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Demolition of existing garages and erection of 3 storey building comprising 1 x three bed, 4 x two bed and 4 x one bed flats with commercial use (A1 / A2) at ground floor level, offices at first floor level and parking at basement level. (Revised Scheme)

RECOMMENDATION: Grant permissions subject to conditions and a Section 106 Legal Agreement.

In a brief introduction of the report the committee were advised that a petition had been submitted from 52 residents of Rostrevor Avenue objecting to the proposals, and also detailed submitted reasons of objection.

The Committee were advised that the proposal site consisted of 2 individual buildings currently part used as a garage and workshop, and was sited on the southern end of a block that fronted the High Road between Norfolk and Rostrevor Avenue’s. The rear of the site abutted the rear garden of No.1 Rostrevor Avenue.  The Committee were informed that the adjoining roads were residential in nature consisting of 2 storey terraced houses many of which had been substantially extended in the form of ground floor rear extensions and loft conversions in the form of full width dormers front and rear. This was an acceptable feature within the South Tottenham area.

The Committee were further advised that on the western/opposite side of the High Road near the junction with St Ann’s Road – north of the application site was the very prominent church of St Ignatius also the primary school of the same name. The site was situated within the designated South Tottenham High Road Conservation Area and had also been designated as an Area of Community Regeneration – Haringey East.  The site was not within an area of archaeological importance or an area subject to flooding. The eastern side of the High Road was on the higher section of the main road – the road falls way westward and northward toward St Ann’s Road.

The Committee were advised that planning permission had been refused in 2007 for erection of a part 4/5 storey building comprising a mix of one, two, three and four bed self contained flats with commercial units at ground floor level with parking at basement. The proposal was also dimissed on appeal.

The current proposal was seeking planning permission for erection of a 3 storey building comprising 4 x one bed, 4 x two bed, and 1 x three bed self contained flats with office accommodation at first floor and commercial units at ground floor level with parking in the basement area. The commercial unit was capable of being split into 3 separate units and was serviced not from the High Road but from the basement area where parking for the scheme would  also be provided. The basement area would be accessed from an access point on Rostrevor Avenue.

In response to points of clarification from the Committee as to the comments of the Planning Inspector officers advised that the main points of concern were in relation to the impact of the 5 storey height on  the Listed building on the opposite side of the road, and the Inspecor had stated that the height and mass of the proposed building on the appeal site especially the 5-storey part at the corner junction with Rostrevor Avenue, would not relate satisfactorily to the nearby lower buildings on the Eastern side of High road or the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 207