Issue - meetings

Proposed demolition of buildings and development of a foodstore (Use Class A1) together with educational uses (Class D1); stadium-related uses (Class D2); showroom/brand centre (sui generis); and associated facilities including car parking, the construction of new and altered vehicle and pedestrian accesses, private open spaces, landscaping and related works.

RECOMMENDATION: Grant permission subject to conditions and subject to s106 Legal Agreement, plus Mayoral Direction and reference to Secretary of State.

Mr Dorfman gave a presentation on the application for planning permission for land off Northumberland Park, Tottenham, N17 and the application for outline planning permission for land off Park Lane, Tottenham, N17. The presentations included the location of the sites, details of the proposals, the existing consents in place, analysis of the applications against key planning issues and details of the consultation and responses received. The recommendation of both reports was that permission be granted, subject to conditions, a s106 legal agreement, the direction of the Mayor of London and the direction of the Secretary of State.

The Committee asked about the use of the podium space, who this would be available to and what it would be used for. Mr Dorfman advised that this large space would be managed by the club and open to the public throughout the year, with a number of managed events. A Local Area Management Plan would be required to be in place, which would include a mechanism to consult the local community on how the podium and key access routes would be managed. In response to a question regarding pedestrian access to the upper floors of the Northern development, it was confirmed that this would be via the podium. The Committee asked about the green wall; it was confirmed that this would be the subject of a condition, with the details to be agreed with the local authority as the technology available in this area continued to develop.

The Committee asked whether there was any risk of disturbance to the Moselle culvert, in response to which Mr Dorfman advised that it was not believed that any disturbance would be caused, however a condition was proposed to check this. The Committee asked if it would be possible to explore the opportunity to drain surface water into the Moselle in order to improve the water quality and to add this as an informative. Mr Dorfman agreed that this could be looked at.

The Committee noted that the design panel had made some comments in respect of the design elements of the Southern development, and asked whether design aspects of this application could be reserved matters, to be brought back to the Committee for consideration. Mr Dorfman advised that there had been some debate at the design panel regarding the merits of the finger design over the crescent, with a general preference for the crescent – officers differed from this view and felt that the finger design would offer a better living standard for people living in the development, provide greater light and views towards the stadium and the podium and would create a more varied frontage onto Park Lane. The design panel had agreed that the key to making the development successful would be the quality of materials used, and this was within reserved matters. Other than the outline of the number of units deliverable on the site, all other aspects of this application were reserved matters. It was clarified that this included the design  ...  view the full minutes text for item 116