Agenda and draft minutes

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The Chair referred to the notice of filming at meetings and this information was noted.

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The planning system manages the use and development of land and buildings.  The overall aim of the system is to ensure a balance between enabling development to take place and conserving and protecting the environment and local amenities.  Planning can also help tackle climate change and overall seeks to create better public places for people to live, work and play.  It is important that the public understand that the committee makes planning decisions in this context.  These decisions are rarely simple and often involve balancing competing priorities.  Councillors and officers have a duty to ensure that the public are consulted, involved and where possible, understand the decisions being made.

Neither the number of objectors or supporters nor the extent of their opposition or support are of themselves material planning considerations.

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The Chair referred to the planning protocol and this information was noted.

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Worrell and Cllr Collett.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item 11 below.

There were no items of urgent business.

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Cllr Bevan declared an interest regarding item 8 as he was ward councillor, he also regularly attended BCLG meetings and commented on event management; he would view the item with an open mind. Cllr O Donovan was vice chair of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board and would consider the item with an open mind. Cllr Ibrahim was Chair of the Alexandra Park and Palace board and held an Arsenal membership, Cllr Rice had attended some BCLG meetings.

TO FOLLOW

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Planning Sub Committee held on 17^th August as a correct record.

TO FOLLOW

To approve the minutes of the Planning Sub Committee held on the 17th July as a correct record.

In accordance with the Sub Committee’s protocol for hearing representations; when the recommendation is to grant planning permission, two objectors may be given up to 6 minutes (divided between them) to make representations. Where the recommendation is to refuse planning permission, the applicant and supporters will be allowed to address the Committee. For items considered previously by the Committee and deferred, where the recommendation is to grant permission, one objector may be given up to 3 minutes to make representations.

The Chair referred to the note on planning applications and this information was noted.

Proposal: Minor Material Amendment application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act for the variation to Condition B9 (Major Non-association Football Events) (MNFEs) of the hybrid planning permission HGY/2023/2137 (as amended from HGY/2015/3000) for amendments to allow up to 30 major non-association football events including music concerts; and other associated changes.

John McRory, Team Manager introduced the report for minor Material Amendment application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act for the variation to Condition B9 (Major Non association Football Events) (MNFEs) of the hybrid planning permission HGY/2023/2137 (as amended from HGY/2015/3000) for amendments to allow up to 30 major non-association football events including music concerts; and other associated changes.

The following was noted in response to questions from the committee:

• The section 106 agreement secures £1000 for regulatory services and then £1000 for noise monitoring. This was £2000 of the £4000 ASB recommendation, officers looked at this with the club and found that £2000 was a reasonable position to recommend on that.
• The LAMP was a live document and tailored for each event taking place. Officers were working on a football LAMP, a LAMP for NFL and a LAMP for boxing. In terms of the monitoring proposal report, this report was quite comprehensive and officers could circulate this members.
• The review mechanism sought to strike the right balance between giving some certainty to allow the club to programme in future  events, but also control those events and secure any mitigation that would be needed to address any concerns that come through. Given it's a S106 obligation and require consideration of those issues, it would be delegated to officers.
• Most events would have a capacity of 40,000 but there could be smaller events.
• Officers were satisfied that the proposal had a good balance of benefits against the potential impact on residents. To vary the area of where tickets were allocated geographically would be complex.
• The £30,000 per year was coming to the Council to resource input in terms of reviewing the travel plan, local management plan and the monitoring proposal document. The club had a separate mechanism to procure staff and marshalls.
• Toilet signage on events day had been improved.
• Boxing events would hold a larger capacity than a concert. Safety arrangements and the set up does limit concerts to a certain capacity, officers did not for see that this would change. Licensing mechanisms looked at the issues of safety and there was a safety advisory group.
• The Waste Service had commented on this proposal and has confirmed that there was a satisfactory agreement already in place for non-football events. The club would pay the Council's costs and its own contractors for doing a clear up after the major non-football events. That was actively monitored by the Council and there was no objection from waste services on that matter for this application.
• Regulatory matters included noise, ASB community safety, environmental health trading standards and licencing. Regulatory Services’ request was based on some of the events that they had attended. It was a full-on operation and there were a mixture of different issues that tended to happen, it did have a direct effect upon the Council's revenue accounts in order to be able to regulate those things. Therefore, officers had to manage and restrict the number of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

The following items are pre-application presentations to the Planning Sub-Committee and discussion of proposals.

Notwithstanding that this is a formal meeting of the Sub-Committee, no decision will be taken on the following items and any subsequent applications will be the subject of a report to a future meeting of the Sub-Committee in accordance with standard procedures.

The provisions of the Localism Act 2011 specifically provide that a Councillor should not be regarded as having a closed mind simply because they previously did or said something that, directly or indirectly, indicated what view they might take in relation to any particular matter.  Pre-application briefings provide the opportunity for Members to raise queries and identify any concerns about proposals.

The Members’ Code of Conduct and the Planning Protocol 2016 continue to apply for pre-application meeting proposals even though Members will not be exercising the statutory function of determining an application.  Members should nevertheless ensure that they are not seen to pre-determine or close their mind to any such proposal otherwise they will be precluded from participating in determining the application or leave any decision in which they have subsequently participated open to challenge.

The Chair referred to the note on pre-application briefings and this information was noted.

Proposal: The Selby Urban Village Project seeks the delivery of a new and replacement Selby Centre, 202 new homes for social rent, new and enhanced indoor and outdoor sport and leisure facilities, new children’s play facilities, new pedestrian and cycle connections, and new tree planting and ecological enhancements.

Philip Elliott introduced the report for the Selby Urban Village Project seeks the delivery of a new and replacement Selby Centre, 202 new homes for social rent, new and enhanced indoor and outdoor sport and leisure facilities, new children’s play facilities, new pedestrian and cycle connections, and new tree planting and ecological enhancements.

The following was noted in response to questions from the committee:

• There would be cricket pitches on this site and the applicant was looking at opportunity for provision of other uses.

• There would be two separate planning applications for Enfield and Haringey. The Enfield planning application would be for sports and the sports hall.

• Officers were looking to start the application as soon as possible; the aim was to get on site by the middle of next year.

• There was consideration to make the storey taller, however the applicant redesigned this due to fire regulations and these not being economical.

• There was a QRP panel meeting last year and constant dialogue throughout this process. There were no plans to go back to this panel.

• The applicant was directly engaged with the ECB. This would be a full size cricket field with an artificial pitch in the middle, the ECB were supportive and would further invest.

• There would be green roofs which were solar panelled, there would be generous courtyard space, some of which would be private.

• There was a chairs review on this proposal in February 2022.

There were no new items of urgent business.

To note the date of the next meeting as 9^th September.

It was noted that the date of the next meeting was 9^th September.