Agenda item

The report and addendum were introduced, and slides presented by the Planning Officer.

The Committee received verbal representations from Mr Dix in objection to the application.

The Committee received verbal representations from the agent of the Applicant.

The Committee had the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker and officers.

Following discussions, the Committee voted on the Officers recommendation to approve the application subject to the conditions as set out in the report.

Votes were recorded as follows:

For (Approval): 1

Against (Approval): 3

Abstention: 2

RESOLVED that the application not be approved.

Councillor Richer, seconded by Councillor Hutton moved the motion to refuse the application for the following reasons:

-       The development would fail to provide adequate private or communal amenity space for 7no of proposed units, to the detriment of the residential amenity of future occupiers and contrary to Policy DM02 of the Local Plan: Development Management Document (2012), Sustainable Design and Construction SPD (2016) and the Residential Design Guidance SPD (2016).

-       The proposed integrated communal play and amenity space, by virtue of its siting and design, would result in a sub-standard environment through exposure to unacceptable noise and poor air quality, to the detriment of the residential amenity of future occupiers and contrary to Policies D6, D14 and S4 of the London Plan (2021), Policy DM02 of the Local Plan: Development Management Document (2012), Sustainable Design and Construction SPD (2016) and the Residential Design Guidance SPD (2016).

-       Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed units would not be exposed to the risk of overheating, to the detriment of the residential amenity of future occupiers, and that the units would adequately ventilated without adverse impact on the urban heat island from an over reliance on energy intensive mechanical cooling systems, contrary to Policies D3, D6 and SI 4 of the London Plan (2021),  Policies CS4 & CS13 of the Local Plan: Core Strategy (2012) and Policies DM01, DM02 & DM04 of the Local Plan: Development Management Document (2012).

The committee unanimously agreed the reasons for refusal.

Votes on refusal of the application for the reasons outlined below were recorded as follows:

For (Refusal): 3

Against (Refusal): 0

Abstention: 3

RESOLVED that the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:

-       The development would fail to provide adequate private or communal amenity space for 7no of proposed units, to the detriment of the residential amenity of future occupiers and contrary to Policy DM02 of the Local Plan: Development Management Document (2012), Sustainable Design and Construction SPD (2016) and the Residential Design Guidance SPD (2016).

-       The proposed integrated communal play and amenity space, by virtue of its siting and design, would result in a sub-standard environment through exposure to unacceptable noise and poor air quality, to the detriment of the residential amenity of future occupiers and contrary to Policies D6, D14 and S4 of the London Plan (2021), Policy DM02 of the Local Plan: Development Management Document (2012), Sustainable Design and Construction SPD (2016) and the Residential Design Guidance SPD (2016).

-       Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed units would not be exposed to the risk of overheating, to the detriment of the residential amenity of future occupiers, and that the units would adequately ventilated without adverse impact on the urban heat island from an over reliance on energy intensive mechanical cooling systems, contrary to Policies D3, D6 and SI 4 of the London Plan (2021),  Policies CS4 & CS13 of the Local Plan: Core Strategy (2012) and Policies DM01, DM02 & DM04 of the Local Plan: Development Management Document (2012).