Issue - meetings

Demolition of existing two storey teaching block and construction of new two storey teaching block with associated hard and soft landscaping.

RECOMMENDATION: Grant permission subject to conditions.

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

The Planning Officer gave a summary of the report, highlighting key issues.

RESOLVED

That, subject to conditions, application reference HGY/2010/0800 be approved.

Conditions:

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.

INFORMATIVE: This consent shall be read in conjunction with the consent for planning reference HGY/2008/0655 and the conditions attached thereto shall continue to apply in all respects other than as modified by the conditions of this planning permission.

REASONS FOR APPROVAL 

The scale, design and siting of this additional block (Block W) and the associated changes to the layout and landscaping to the rest of the school site are considered acceptable in the context of the site, the retained and previously approved buildings and the surrounding area. This new block will provide a high quality education facility and a building of good environmental performance and sustainability. As such the proposed development accords with strategic planning guidance and policies as set out in the Adopted Haringey Unitary Development Plan (July 2006); in particular the following G1 'Environment', G2: 'Development and Urban Design', G9 'Community Wellbeing', UD2 'Sustainable Design and Construction', UD3 'General Principles', UD4 'Quality Design', ENV2 'Surface Water Runoff' and OS17 'Tree Protection, Tree Masses and Spines' and supplementary planning guidance 'PG1a 'Design Guidance and Design Statements', SPG4 'Access for All - Mobility Standards', SPG5 'Safety by Design', SPG8b 'Materials', SPG8c 'Environmental Performance' and SPG9 'Sustainability Statement Guidance'.

Section 106: No