Agenda and minutes

The Chairman of the Finchley and Golders Green Area Planning Committee welcomed all attendants to the meeting.

RESOLVED that the previous minutes of the Finchley and Golders Green Area Planning Committee meeting on 17 September 2015 be approved as a correct record subject to the corrections:

·         Under agenda item 2 to read ‘an apology for absence was received from Cllr Melvin Cohen’

·         As agreed at the Committee, under agenda item 13 to read ‘The Committee therefore RESOLVED to approve the application, subject to the additional condition:

“Before the building hereby permitted is first occupied the proposed window(s) in the bedroom of flat 3 (first floor) and the bedroom of flat 5 (second floor) facing 1 Princes Avenue shall be glazed with obscure glass only and shall be permanently retained as such thereafter and shall be permanently fixed shut with only a fanlight opening.

Reason: To safeguard the privacy and amenities of occupiers of adjoining residential properties in accordance with Policy DM01 of the Development Management Policies DPD (adopted September 2012) and the Residential Design Guidance SPD (adopted 2012).”

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Jack Cohen.

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The Planning Officer delivered a presentation and the Committee noted the report and the information as set out in the report.

Votes were recorded as follows:

The Committee RESOLVED to REFUSE the application (against Officer’s recommendation) for the following reasons:

REASON FOR REFUSAL:

The proposals, by reason of the size, siting, scale and design of the extensions, would represent an overdevelopment of the site, which would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the property, the streetscene and general locality and would be detrimental to the residential amenities of the occupiers of neighbouring properties by reason of overbearing appearance, contrary to policy DM01 of the Barnet Adopted Development Management Policies DPD (2012) and the Adopted SPD ‘Residential Design Guidance’ (2013).

The Committee received a presentation from the Planning Officer and noted the report and the information contained within the report.

Votes were recorded as follows:

The Committee RESOLVED to APPROVE the application as per the Officer’s recommendations and subject to the conditions set out in the Officer’s report.

The Committee noted the presentation of the Planning Officer, the report and the additional information set out in the addendum to the report.

Votes were recorded as follows:

*The Chairman used her casting vote and voted for the application. The recommendations were declared carried.

The Committee therefore RESOLVED to APPROVE the application (as per the Officer’s recommendations) and subject to the conditions set out in the report and the addendum to the report.

The Committee noted the officer’s report and the information contained within the addendum.

The Committee RESOLVED to DEFER the item to allow officers to clarify and resolve a  legal issue affecting  the application.

The Committee received a presentation from the Planning Officer and noted the information as set out in the Officer’s report and the addendum to the report.

The Committee received two oral representations from speakers who spoke in objection to the application and the Committee received a response from the applicant’s agent.

Votes were recorded as follows:

*The Chairman used her casting and voted for the recommendations. The recommendations were declared carried.

RESOLVED to APPROVE the application subject to the condition contained in the Officer’s report and the addendum to the report but with amendment to condition 3:

The restaurant use with internal seating within the building hereby permitted shall not be open to members of the public before 8:30am or after 11.30pm Mondays to Thursdays, before 8.30am or after midnight on Fridays and Saturdays or before 9am or after 11pm on Sundays and Bank and Public Holidays.

Immediately following the decision, three members of the Committee supported a referral of the decision to the Planning Committee, noting that there was a significant need to safeguard the amenities of occupiers of nearby residential properties.

The Committee noted the presentation and the information contained in the report.

Votes were declared as follows:

The Committee RESOLVED to APPROVE the application (as per the Officer’s recommendations) subject to the conditions set out in the report.

The Committee noted the presentation and the information as set out in the report.

Votes were recorded as follows:

*The Chairman used her casting vote and voted in favour of the recommendations. The recommendations were declared carried.

The Committee RESOLVED to APPROVE the application (as per the Officer’s recommendations) subject to the conditions set out in the report.  

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