Agenda item

The Committee heard oral representations from Councillor Dean Cohen (Golders Green Ward) in support of the application and from the applicant, Mrs Kut.

Votes were recorded as follows:

RESOLVED TO APPROVE the application (being a reversal of Officer’s recommendation) subject to the below conditions and informatives:

Conditions to be attached as follows:

1. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Letter dated 2 June 2014 from Dr J Adler

Letter dated 2 June 2014 from Dr H Berry

Letter dated 20 May 2014 from Martin Saluzzo

Location Plan

3PW-PP-01 - Existing Plans & Elevations

3PW-PP-02 - Proposed Plans & Elevations

Reason:

For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning and so as to ensure that the development is carried out fully in accordance with the plans as assessed in accordance with policies DM01 of the Adopted Barnet Development Management Policies DPD (2012) and CS NPPF and CS1 of the Adopted Barnet Core Strategy DPD (2012).

2.  This development must be begun within three years from the date of this permission.

Reason:

To comply with Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act, 2004.

3.  The materials to be used in the external surfaces of the building(s) shall match those used in the existing building(s).

Reason:

To safeguard the visual amenities of the building and surrounding area in accordance with policies DM01 of the Adopted Barnet Development Management Policies DPD (2012), CS NPPF and CS1 of the Adopted Barnet Core Strategy DPD (2012).

4. Before the development hereby permitted commences, details of enclosures and screened facilities for the storage of recycling containers and wheeled refuse bins or other refuse storage containers where applicable, together with a satisfactory point of collection shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and shall be provided at the site in accordance with the approved details before the development is occupied.

Reason:

To ensure a satisfactory appearance for the development and satisfactory accessibility; and to protect the amenities of the area in accordance with policies DM01 of the Adopted Barnet Development Management Policies DPD (2012) and CS14 of the Adopted Barnet Core Strategy DPD (2012).

4.         No construction work resulting from the planning permission shall be carried out on the premises at any time on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays, before 8.00 am or after 1.00 pm on Saturdays, or before 8.00 am or after 6.00pm on other days.

Reason:

To ensure that the proposed development does not prejudice the amenities of occupiers of adjoining residential properties in accordance with policy DM04 of the Adopted Barnet Development Management Policies DPD (2012).

5.         Before the development hereby permitted is occupied, details of the sub-division of the amenity area(s) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, implemented and retained as such on site thereafter  for the duration of this permission.

Reason:

To ensure that the development does not prejudice the amenity of future occupiers or the character of the area in accordance with policies DM01 and DM02 of the Adopted Barnet Development Management Policies DPD (2012).

6.         The property shall be used as self-contained units as shown on the hereby approved drawings under Class C3 (a) and no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class C3 or C4 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order, with or without modification).

Reason:

To enable the Local Planning Authority to exercise control of the type of use within the category in order to safeguard the amenities of the area.

7.         Before the development hereby permitted is occupied the parking spaces/garages shown on Plan 3PW-PP-02 shall be provided and shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking of vehicles in connection with the approved development.

Reason:

To ensure that parking is provided in accordance with the council’s standards in the interests of pedestrian and highway safety, the free flow of traffic and in order to protect the amenities of the area in accordance with policies DM17 of the Adopted Barnet Development Management Policies DPD (2012) and 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 of the London Plan 2011.

8.         Within 4 months from the date when the premises cease to be occupied by Mrs Charlotte Kut the use as 2 flats hereby permitted shall cease, the entrance door and kitchen to the first floor flat shall be removed and the property shall revert to occupation as a single family dwellinghouse.

Reason: The conversion to 2 self-contained flats would be contrary to policy DM01 of the Adopted Development Management Policies DPD 2012 and is considered acceptable only on a temporary basis if personal to the current occupier.