Agenda, decisions and minutes

1.1  Apologies were received from Councillors Bell, Joseph and Snell.

2.1  Most of the Planning Sub-Committee committee members in the weeks preceding the meeting had received various correspondence and lobbying material from supporters of the Happy Man Tree. This lobbying material was forwarded on to the Governance Services Officer, who in turn forwarded it on to the relevant planning officer.

2.2  Councillor Lynch commented that at the previous 29^th April Planning Sub-Committee she had spoken in objection to the planning application at agenda item 6. The councillor agreed to leave the 9^th September meeting at the conclusion of agenda item 5.

3.1  There were no minutes for consideration at the meeting.

4.1   There were no proposals or questions referred to the Planning Sub-Committee by the Council’s Monitoring Officer.

RESOLVED, that conditional planning permission was GRANTED subject to a Legal Agreement and referral to the Mayor of London.

5.1 PROPOSAL:

Demolition of the existing buildings, and construction of 4 residential blocks,

ranging in height from 6 to 20 storeys, to provide 584 residential units and 1,045

sqm (GEA) of flexible floorspace (Use Class A1, A2, A3, D1, D2), a new energy

centre (sui generis) and a new public park; together with ancillary hard and soft

landscaping, public realm, cycle and associated car parking, highway works

including access road and all other works associated with the development.

5.2 POST SUBMISSION REVISIONS:

The Local Planning Authority received further information in response to a

request issued on the 20th September 2019 pursuant to Regulation 25 of the

Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations)

2017 (an additional document entitled ‘Regulation 25 Additional Information’

dated September 2019). A re-consultation was undertaken.

Subsequently revisions to the proposal were received including: amendments to the detailed architecture of building B2 and the openings to the lift lobbies of all buildings except block B2; the external terrace layouts of blocks B4 and B5; the omission of internal private car parking provision (excluding blue badge spaces) at ground floor level in block B2; the removal of an on-street parking and deliveries bay on Woodberry Grove; and enhanced landscaping proposals. A re-consultation was undertaken, and the application was considered by the

Planning Sub-Committee on 23/04/2020, who resolved to grant conditional

planning permission subject to completion of a Legal Agreement and referral to

the Mayor of London. A copy of the report to the Planning Sub-Committee of

23/04/2020 and the associated addendum report are appended to this report as Appendix A and B respectively. Additional and amended information has been submitted by the applicants to demonstrate compliance with the council’s new Development Plan, LP33, which was adopted on 22/07/2020, and to address concerns about the implications of new case law (decided since the resolution to grant planning permission was taken on 23/04/2020) on the publication of background documentation. This additional and amended documentation comprises:

? Note on playspace provision;

? Health Impact Assessment;

? Letter responding to retail planning questions;

? Letter commenting on changes to design in relation to ES;

? Removal of Building A1 South study;

? Additional/amended landscape drawings including 1519/010 rev I Play

Strategy, 1519/027 rev B Urban Greening Factor Plan and Schedule,

1519/029 rev I Tree Planting Strategy, 1519/030 rev C Landscape

Masterplan with Enhancements, 1519/033 rev D Tree Canopies at 10

Years, 1519/034 rev D Tree Canopies at 20 Years and 1519/039 Street

Revised Financial Viability Assessment (FVA), Review of FVA, Position

Note on FVA and schedule of redactions;

? Documentation supporting the partial redaction of the FVA, including CF Commercial letter and rental comparables schedule, RPS benchmarks note, planning fees table and JLL anonymised sales data.

All of these documents were published on the Council’s website on 10 August

2020 and a full re-consultation has been undertaken in respect of them which will expire on 3 September 2020.

5.3  The Acting Head of Planning and Building Control briefly explained as to why application had returned to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

RESOLVED, that the discharge of conditions was GRANTED.

6.1  PROPOSAL:

2020/1730:

Submission of details pursuant to condition 12 (Travel Plan) attached to planning permission 2019/4259 dated 24/05/2020

2020/2146:

Submission of details pursuant to condition 5 (School Management Plan) attached to planning permission 2019/4259 dated 24/05/2020

6.2  POST SUBMISSION REVISIONS:

Amendments have been made to both documents since submission in response to officer feedback.

6.3  The Planning Service’s Deputy Team Leader - Major Projects introduced the planning application as published and during their presentation reference was made to the addendum and a number of amendments including additional representations received and corrections:

  Additional representations received

1 follow-up response has been received from an initial objector to the Travel Plan (TP) condition (2020/1730)

- The lack of clarity in the TP lends doubt to the veracity of the conclusions drawn within.

- There is no mention that the TP will be open to change due to the circumstances of the pandemic

- Clarity is required in relation to the management of bus stops.

- There was previously mention of pupils acting as marshalls but this is not in the TP. How is this being provided and how will pupil safety be ensured?

OFFICER COMMENT: Consideration of the application to discharge the TP must be based on the measures set out within which are considered acceptable in this case.

- There should be a crossing attendant if the Toucan is not implemented from the outset.

- What is the review programme for the TP and how will it be publicised?

OFFICER COMMENT: The TP outlines a number of monitoring reviews will be conducted on a termly and annual basis. There is no requirement to publicise these reviews and seeking such would be considered excessively onerous.

- Confirmation is sought as to when the school will open.

 OFFICER COMMENT: The school is understood to have a planned opening in October but this can be confirmed by the applicant.

The matters set out above are considered to be addressed in the officers report unless otherwise stated.

Corrections

The following drafting errors should be corrected:

? The applicant on the front page is Star Academies and not Helen Olive.

? 1.11 – some of the bus routes listed are no longer in operation. The correct list of bus routes is 30, 38, 55, 56, 106, 242, 253, 254, 276, 394, 425, 488 and W15.

There were no persons registered to speak in objection to the application.

The applicants spoke in support of the application speaking first about the school’s travel and management plans. Local residents were thanked for their feedback on those two documents and the applicant reassured them that they aspired to be a good neighbour. A brief summary of the travel plan was given listing a number of measures and an action plan. The travel plan was a working document and would be updated within six months of occupation following baseline surveys which would be done within three months and would record how staff and pupils were travelling to the school. The school  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

7.1  Noted.