Agenda and minutes

Cllr McNamara introduced himself and welcomed everyone to the meeting, and advised that as Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee, he would be Chair of the meeting in the absence of Cllr Peacock.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Peacock, for whom Cllr Meehan was acting as substitute. Apologies for absence were also received from Cllr Rice, for whom Cllr Stanton was acting as substitute.

It being a special meeting of the Committee, under Part Four, Section B, Paragraph 17 of the Council’s Constitution, no other business shall be considered at the meeting.

There were no items of urgent business.

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member's judgment of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

Cllr Stanton declared a personal interest in the Tottenham Hotspur application as he lived within the Tottenham Hale controlled parking zone (CPZ).

Cllr Schmitz declared a personal interest in the Tottenham Hotspur application as he had on two occasions prior to becoming a councillor received hospitality in the form of light refreshments courtesy of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, that his Assistant Chief Clerk was a season ticket holder for the football club and he had referred to “our wonderful football team” as one of the attractions of Tottenham on his website when standing as a parliamentary candidate.

Cllr McNamara declared a personal interest in the Tottenham Hotspur application as his nephew is a season ticket holder.

Proposed demolition and comprehensive redevelopment of stadium (Class D2) with hotel (Class C1), retail (Class A1 and/or A3 and/or A4 and/or A5), museum (Class D1), offices (Class B1) and housing (Class C3) together with the associated facilities including the construction of new and altered roads, footways; public and private open spaces; landscaping and related works.  Details of “design” and “scale” are reserved in relation to the proposed residential and hotel buildings.

Please note, it being a special meeting of the Committee, under the Council’s Constitution, Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 17, no other business shall be considered at this meeting.

The Chair gave an outline of the procedure to be followed at the meeting for the benefit of all present.

Marc Dorfman, Assistant Director, Planning, Regeneration and Economy, gave an outline of the contents of the addendum report to the main document pack, which included a revised list of plans, amendments to the wording of the recommendations, errata for clarification of aspects of the original report, and a replacement section 27 of the officer report, summarising the Section 106 and 278 Heads of Terms.

Sue Cooke, Head of the Tottenham Hotspurs Development Project, gave a presentation on the form of the applications, the consultation undertaken, the site as existing and as proposed, the policy context, the proposed scale and elevations of the supermarket and stadium, the outline of the new southern development, landscaping issues and impact on the High Road, the Southern Terrace and retained historic buildings.

Marc Dorfman gave a presentation on the transport issues, the Section 106 and Section 278 agreements. Mr Dorfman explained that transport issues centred around the increase in the stadium capacity, and how this increase in visitors could be accommodated. The presentation looked at parking issues, the existing and proposed modal split, explained as the different means of transport used by people in getting to the stadium, the impact on the underground and rail, proposed bus diversion routes, proposed improvements to the bus network, the match day controlled parking zone (CPZ), the existing and proposed vehicle trips, proposed junction of the High Road and Northumberland Park and before and after images of the  site.

Mr Dorfman also talked the Committee through the amended Section 27 of the officers’ report, as tabled, which was the summary of the Section 106 and 278, and Heads of Terms. Mr Dorfman highlighted at point 1.2.3 of the revised proposed Heads of Terms that the form of section 106/278 guarantee would be agreed before any development on site begins. Mr Dorfman explained that, in relation to the consultation response received from TfL, all of the issues raised had been agreed, except for the amount that should be paid towards the Tottenham Hale Interchange improvement and its trigger. Mr Dorfman outlined TfL’s position on this matter and advised the Committee that the recommendation was to approve the contribution of £2m offered by Tottenham Hotspur (THFC) and that if agreement on this issue could not be reached between the Council and THFC then this would be decided through the Stage 2 referral to the Mayor/GLA. The Committee was advised that the Mayor could support the Committee’s decision, direct refusal or take the decision away from the Local Authority to determine himself. The Committee was asked to support the officers’ recommendation on this matter and not to reduce the amount of S106 contribution.

Mr Dorfman talked the Committee through the rest of the proposed s106/278 aspects as set out in the addendum report, including the Local Area Wide Management Plan (LAMP) for the prevention of crime, antisocial behaviour and litter on matchdays  ...  view the full minutes text for item 65.