Agenda item

Retention of works comprising a four-storey (plus basement) building with 1536 square metres of commercial floorspace (use class B1) at basement, ground- and first-floor levels and eleven residential units above (comprising five one-bedroom, two two-bedroom, three three-bedroom and one four-bedroom flats), with five parking spaces.

 

POST-SUBMISSION REVISIONS: Provision of additional bicycle-store security.

 

12.1  The Planning Officer introduced the report, as detailed within the agenda.  Reference was made to the addendum which highlighted that an additional letter of objection had been received, details of which were set out within the addendum.

 

12.2  The Planning Officer referred to the history of the development and the various applications submitted and made reference to paragraph 8.2.5 of the report which stated that residents had no entitlement (unless the holder of a disabled person’s badge) to a resident’s parking permit.  This caused the applicant some concern as the previous planning application granted had included the provision of six car parking spaces.  

 

12.3  The Chair explained that Members had to consider the application as a new application, as if it had not already been built.

 

  (Councillor Desmond abstained from the vote).

 

RESOLVED that:-

 

 

1.  SCH4 – Forward vehicle ingress/egress only

All vehicles shall enter and leave the site only in a forward direction.

 

REASON: In the interests of road safety generally and avoidance of obstruction of the highway.

 

2.  SCH8 – Parking for persons with disabilities

Before the use hereby permitted first commences, at least one car-parking space shall be marked and retained permanently for use by the vehicles of a person with disabilities at locations close to the entrance to the buildings.

 

REASON: In order to ensure that a reasonable minimum of parking spaces are located conveniently for the use persons with disabilities.

 

3.  SCH9 – Marking of parking/service areas

Before the use hereby permitted first commences, appropriate markings shall be used to delineate all car parking spaces and service areas within the site/development as shown on the permitted plans, such marking to be maintained permanently.

 

REASON: In the interests of orderly and satisfactory parking provisions being made on the site to ensure that the proposed development does not prejudice the free flow of traffic or public safety along the adjoining highway.

 

4.  SCH10 – Secure bicycle parking

Lockable space shall be made available within the site for the secure parking of fifteen bicycles in accordance with the plans hereby approved, before the first occupation of the development.

 

REASON: To ensure that a reasonable provision is made within the site for the parking of bicycles in the interest of relieving congestion in surrounding streets and improving highway conditions in general.

 

5.  SCI3 – No roof plant

No plant (including all external enclosures, machinery and other installations; excluding solar water-heating and/or photovoltaic cells) shall be placed upon or attached to the roof or other external surfaces of the building, other than as shown on the drawings hereby approved, unless planning permission for such is sought and granted separately.

 

REASON: To ensure that the external appearance of the building is satisfactory and does not detract from the character and visual amenity of the area.

 

6.  SCM9 – No extraneous pipework

No soil stacks, soil vent pipes, flues, ductwork or any other pipework shall be fixed to the (street) elevations of the building other than as shown on the drawings hereby approved.

 

REASON: To ensure that the external appearance of the building is satisfactory and does not detract from the character and visual amenity of the area.

 

7.  NSC1 – Non-standard condition

The rooftop solar hot-water-collectors shown on drawing P4008-M-105 hereby approved are not to be reduced in number or repositioned without the written approval of the local planning authority, and are to be retained in perpetuity.

 

REASON: In the interests of maximising the environmental performance of the building.

 

8.  NSC2 – Non-standard condition

The second-floor external space on the corner of Christina Street and Motley Avenue shall not be used as a roof terrace until the privacy screening along the northern edge (facing Christina Street) and part of the eastern edge (facing Motley Avenue from its junction with Christina Street up to and including 1 Motley Avenue), as shown on the drawings hereby approved, is erected, such screening to be retained in perpetuity.

 

REASON: In the interests of protecting the amenity of adjoining residents from any intrusion on privacy arising from the use of the roof terrace hereby approved, and in the interests of the appearance of the roof terrace.

 

9.  NSC3 – Non-standard condition

Reasonable endeavours shall be undertaken to locate street lights to the highway immediately adjoining the site onto the face of the building hereby approved.

REASON: To safeguard visual amenity and assist with the provision of a less cluttered public realm.

 

10.  NSC4 – Non-standard condition

Provision is to be made within the site for two 1280-litre Eurobins (for residual waste) and one 1100-litre Eurobin (for co-mingled recycling) for the residential accommodation (or alternatives agreed in writing with the Council), and separate provision for three 1280-litre Eurobins for the commercial accommodation (or alternatives agreed in writing with the Council), with details of the interior (configuration of receptacles) of the bin stores to be submitted to the local planning authority and approved in writing prior to first occupation of the site.

