Agenda and minutes

Venue: Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BG

Contact: Jan Natynczyk Email: jan.natynczyk@barnet.gov.uk 020 8359 5129 

Items
No. Item

Chairman's Introduction

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting, explained that the meeting would be audio recorded and outlined the change in running order.

 

Councillor Farrier moved that Item 9 on the agenda, in relation to Underhill Court be deferred, as it had not been possible to access the site on the site visit. Councillor Tierney seconded the motion.

 

A vote was taken as follows:

 

For (deferral)

5

Against (deferral)

5

Abstained

1

 

The Chairman used his casting vote in favour of NOT deferring the item.

 

RESOLVED that the item be heard at this meeting.

1.

Absence of Members

Minutes:

Apologies had been received from Councillor Prentice, with Councillor Khatri substituting for her.

2.

Minutes of the Last Meeting pdf icon PDF 62 KB

To follow.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 19 September 2017, be agreed as a correct record.

3.

Declarations of Members' disclosable pecuniary interests and non-pecuniary interests

Minutes:

The following non-pecuniary interests were declared:

 

Councillor Slocombe

Agenda item 8 -Phoenix Canoe Club as had attended open days at the Club

Councillor Tierney

Agenda Item 6 – Plot 299 as had sat on a Licensing Sub-Committee in relation to this matter, but stated that that this was a different interest for the Council, so he could take part

Councillor Khatri

Agenda item 8 – Phoenix Canoe Club as had chaired a joint meeting with Brent Council in relation to the Club

Councillor Khatri

Agenda Item 7 – Silkstream Park as had met the applicant’s agent in a previous meeting

 

4.

Report of the Monitoring Officer (if any)

Minutes:

None.

5.

Addendum (if applicable) pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

Items contained within the addendum were dealt with under individual agenda items.

6.

Plot 299, 128 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 4AX (Colindale Ward) pdf icon PDF 366 KB

Minutes:

The Committee received the report and the addendum to the report.

 

Representations were heard from Jeannie Harris, Sreekumar Sreekanth, Councillor Narenthira and the Applicant’s agent.

 

A vote was taken on the Officer’s recommendation to approve the report:

 

For (approval)

2

Against (approval)

7

Abstained

2

 

The vote in favour of approving the application was lost.

 

It was moved by Councillor Farrier and seconded by Councillor Tierney that the application be refused for reasons such as the application going against original use(as it was not A1, A2 or A3), lack of marketing evidence, noise and disturbance, not contributing to community.

 

At this point, Officers advised that the reasons being suggested by Members needed to relate to planning reasons  and suggested that the application be deferred with a minded to refuse decision to allow a report to be submitted to the next meeting of this Committee with proposed reasons for refusal, based on those discussed by the Committee.

 

It was moved by Councillor Greenspan and seconded by Councillor Braun that the Committee be minded to refuse the application, agreeing to defer the reasons for refusal, to allow a report to be submitted to the next meeting of this Committee with proposed reasons for refusal, taking into account earlier comments by Committee Members.

 

A vote was taken as follows, minded to refuse the application with reasons for refusal  to be deferred to the next meeting:

 

For (deferral)

11

Against (deferral)

0

Abstained

0

 

 

RESOLVED that the Committee be minded to REFUSE the application and that the reasons for refusal be DEFERRED to the next meeting to allow a report to be submitted.

 

 

 

7.

Silkstream Park And Montrose Playing Fields Montrose Avenue Colindale NW9 5BY (Burnt Oak Ward) pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

The Committee received the report and addendum to the report.

 

A representation was heard from the Applicant.

 

A vote was taken on the Officer’s recommendation to approve the application:

 

For (approval)

11

Against (approval)

0

Abstained

0

 

RESOLVED that the application be approved, subject to the conditions detailed in the report and subject to the addendum.

8.

Land to Rear of 1-24 Underhill Court, Barnet, EN5 2BD (Underhill Ward) pdf icon PDF 390 KB

Minutes:

The Committee received the report and addendum to the report.

 

Representations were heard from Bakhtiar Choudhury and the Applicant’s agent.

 

Councillor Williams moved that the application be deferred to consider the provision of a parking bay for four additional vehicles – The motion was not seconded.

 

A vote was taken on approving the application:

 

For (approval)

11

Against (approval)

0

Abstained

0

 

RESOLVED that the application be approved, subject to the conditions detailed in the report and subject to the addendum.

 

RESOLVED that the Committee grants delegated authority to the Head of Development Management or Head of Strategic Planning to make any minor alterations, additions or deletions to the recommended conditions/obligations or reasons for refusal as set out in this report and addendum provided this authority shall be exercised after consultation with the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice-Chairman) of the Committee (who may request that such alterations, additions or deletions be first approved by the Committee).

 

 

9.

Phoenix Canoe Club Cool Oak Lane London NW9 7ND (West Hendon Ward) pdf icon PDF 645 KB

Minutes:

The Committee received the report and addendum to the report.

 

A vote was taken on approving the application:

 

For (Approval)

11

Against (Approval)

0

Abstained

0

 

RESOLVED that the application be approved, subject to the conditions detailed in the report and subject to the addendum.

10.

British Library Newspaper Library, 130 Colindale Avenue, NW9 4HE (Colindale Ward) pdf icon PDF 622 KB

Minutes:

The Committee received the report and addendum to the report.

 

A representation was heard from the Applicant’s agent.

 

A vote was taken on approving the application:

 

For (approval)

11

Against (approval)

0

Abstained

0

 

RESOLVED that the application be approved, subject to the conditions detailed in the report and subject to the addendum.

11.

The Former Peel Centre, Colindale, London (Colindale Ward) pdf icon PDF 130 KB

Minutes:

The Committee received the report.

 

The Committee voted on varying the wording contained within schedule E to the section 106 agreement dated 23 December 2015 by agreement between London Borough of Barnet and Redrow Homes in relation to the planning permission which was granted for the reasons detailed in the report.

 

For (variation)

11

Against (variation)

0

Abstained

0

 

RESOLVED that it be agreed to vary the wording contained within schedule E to the section 106 agreement dated 23 December 2015 by agreement between London Borough of Barnet and Redrow Homes in relation to the planning permission which was granted for the reasons detailed in the report.

12.

Any item(s) that the Chairman decides are urgent

Minutes:

None.