Agenda and minutes

Special, Planning Sub Committee
Monday, 3rd February, 2014 7.00 pm, NEW

Venue: Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, N22 8LE. View directions

Contact: Maria Fletcher 1512

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Items
No.	Item
29.	Apologies View the background to item 29. Additional documents: Webcast for 29. Minutes: Apologies were received from Cllrs Basu, Beacham, Reid and Solomon. Cllrs Browne, Reece, Scott and Wilson substituted.
30.	Declarations of interest View the background to item 30. A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered: (i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room. A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure. Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Additional documents: Webcast for 30. Minutes: Cllr Mallett identified that she was a member of the Haringey Cycling Campaign who had submitted a consultation response for the application. She affirmed that she had taken no part in the drafting of the representation.
31.	Hornsey Reuse and Recycling Centre, High Street, London, N8 7QB PDF 1 MB View the background to item 31. Demolition of existing structures and buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed-use development comprising approximately 3,250sqm (GIA) foodstore (A1 use) and 114 space surface level car parking for the foodstore; 438 residential units including affordable housing and ancillary residential gym, approximately 356sqm (GIA) unit on Hornsey High Street (flexible A1, A2 (including a temporary marketing suite), or D1 use); two live/work units fronting onto Cross Lane; together with private amenity space and new public realm, including publicly accessible routes through the site; an energy centre; 178 car parking spaces for the residential use (within a basement and undercroft); cycle parking; refuse storage; recycling centre in the foodstore car park; access; and other infrastructure work. RECOMMENDATION: grant permission subject to referral to the Mayor of London and subject to conditions and s106/s278 Legal Agreement. Additional documents: Webcast for 31. Minutes: Cllr Scott put forward a motion that the Committee move straight to a vote on the application in recognition that the report was unchanged from that previously considered at the Planning Committee on 20 January. Cllr Reith spoke against the motion and Cllr Scott subsequently withdrew the motion. The Committee considered a report on the application to grant planning permission for the demolition of existing structures and buildings on site to allow redevelopment to provide a mixed use scheme including a foodstore, 438 residential units, public realm improvements etc. The report set out details of the proposal, the site and surroundings, planning history, relevant planning policy, consultation and responses, analysis, equalities and human rights implications and recommended to grant permission subject to referral to the Mayor of London and subject to conditions and the signing of a s106 legal agreement. The planning officer gave a short presentation highlighting the key aspects of the report which the Committee was advised the applicant had elected not to amend since the deferral of determination of the application at the Planning Committee meeting on 20 January. A short briefing had been added providing an officer response, following further discussion with the applicant, to the specific points identified by the Committee as the reasons for the deferral of the application. These centred on the proposed dwelling mix, the height bulk and massing, overlooking to properties on Miles Road, Moselle Close and Cross Lane, the provision of child playspace, the size of the foodstore and views to Alexandra Palace. The Committee’s attention was drawn to a tabled addendum which set out a number of corrections to the officer report, amendment to a number of conditions and three new conditions regarding communal aerials, TV and radio reception and prohibiting the use of the A2 unit within the development as a betting shop. A summary was also provided of a number of new consultation responses received since the last meeting. The Committee sought further confirmation as to why the proposed dwelling mix for the scheme was considered acceptable in view of its divergence from Council and national policy with regards to the low provision of larger 3 and 4 bedroom units. Officers advised that the Council’s premise for the scheme from the outset had been to maximise the number of affordable units as opposed to securing high provision of larger family units which were less suited to the high density, town centre nature of the scheme. In terms of density, the scheme was inline with the Haringey Heartlands Development Framework as a brownfield site allocated for intensification. The feasibility of providing a greater number of larger units was explored but was inconsistent with the nature of the scheme in precluding the ability for these to be provided as ground floor units with private amenity space. It was emphasised that the scheme as it stood met evidenced housing need for affordable and open market housing both in the local area and at borough level through a greater ... view the full minutes text for item 31.
32.	Date of next meeting View the background to item 32. The next scheduled Planning Committee will be on 10 February. Additional documents: Webcast for 32. Minutes: The next meeting was scheduled for 10 February.