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72.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

The meeting was not filmed or recorded.

73.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Adamou, Bevan, Cawley-Harrison, Hinchcliffe and Williams.

 

Councillor Berryman was in attendance as a substitute for Councillor Bevan.

 

74.

Urgent business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. Late items will be dealt with under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item 9 below.

75.

Declarations of interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

Minutes:

None.

76.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 128 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2019.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2019 were approved as a correct record.

77.

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Partial Review: Draft Charging Schedule (DCS) Consultation pdf icon PDF 462 KB

This report provides an update on the Haringey CIL; sets out the next steps for the partial review of the Council’s CIL Charging Schedule; and seeks that the Regulatory Committee recommends Cabinet’s approval to: publish the Draft Charging Schedule and associated evidence base documents for public consultation; give delegated authority to the Director for Housing, Regeneration and Planning to finalise and approve the proposed Submission documents, including any proposed modifications to the Submission documents arising from consultation; and submit the Draft Charging Schedule, the Council’s responses to the representations submitted, and the necessary procedural and evidence base documentation for examination.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Rob Krzyszowski, Head of Planning Policy, Transport & Infrastructure, introduced the report as set out.  The Haringey CIL came into effect in 2014, and the rate for the East of the Borough was set at £15 per sqm.  A previous consultation had been carried out in 2017 to increase the rate, but this had not been implemented due to the impact it would have had on approved outline planning applications at the time.  BNP Paribas has carried out a viability assessment and recommended that the rate be increased to £50 per sqm for the East.  Officers considered that this rate was the limit for the area based on the evidence provided.  If the rate was set too high, with no evidence base, then the charging schedule would be rejected at examination stage, and the Council would be left with the existing rate.  It was expected that the new rate could be implemented in early 2021, and no further increases should be required (the rates would increase in line with inflation).

 

Officers responded to comments and questions from the Committee:

-           Page 5, student accommodation 2nd bullet point should read as £85.

-           The new rate would apply to new permissions applied for from the date of implementation – it would not affect developments where permission had already been granted.

-           Increasing the rate in 2017 would have resulted in issues with approvals for outline planning applications, as viability assessments would have been calculated based on the old CIL rate.  An increase in the CIL rate would have resulted in a loss of affordable housing for the Hale Wharf and Ashley Gardens developments.

-           Comparisons had been made with neighbouring boroughs, however it was not directly comparable as each borough would have their own affordable housing policy, and this would have an impact on the CIL rate set.

-           Consultation would be targeted at the Planning Policy database.  It was anticipated that developers would consider that the rate was set too high, but unless alternative evidence could be provided, officers felt that the Council was in a good position to present the proposed rate at examination stage.

-           There would be other consultations on neighbourhoodCIL spending, separate to this consultation.

 

RESOLVED that

 

i.          The update on the Haringey CIL be noted;

ii.         The next steps for the partial review of the Council’s CIL Charging Schedule be noted;

iii.       Cabinet be recommended to approve the public consultation, in accordance with Regulation 16 of the CIL Regulations 2010, for the following Proposed Submission documents, prior to their submission for examination:

-           The Haringey CIL Draft Charging Schedule (Appendix B) as revised and updated from the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule;

-           Community Infrastructure Levy: Eastern Haringey Viability Update Study prepared by BNP Paribas (October 2019) (Appendix C);

iv.       Cabinet be recommended to delegate authority to the Director for Housing, Regeneration and Planning, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Sustainability, to finalise and approve the Proposed Submission documents (as set  ...  view the full minutes text for item 77.

78.

Revised Local Development Scheme (LDS) pdf icon PDF 149 KB

This report sets out the revised timetable for the Local Plan documents the Council is intending to prepare over the coming years. The revised Local Development Scheme (LDS) is intended to replace the current outdated LDS published in April 2016.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Rob Krzyszowski, Head of Planning Policy, Transport & Infrastructure, introduced the report as set out.  It was a legal requirement to set out the timetable for planning policy / local plan documents.  The need to update the Local Development Scheme was due to the North London Waste Plan reaching examination stage. 

 

RESOLVED that Cabinet be recommended to approve the revised Local Development Scheme (LDS) at Appendix A for publication with immediate effect (12 November 2019).

 

79.

2019 Quarter 2 Work Report - Planning Services pdf icon PDF 311 KB

TO FOLLOW

Minutes:

Emma Williamson, Assistant Director for Planning, Building Standards and Sustainability, introduced the report as set out. 

 

Officers responded to questions from the Committee:

-           The Self Build Register had been approved by Cabinet and was now in place.

-           Officers were working on a draft SPD for Highgate School, further information would be available next year.  The school were developing plans to enhance the estate.  An SPD ensured that the development could be consulted on as a whole, and local residents would be able to see the whole plan, rather than a series of smaller applications.

-           Consultation would begin on Conservation Area Appraisals and the Article 4 Directives in the next few weeks.

-           Kerswell Close – the Property Team had been informed about the outcome of the appeal, and if Pocket Living chose not to take the case to the High Court, or lost their appeal, then Haringey could take back the site.

-           Draft London Plan – the independent Inspector report should be available by the end of November – the Committee would be kept updated on this.

-           Dockless bikes – London Councils were investigating the implementation of a by-law to stop users leaving bikes in the middle of the highways.  The plan would be to designate zones in the borough where bikes could be parked.  The Council could sign up to the by-law, but also choose not to adopt a dockless bike scheme.

-           CIL spend consultation, page 10 – the suggestions received would be narrowed down to the most popular ones.

-           The proposed cycle lane from South Tottenham to Camden would involve both the main and side roads, and would be the best route to cause the least disruption to other road users, but also make it a convenient route for cyclists.

-           It was a struggle to recruit Building Control officers, as there was not a huge number of qualified people available to apply for the roles.  The service were looking at apprenticeships and how to develop existing staff.

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

80.

New items of urgent business

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted under agenda item 3 above.

Minutes:

None.

81.

Dates of future meetings

16 January 2020

Minutes:

16 January 2020