Issue - meetings

Demolition of existing buildings (500 White Hart Lane and Hubert House)

and erection of new steel cladded light industrial unit (B1).

RECOMMENDATION:  GRANT PERMISSION subject to conditions

The Committee considered a report, previously circulated, which gave details of the application, the applicant’s case, the site and its environment, planning history and all of the relevant planning factors and policies.

The Planning Officer gave a summary of the report outlining the salient points. He advised that there was a change to Condition 4 as set out in the report, which should be amended to read:

‘A scheme for the treatment of the surroundings of the proposed development including the planting of trees and/or shrubs (in specific to the front of the site)  and details of hard landscaping, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and implemented in accordance with the approved details thereafter.

Reason: In order to provide a suitable setting for the proposed development in the interests of visual amenity’. 

Questions from members of the Committee were then taken by the Planning Officer.

In response to concern raised that there was insufficient tree planting and a suggestion that the applicant should be required to provide further trees within the parking area as part of the Section 106 Agreement; the Committee was advised that the applicant could not be required to do this by condition or the Section 106 Agreement. If the Committee was minded to refuse the application on the basis that there was insufficient planting within the scheme it was unlikely this would not be sustainable on appeal.

In resolving to approve the application members of the Committee firstly asked for additional  tree planting in car park, which can  be secured by way of a condition, and secondly a  financial contribution towards environmental improvements (i.e. landscaping) to the strip of land immediately to the front of the site. It was delegated to Assistant Director to agree the exact amount of financial contribution.

RESOLVED:

That, subject to the condition set out below, planning application reference HGY/2009/2140 be approved.

Conditions:

Implementation

1. The development hereby authorised must be begun not later than the expiration of 3 years from the date of this permission, failing which the permission shall be of no effect.  

Reason: This condition is imposed by virtue of the provisions of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and to prevent the accumulation of unimplemented planning permissions.

2. The development hereby authorised shall be carried out in complete accordance with the plans and specifications submitted to, and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.       

Reason: In order to ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the approved details and in the interests of amenity.

External Appearance

3. Notwithstanding the description of the materials in the application, no development shall be commenced until precise details of the materials to be used in connection with the development hereby permitted have been submitted to, approved in writing by and implemented in accordance with the requirements of the Local Planning Authority.    

Reason: In order to retain control over the external appearance of the development in the interest of the visual amenity of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 142