Agenda and draft minutes

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

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies were received from Cllr Worrell.

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 12 below.

There were no items of urgent business.

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There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Planning Sub Committee held on 8^th October as a correct record.

RESOLVED

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Planning Sub Committee held on 8^th September 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: Erection of three buildings to provide 11 residential dwellings, amenity space, greening, cycle parking and associated works

Roland Sheldon, Deputy Team Manager, introduced the application for erection of three buildings to provide 11 residential dwellings, amenity space, greening, cycle parking and associated works.

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

· The report details which trees would be removed had been selected and this had been reviewed by the Council's tree officer and considered to be acceptable.

· The daylight/sunlight assessment had been updated. . As part of the assessment, it was found that there were three windows that were marginally below the vertical sky component guideline. When officers assessed the room the windows served against the no skyline assessment, it comfortably exceeded the BRE guidelines.

· In regard to the location of the bin store, officers looked at the drag distances for waste operatives to go into the site. It was important to balance this up against the distance that residents would have to travel to put the bins in. o · T Ongoing maintenance of the bin store in the interest of residnts’/neighbours’ amenity would be ensured through amending the wording of condition 19, if members were minded to grant planning permission. · In terms of the potential for overshadowing, e officers reviewed the scheme and did not raise any concerns in relation to Courtyard House. In terms of the play area, this was a scheme for 11 homes, and this not being open to the public, and the play area wouldn't be to a scale that would give rise to concerns about an unacceptable noise disturbance.

· There would be 7 trees being removed, there were 3 trees that were approved to be removed in the previous scheme that were also being removed here. There were also some trees that had to be removed to facilitate the development; officers tried to work with the developer to minimise the number of trees that would be removed.

Marc Prevezer attended the committee to speak in objection of the application:

This scheme was high density, out of keeping with the whole street, harmful to neighbouring amenity, and would result in loss of light , there was also a lack of consultation with residents.

Lesley Reynolds attended the committee to speak in objection of the application:

If approved this development would replace a scenic outlook with a large imposing brick wall and parking was already dire in the area. In summary, residents urged the committee to recognise the overwhelming evidence of overdevelopment, the negative impact on existing residents and the inadequacy of proposed mitigations. The scheme in its current form was simply not suitable.

The following was noted in response to questions to the objectors:

· The terraces were stepped and the closest one to the street was 3.9 metres and the farthest one was five metres from the back of pavement.

· Residents explained that they felt there was zero direct consultation with the developers and had asked them on numerous occasions through their agents to come down to the site and discuss the objections to avoid any potential legal  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

Proposal: Change of use from former educational facility (D1 use class now replaced by new class F1) to short term emergency accommodation (sui generis use class). Proposal also includes erection of roof extension to the building with erection of two new single storey buildings to the rear. Provision of a new commercial use on part of the ground floor level. 

Kwaku Bossman-Gymera, Principal Planning Officer, introduced the report for change of use from former educational facility (D1 use class now replaced by new class F1) to short term Page 4 supported emergency accommodation (sui generis use class). The proposal also includes erection of roof extension to the building with erection of two new single storey buildings to the rear; and provision of a new commercial use on part of the ground floor level.

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

· There was a homeless day centre close but that was not an accommodation service. It's a day centre for people that were rough sleeping and would be of benefit to this proposed development that the services were very closely located. There was also a supported housing service above Marbury Junction that was commissioned. The accommodation would be staffed 24/7. Officers were confident with the risk management measures that had been proposed.

· . There would be people with needs living in this accommodation, this wasn’t a static cohort of people.

· Officers wouldn't be referring anybody to this property who's under the age of 18.

· The management plan in place was to ensure that this would be a secure building.

· There were 44 single adults in commercial hotels in total across the Temporary Accommodation (TA) cohort and 700 adults in temporary accommodation. Each month officers were approached by between 350-500 people seeking housing. Everything indicated that this was likely to increase, and the Council did not have the supply currently to meet the demand for homelessness accommodation.

· In terms of waste management officers were satisfied with the measures that had been put in place. A condition had been imposed to ensure that this plan was reviewed.

· A specialist landscape architect was appointed to consider how the landscaping of the courtyard could create a series of pleasant outdoor spaces and sitting areas. It was an early stage but that would be subject to condition.

Catherine Smyth, Head of Development Management and Planning Enforcement summarised a late representation:

The objection, in summary, was concerned about adding pressure to local benefit and employment support systems, undermining active community programmes which benefited residents, increasing the potential for antisocial incidents and the need to support employment.

Cllr Makbule Gunes, Ward Councillor for South Tottenham attended the committee to speak in objection:

All ward councillors had strong concerns regarding the application, including about an increase of anti-social behaviour. She did not believe residents had been consulted with properly and there was no guarantee this property would house Haringey residents.

The applicant attended the committee and spoke in support of the application:

The applicant had engaged with the local planning authority and with the housing authority. They had held a pre application briefing for Members of the Planning Sub-Committee, and invited members down to their other, similar, development in Newham. The following was noted in response to questions to the applicant:

· The building was currently being used on an adhoc basis.

· There would be two  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

To advise of major proposals in the pipeline including those awaiting the issue of the decision notice following a committee resolution and subsequent signature of the section 106 agreement; applications submitted and awaiting determination; and proposals being discussed at the pre-application stage.

There were no queries on the report. The Chair noted that any queries could be directed to the Head of Development Management.

RESOLVED

To note the report.

To advise the Planning Committee of decisions on planning applications taken under delegated powers for the period xxx.

There were no queries on the report. The Chair noted that any queries could be directed to the Head of Development Management.

RESOLVED

To note the report.

There were no new items of urgent business.

To note the date of the next meeting as 6^th November.

It was noted that the date of the next meeting was 6^th November.