Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor Agnes Slocombe.

There were no Disclosable Pecuniary or Non-Pecuniary declarations of Members Interests.

None.

The Committee received the Officer’s presentation which included an addendum. Oral representations were heard from Mrs Shah and Mr Newman objecting to the planning application.

Following this Committee discussed and considered the issues. Committee RESOLVED to Approve the application with conditions as outlined in the officer’s report and addendum with revised conditions as follows:-

Obscure Glazing:

Before the building hereby permitted is first occupied the proposed windows at first floor level in the flank elevations and rear-facing bathroom window 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 April 2013).

Materials

a) Notwithstanding the documents hereby approved, no development other than demolition works shall take place until details of the materials to be used for the external surfaces of the building(s) and hard surfaced areas hereby approved have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

b) The development shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the materials as approved under this condition.

Reason: To safeguard the character and visual amenities of the site and wider area and to ensure that the building is constructed in accordance with Policies CS NPPF and CS1 of the Local Plan Core Strategy (adopted September 2012), Policy DM01 of the Development Management Policies DPD (adopted September 2012) and Policies 1.1, 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6 of the London Plan 2016

Materials Informative:

The applicant is advised that a high quality red brick should be proposed for this development, to reflect the character of neighbouring properties and the wider area.

Votes were as follows:-

Committee received the Officer’s report and addendum and the officer informed Committee that Reason for Refusal 2 had been withdrawn. 

An oral representation was received from Mr M Jones, agent for the applicant.

Following discussion by Committee and consideration of the issues, Committee RESOLVED to REFUSE to planning application as per the officer’s recommendation.

Votes were as follows:-

Committee considered the report and addendum. Following this, the Committee discussed and considered the issues.

Committee RESOLVED to APPROVE the planning application. 

The decision was unanimous