Agenda and minutes
Planning Decisions Committee - Tuesday 23 October 2018 6.00 pm

1.1  The Chair welcomed Councillor Marie Pye, the representative from the London Borough of Waltham Forest, to her first Planning Decisions Committee Meeting.

1.2  The Chair stated there was an update report for Item 6 – Iceland Wharf, Fish Island, London – 18/00095/FUL

1.3  The Chair stated that the order of business would be as set out on the agenda.

1.4  The following requests to speak had been received:

·  Item 5 – TSVC Building, Land Bounded by Hepscott Road and Rothbury Road – 17/00222/FUL

In support of Officers’ recommendation:

Steve Akeju (Applicant)

Alex Christopher (GL Hearn)

Tim Tolcher (CJCT)

·  Item 6 - Iceland Wharf, Fish Island, London – 18/00095/FUL

In support of Officers’ recommendation:

Andy Puncher (pH+ Architects)

Gavin Henneberry (pH+ Architects)

Adam Williams (CMA Planning)

Craig Robinson (Robinson’s Surveyors)

Glen Charles (City and Suburban Homes)

Tim Gaskell (CMA Planning)

Emma Critchley – Resident

In support of Officers’ recommendation (with some concerns):

Haroon Mirza - Resident

2.1  Apologies for absence were received from Emma Davies MRICS, Louise Wyman MRICS MLA and Councillor Rachel Tripp.

3.1  The Committee received the report of the Director of Planning Policy and Decisions which set out, for the purposes of transparency, where a Member of the Committee was an elected Member of a Host Borough to which a planning application related, and/or other matters were to be dealt with at the meeting.

3.2  Resolved:

3.2.1  That the following declarations of interest be noted:

Elected Members of Host Boroughs to which planning applications relate (where applicable):

·  Councillor Dan Tomlinson, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Elected Member (Item 5 – TSVC Building, Land bounded by Hepscott Road and Rothbury Road; and Item 6 - Iceland Wharf, Fish Island).

Independent Members

·  James Fennell is Chief Executive of Nathaniel Lichfields & Partners and Emma Davies is Managing Director of CBRE Planning UK.

·  Neither Member has been involved in decision making on any of the matters listed in the Decisions Made under Delegated Authority item on this agenda.

4.1  The Committee received the minutes of the previous Planning Decisions Committee held on 25 September 2018.

4.2  Resolved:

4.2.1  That the minutes of the Committee meeting held on 25 September 2018 be signed as a correct record.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Principal Planning Development Manager and a presentation was also provided.

5.2  The Committee noted the planning application sought consent for the redevelopment of the TSVC site, which covered an area of 0.54ha and was bounded by Rothbury Road and White Post Lane to the north, Hepscott Road to the west, the Lea Tavern and 92 White Post Lane to the east; and the McGrath waste site to the south. The development would provide a significant number of new homes and employment workspace and would take advantage of its proximity to Hackney Wick Station and the amenities of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

5.3  Officers advised the Committee that, though the site was not located within a conservation area, the nearby buildings at 92 White Post Lane and the McGrath House and outbuildings were recognised within the conservation area appraisal as non-designated heritage sites.

5.4  The Committee noted the site would consist of two urban blocks with four separate buildings (A-D) of six-storeys in height, which would provide 145 residential units (2 x studio; 45 x one-bedroom units; 88 x two-bedroom units; and 10 x three-bedroom units) and 2,213sqm of commercial space.

5.5  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.1  The Committee received the updated report of the Principal Planning Development Manager and a presentation was also provided.

6.2  Officers advised the Committee that the application sought consent for the redevelopment of a site that lay within Fish Island and covered an area of 0.51ha. The site fronted Iceland Road to the north and Wick Lane to the west.

6.3  The redevelopment was for a mixed-use employment-led development for seven buildings, between two and eight storeys in height, which would provide 3,813sqm of employment floorspace and 120 residential units. The commercial units would be located on the ground floor and, in five of the seven proposed buildings, the residential units would be above. 95 per cent of the residential units would be dual aspect. Affordable housing would be provided at 35 per cent and was compliant with the requirements of the threshold approach to viability as set out within the Mayor’s Affordable Housing and Viability SPG.

6.4  The Committee was told that the site was designated as an ‘Other Industrial Location’ (OIL) and, to the south, bordered a ‘Strategic Industrial Location’ (SIL). The OIL designation required the development to provide an employment-led mix of uses with potential for residential  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

7.1  The Committee received a report from the Principal Planning Development Manager and a presentation was provided.

7.2  The Committee was advised that other local planning authorities were already able to charge for provision of pre-planning application advice. In 2013 and 2015, the Planning Decisions Committee had agreed a pre-application charging schedule. However, the agreed charging schedules had not been implemented because Mayoral Development Corporations were not classed as local authorities for the purposes of s.93 of the Local Government Act. Following amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012, that came into effect on 17 January 2018, Mayoral Development Corporations could now adopt a pre-application fee charging schedule.

7.3  The Committee noted the proposed pre-application charging fee schedule set out in the report. Officers advised that charging schedules of the adjoining Boroughs had been taken into account. Also, particular regard had been given to pre-application fees charged by the GLA, Transport for London and the OPDC.

7.4  Officers advised the Committee that LLDC would continue to agree bespoke Planning Performance Agreement (PPA) for developments where pre-application discussions were likely to be protracted and required significant resources. The PPA  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

8.1  The Head of Development Management introduced a report of decisions made under delegated authority.

8.2  The Committee noted the table provided.

8.3  Between 1 and 30 September, 29 applications had been decided. Of these, 95 per cent had been signed off in accordance with set targets and only one refused, which had been for a large advert close to Stratford Station.

8.4  Resolved:

8.4.1  The Committee NOTED the report and the attached Appendix 1 and 2.

9.1  A Committee Member raised that a Telford Homes site in Hackney Wick had reportedly released benzene and naphthalene into the surrounding area. As a result, local councillors had received an influx of complaints from local residents. The LLDC had immediately ensured that the site work was stopped but, for the future, it would be useful to establish a clear protocol as to coordination between the LLDC, the Boroughs and other authorities. It was noted that the Director of Planning and Policy Decisions had convened a meeting to address better coordination with the Boroughs on a range of matters including construction management.

9.2  The Committee requested that for future meetings, officers consistently provided a breakdown of the tenure-mix and details of whether the mix met the requirements of the Local Plan.

9.3  The Chair advised that he would be absent from the next meeting and it was proposed that Pam Alexander would Chair. Appropriate approval had been sought under the Committee’s Standing Orders for this.

10.1  The meeting ended at 8.30pm.