pedestrians.

5.4  The Committee heard from a ward Councillor in support of the application. The Councillor spoke of the benefits of the proposed scheme and would provide genuine affordable housing. The Committee noted that on the De Beauvoir Estate there was a real need to provide homes for many families. The housing that was to be created was of a high quality and the public space that was proposed would be well lit for the community to use.

5.5  The Committee briefly heard from the Council’s Head of Housing Supply Programme, who concurred with the ward Councillor that the proposals would provide much needed high quality housing for local families in need. The applicant had provided at the meeting sample materials and an architectural model. The Committee members briefly examined the materials and the model.

5.6   The meeting entered the discussion phase where the following points  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5