Agenda and minutes

To note any changes to the membership.

1.1       It was noted that Councillor Ruth Bush had replaced Councillor Barbara Grahame.

To receive declarations by members and officers of the existence and nature of any personal or prejudicial interests in matters on this agenda.

2.1       Councillor Andrew Smith explained that a week before the meeting, all four Members of the Committee were provided with a full set of papers including a detailed officer’s report on each application; together with bundles of every single letter or e-mail received in respect of every application, including all letters and e-mails containing objections or giving support. Members of the Committee read through everything in detail prior to the meeting.  Accordingly, if an issue or comment made by a correspondent was not specifically mentioned at this meeting in the officers’ presentation or by Members of the Committee, it did not mean that the issue had been ignored.  Members will have read about the issue and comments made by correspondents in the papers read prior to the meeting.

2.2       Councillor Robert Rigby declared that in respect of item 5, he had sat on the Committee that had previously considered the application on 15^th December 2015.

2.3       Councillor Louise Hyams declared that in respect of item 5, she had sat on the Committee that had previously considered the application on 15th December 2015.

2.4       Councillor Ruth Bush declared that in respect of item 5, she had visited the site, however she did not consider that this would prejudice her view.

To sign the minutes of the last meeting as a correct record of proceedings.

3.1       RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 15 December 2015 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record of proceedings.

Applications for decision

Use of ground floor as dual/alternative use as either Class A1 (Shops) and/or Class A2 (Financial & Professional Services) and installation of new shopfront.

The presenting officer tabled the following additional condition:

You must apply to us for approval of details of how waste is going to be stored on the site. You must not start work on the relevant part of the development until we have approved what you have sent us. You must then provide the waste store in line with the approved details, and clearly mark it and make it available at all times to everyone using the retail use. You must not use the waste store for any other purpose. (C14CD).

RESOLVED:

That conditional permission be granted, subject to an additional condition as set out above and a further additional condition requiring a shop front display for A2 use.

Retention of electrical cabinet on public highway temporarily installed to serve Victoria Underground Station until 30 June 2016.

A late representation was received from Transport for London (24.12.2015).

RESOLVED:

That conditional permission be granted, subject to an additional informative regarding cleaning of the footway.

Erection of single storey side and rear extensions; excavation of basement extension below house and part of rear garden; alterations and restoration works to existing building; provision of new boundary treatment and landscaping; associated internal and external works.

Additional representations were received from Alastair Mellon (05.01.2016), David Burton (26.11.2015), Howard Sharp and Partners (05.01.2016 and 07.01.2016).

RESOLVED:

1.         That conditional permission and listed building consent be granted.

2.         That the reasons for granting listed building consent as set out in Informative1 of the draft decision letter be agreed.

Erection of two storey side and rear extension to single family dwellinghouse.

RESOLVED:

That conditional permission be granted.

Variation of Condition 8 of planning permission dated 05 November 2013 (RN 13/08537), to allow the second and third floors of the premises to be used by the Pentecostal Church for a temporary period not exceeding four years.

Additional representations were received from Mary Linton (21.12.2015), Tony Redvers-Mutton (21.12.2015 and 04.01.2016), Jeffrey Simmons (04.01.2016), CityWest Homes (06.01.2016), Malathi Ogilive Herald (06.01.2016), Priya Matlib (07.01.2016) and James Leggat (07.01.2016).

Late representations were received from Dr Mohammad A. Zaheer Afridi (12.01.2016), Veronica Joseph and Joycelin Joseph (12.01.2016), Mary Linton (12.01.2016), Ian Skilton, Odette Skilton and Charlotte Skilton (09.01.2016), Lisson Green Tenants and Residents Association including a residents’ petition (undated), Jeanette Buckley (11.01.2016) and Councillor Barbara Grahame (12.01.2016).

RESOLVED:

That conditional permission be granted under Regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, subject to an additional condition requiring an Operational Management Plan for the Church, to be agreed by Officers under delegated powers, and to an additional informative recommending that the Church invite residents to visit the premises once it has opened.

Councillor Bush requested that her dissent against approving the application be recorded.