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Agenda item

Development Site at Millbank Complex, 30 Millbank London, SW1P 4QP

Minutes:

Variation of Conditions 1 and 43 of planning permission dated 28th June 2016 (15/07756/FULL) for ‘Refurbishment and replacement of facades and erection of 2 additional floors and plant enclosure to both Millbank Tower and 1 additional floor to the Y buildings; excavation of basement levels; demolition of rear car park in association with relandscaping and reconfiguration of wider site; all in association with the use of the Tower as 207 private residential flats (Class C3) and Skybar (ancillary to adjacent Class C1), the south podium and part of tower as an arts / cultural facility (Class D1) and the north podium and Y buildings as a hotel (Class C1) with restaurant, bar and café at ground floor level. Use of roof of podium building as a terrace with associated alterations' NAMELY to allow changes to list of approved plans to allow an increase in number of hotel bedrooms from 150 to 232, complete demolition and rebuilding of the prow to allow for reconfiguration of arts/cultural facility, amendments to the residential mix/layouts in the tower, re-configuration of basement car parking and servicing area, adjustments to landscaping and associated amendments.

 

Late representations were received from the Basio Holdings (undated and 22.05.20) and Environmental Health (undated).

 

The presenting officer tabled the following revised conditions:

Revised Condition 46

You must not start work on site until an updated assessment has been undertaken and submitted to the Council for approval to confirm that the development results in no adverse impacts to local air quality.

Should the updated assessment continue to demonstrate adverse impacts to local air quality, a mitigation scheme to reduce these impacts as far as practicable, shall be submitted to the Council for approval. No work can start until the further assessment and the mitigation scheme has been approved by the Council.

Should air quality mitigation measures be required these shall be implemented as set out in the approved document, prior to first use of the development, maintained and retained.

Revised Condition 47

You must not start work on site until a revised air quality neutral assessment has been undertaken and submitted to the council for approval. The air quality neutral assessment should use data taken from the approved transport assessment and use the selected plant required by the energy centre operating at a maximum capacity for a full calendar year and include any back up combustion technology testing maintenance cycles. If the updated Air Quality Neural Assessment shows that the approved scheme will not be air quality neutral for either transport or building emissions, you must apply for us for approval for of appropriate offsetting and mitigation measures onsite and offsite, where these are not feasible a financial contribution.

You must not start work on the site until we have approved details of the appropriate arrangements.

In the case of each of the appropriate offsetting and mitigation measures, you must include in the arrangements details of when you will provide the benefits, and how you will guarantee this timing.

RESOLVED (For - Councillors Rigby, Boothroyd, Glen, Hyams and Spencer. Against – Councillor Barraclough):

 

1)             That conditional permission, as amended, be granted subject to the views of the Mayor and subject to a deed of variation to the S106 legal agreement dated 28th June 2016 (ref 15/07756/FULL) to secure:

 

                                       i.                 The provision of a cultural facility on a 125 year lease with a peppercorn rent for 50 years, with the end user to be agreed by the City Council prior to the occupation of the cultural facility;

 

                                     ii.                   A contribution of £2.5million (index linked) towards the fitting out of the cultural facility to be paid prior to the proposed occupier of the cultural facility starting its works to fit out the proposed cultural facility;

 

                                    iii.                 The provision of a publicly accessible 'Skybar' with no admission fee;

 

iv.           Costs of all highway works surrounding the site required for the development to occur including vehicle crossovers, changes to on-street restrictions, returning the footway on Thorney Street and footway repaving;

 

                                 v.                       Provision of public art to the sum of £100K (index   linked);

 

                                vi.                     Comply with the Council's Code of Construction Practice, to provide a Site Environmental Management Plan and provide a financial contribution of £110,000 (£55,000 per annum based on 2 year demolition / construction period) prior to commencement of demolition to fund the Environmental Inspectorate and monitoring by Environmental Sciences officers;

 

                                      vii.               A payment of £59,115.84 (index linked and payable on commencement) towards Employment, Training and Skills Development;

 

                                     viii.               Costs of monitoring the S106 agreement;

 

                                       ix.            Unallocated parking.

 

                                         x.               A payment of £619,000 towards Carbon Offset (index linked  and payable on commencement)

 

     xi.       A payment of £1,685,577 towards the council’s affordable housing fund (index linked and payable on commencement of development) with a late stage review mechanism.

 

2)             That if the S106 legal agreement had not been completed within six weeks of the date of the Committee resolution (7 July 2020) then:

 

a)        The Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning should consider whether the permission can be issued with additional conditions attached to secure the benefits listed above. If this was possible and appropriate, the Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning was authorised to determine and issue such a decision under Delegated Powers; however, if not

 

b)        The Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning should consider whether permission should be refused on the grounds that it had not proved possible to complete an agreement within the appropriate timescale, and that the proposals were unacceptable in the absence of the benefits that would have been secured; if so, the Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning was authorised to determine the application and agree appropriate reasons for refusal under Delegated Powers.

 

3)       That conditional listed building consent be granted.

 

4)       That the reasons for granting listed building consent as set out in Informative 1 of the draft decision letter be agreed.

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