Issue - meetings

To consider any items admitted at item 2 above.

As no objectors had attended to speak on the following items, the Committee agreed to delegate the following applications to officers:

Bracken Knoll

31 Sheldon Avenue

17 Denewood Road

26 Lordship Lane

In response to concerns regarding delegating these items, Mr Smith advised that the items on Bracken Knoll, 31 Sheldon Avenue and 17 Denewood Road would have usually been dealt with under delegated powers but had been brought to Committee as the planning issues involved related to those covered under the interim guidance note relating to basement developments. In line with the now agreed interim guidance, all the appropriate conditions would be applied as necessary to these applications and in fact for several of the sites technical information such as survey data had already been submitted. The Committee noted that it would not be good practice to make a habit of running out of time at meetings and delegating the remaining items, and that this should be avoided in future. The Committee requested that the discretionary condition in respect of construction monitoring should be applied to any such basement application delegated to officers, and it was agreed that this would be implemented.

With regard to the application in respect of Ridgefield, Courtenay Avenue, it was reported that this application had gone to appeal for non-determination. The Committee considered the application and indicated that, had the application come before them for determination prior to the appeal being lodged, they would have been minded to grant permission, in line with officers’ recommendations.

The remaining applications in respect of 54 Sheldon Avenue and 12 Denewood Road would be brought back for consideration by the Committee.