 

REASON: In the interests of providing an appropriate level of waste provision for the development.

 

 

1.  Payment by the landowner/developer of £509.63 as a financial contribution towards Council library facilities. (This sum has been calculated in accordance with the approved formula in the Planning Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) (2006).)

 

2.  Payment by the landowner/developer of £33,815.07 as a financial contribution towards education facilities in the borough. (This sum has been calculated in accordance with the approved formula in the Planning Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) (2006), with child yield information based on the GLA ‘DMAG Briefing Note’ 2005/25 (updated in May 2006), using Wandsworth survey data as the best available proxy for inner London.)

 

3.  Payment by the landowner/developer of £1,719.32 as a financial contribution towards open space in the borough. (This sum has been calculated in accordance with the approved formula in the Planning Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) (2006).)

 

4.  Payment by the landowner/developer of all the Council’s legal and other relevant fees, disbursements and Value Added Tax in respect of the proposed negotiations and completion of the proposed Section 106 Agreement.

 

5.  No entitlement (unless the holder of a disabled person’s badge) to a resident’s parking permit.

 

6.  The use of the class C3 residential floorspace hereby approved shall not commence until the use-class B1 accommodation on the basement, ground and first floors is completed to shell and core (i.e. fully finished landlord areas comprising main entrance and reception, lift and stair cores, lobbies and toilets, with the lettable space to remain in shell condition ready for Category A fit-out).

 

REASONS FOR APPROVAL

 

1.  The following policies contained in the Hackney Unitary Development Plan (1995) are relevant to the approved development/use and were considered by this Council in reaching the decision to grant planning permission: EQ1 - Development Requirements; EQ40 - Noise Control; E2 - Development within Defined Employment Areas; E18 - Planning Standards; HO3 - Other Sites for Housing; TR19 - Planning Standards.

 

2.  The following policies in the South Shoreditch SPD (2006) are relevant to the approved development/use and were considered by this Council in reaching the decision to grant planning permission: SSSPD 1.1 - Townscape quality and character; SSSPD 1.2 - Mixed uses; SSSPD 1.3 - Environmental sustainability; SSSPD 1.4 - Sustainable design and construction; SSSPD 1.7 - Efficient use of urban land and buildings; SSSPD 1.8 - An offer of jobs and a variety of employment sectors; SSSPD 1.9 - A diverse range of housing; SSSPD 1.10 - Availability of London-wide links; SSSPD 1.14 - Infrastructure; SSSPD 2.1 - Employment-led mix of use; SSSPD 2.2 - Housing; SSSPD 3.6 - Development and demolitions; SSSPD 4.1 - Building heights; SSSPD 5.4 - Recycling; SSSPD 7.1 - Impact of new development; SSSPD 7.4 - Cycling; SSSPD 8.1 - Planning gain guidance; SSSPD 11.1 - Land uses in Leonard Circus sub-district; SSSPD 11.2 - Leonard Circus sub-district conservation and design guidance.

 

3.  The following policies in the London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004) are relevant to the approved development/use and were considered by this Council in reaching the decision to grant planning permission: 2A.1 - Sustainability criteria; 3A.1 - Increasing London’s supply of housing; 3A.2 - Borough housing targets; 3A.5 - Housing choice; 3A.6 - Quality of new housing provision; 3A.7 - Large residential developments; 3A.8 - Definition of affordable housing; 3A.9 - Affordable housing targets; 3A.10 - Negotiating affordable housing in individual private residential and mixed-use schemes; 3B.1 - Developing London’s economy; 3B.2 - Office demand and supply; 3B.3 - Mixed use development; 3B.4 - Strategic Industrial Locations; 3C.1 - Integrating transport and development; 3C.2 - Matching development to transport capacity; 3C.3 - Sustainable transport in London; 3C.23 - Parking strategy; 4A.1 - Tackling climate change; 4A.3 - Sustainable design and construction; 4A.4 - Energy assessment; 4A.6 - Decentralised energy: heating, cooling and power; 4A.7 - Renewable energy; 4A.11 - Living roofs and walls; 4A.14  - Sustainable drainage; 4A.16 - Water supplies and resources; 4B.1 - Design principles for a compact city; 4B.2 - Promoting world-class architecture and design; 4B.3 - Enhancing the quality of the public realm.

 

INFORMATIVES

 

The following Informatives should be added:

 

SI.25   Disabled Person’s Provisions

SI.27   Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

SI.28   Refuse Storage and Disposal Arrangements