Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 27 January 2016, be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman, subject to the following amendment:

Minute 3 – Declarations (Councillor Khatri)

Delete the words “ward surgery” and replace with “association function”

Councillor Shooter sent his apology.

Councillor Prentice declared a non-pecuniary interest with regard to Elm Bank, as she knew Mr Davis (speaker) and his wife.

There was not a report.

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The Committee considered the report and addendum to the report.

The Committee also noted the voluntary contribution of £50,000 from the developer, to be included in the bilateral 106 agreement and paid on completion of the development.

Representations were heard from Mr Wyles, Mr Davis, Councillor Perry and the applicant’s agent.

RESOLVED that

1.    the application be approved subject to the conditions detailed in Appendix A (page 9 of the agenda) and subject to the addendum.

The Chairman used his casting vote in favour of approving the application.

2.    a report detailing how the funding provided by the developer will be spent, be submitted to Chipping Barnet Area Committee for information.

The Committee considered the report and addendum to the report.

Representations were heard from Mr Sacks, Mr Pepper and the applicant.

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

The Committee considered the report.

RESOLVED that the application be approved subject to the conditions detailed in the report and informative(s) at Appendix 1.

The Committee considered the report.

RESOLVED that the application be approved, subject to the conditions detailed in the report and informative(s) at Appendix 1.

The Committee considered the report.

RESOLVED that the application be approved, subject to the conditions detailed in the report and informative(s) at Appendix 1.

The Committee considered the report and addendum to the report.

A representation was heard from the agent.

RESOLVED that the application be refused, against Officer’s recommendations for the reasons detailed below:

1)         The proposed development, by virtue of its excessive height, scale and massing would represent a discordant and visually obtrusive form of development that would fail to respect its local context and the surrounding pattern of development to such an extent that it would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the area. The application would therefore be contrary to policies CS NPPF, CS5, DM01 and DM05 of the Barnet Local Plan Core Strategy and Development Management Policies (September 2012), policies 3.4, 7.4, 7.6 and 7.7 of the London Plan (July 2011, October 2013 and January 2014).

2)         The proposed development, by virtue of its excessive height and proximity to the residential properties to the north and east would represent an overly dominant form of development that would significantly diminish the outlook of the neighbouring occupiers to the detriment of their living conditions. The application is therefore contrary to CS NPPF and DM01 of the Barnet Local Plan Core Strategy and Development Management Policies (September 2012), policy 3.5 of the London Plan (July 2011, October 2013 and January 2014) and the Barnet Sustainable Design and Construction and Residential Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Documents (April 2013).

3)         The application does not include a formal undertaking to secure a contribution to affordable housing provision to meet the demand for such housing in the area. The application is therefore unacceptable and contrary to policies CS NPPF, CS4, CS15 and DM10 of the Barnet Local Plan Core Strategy and Development Management Policies Document (both adopted September 2012), policies 3.12 and 3.13 of the London Plan (adopted July 2011 and October 2013), the Barnet Planning Obligations (adopted April 2013) and Affordable Housing (adopted February 2007 and August 2010) Supplementary Planning Documents and the Mayoral Housing (adopted November 2012) Supplementary Planning Guidance.

4)         The application does not include a formal undertaking to secure the planning obligations which are necessary for the development to be found acceptable. The application is contrary to London Plan policies 4.3, 4.12, 6.3, 6.9, 6.10, 8.2, policies DM14, DM17, CS8, CS9 of the Barnet Local Plan Core Strategy and Development Management Policies Document (adopted September 2012), the Barnet Planning Obligations (adopted April 2013) Supplementary Planning Document and the Barnet Supplementary Planning Document on Delivering Skills, Employment and Enterprise Training (SEET) (adopted October 2014).

The Committee considered the report and addendum to the report.

Representations were heard from Dr Klinger, Allison Phillips and the agent.

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

The Committee considered the report and addendum to the report.

Representations were heard from John Gillett and the agent.

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

Information contained within the addendum was dealt with under individual agenda items.

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