Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Peacock, for whom Cllr Basu was substituting, from Cllr Rice, for whom Cllr Demirci was substituting and from Cllr Waters, for whom Cllr Egan was substituting. Cllr McNamara, Vice-Chair of the Committee, was in the Chair for the meeting.

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.

It being a special meeting of the Committee, 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.

There were no declarations of interest.

Erection of two additional floors to Pavilions 1 and 2 to provide 12 additional flats (8 x two bed and 4 x three bed flats).

RECOMMENDATION: Grant permission subject to conditions.

Cllr McNamara, in the Chair, outlined the procedure to be followed at the meeting.

Before presenting the officer’s report, Paul Smith, Head of Development Management, explained the additional information that had been laid round for Members of the Committee which were: the A1 site plan, the officers’ response to the Friends of the Earth, an annotated, colour block plan and an addendum with additional consultation responses received from the GLA, British Waterways, Unite and Newlon. Mr Smith advised that the report erroneously attributed British Waterways’ comments to Thames Water, who had made no objections, and that if the Committee were to grant the application, the informative suggested by British Waterways would be attached.

Mr Smith advised the Committee that the description of the application needed to be amended to read “Erection of two 10-storey blocks (known as Pavilions 1 and 2) to provide 140 flats (70 flats in each block).” The Committee was also advised of some amendments required to the report, namely that the number of the first drawing should read 0101 and not 0100 as stated in the report, the last sentence of paragraph 7.1.1 should be amended to read “This allows most of the flats in the Pavilions to have views of the Lee Valley and all the proposed  flats are dual aspect” and the first line of the third paragraph in section 7.1.2 should be amended to read “The additional floors are set back by approximately2.5 metres on the east, west, south and part of the north facades to reduce their impact and to provide terrace/balconies for the proposed flats.” In response to concerns raised regarding whether residents’ groups had been consulted in relation to the application, Mr Smith confirmed from the planning records details of the consultation.

Mr Smith advised that the recommendations of the report should be amended such that a pre-condition be added requiring the applicants to enter into an agreement such that the existing section 106 would apply to this application as well as recommending planning permission subject to the conditions set out in the report, the relevant conditions from the outline planning permission granted in 2006 and the informative from British Waterways.

Mr Smith gave a summary of the report, outlining the planning history and key issues including the height and design of the proposals, and the visual impact of these. Mr Smith advised that the section 106 for the entire site was currently under review, and that a deed of variation would be required to ensure the section 106 for the whole site applied to this new application. In relation to the Equalities Impact Assessment for the site, Mr Smith advised that the potential impact of the application had been considered, including in relation to section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976, and that it was not considered that the proposals would significantly impact on any group in respect of race, gender, religion, age or sexual orientation. Mr Smith advised that the proposed units were designed to lifetime  ...  view the full minutes text for item 84.

Monday, 8 November at 7.00pm.

Monday, 8 November 2010 at 7pm.