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Agenda item

Development Site At 55-58 Pall Mall And 1-4 Crown Passage London

Minutes:

Demolition of 55-58 Pall Mall and 1-4 Crown Passage, and erection of a new building with a part retained facade comprising basement, ground and six upper floors plus mezzanine with a new raised height mansard roof level, to provide office (Class B1) use at basement, part ground to seventh floor level, and provision of two flexible retail/ restaurant (Class A1/ A3) units at part ground level. Creation of terraces at 5th, 6th floor level and 6th floor mezzanine level, installation of plant, and provision of cycle parking spaces and facilities.

 

Colin McColl addressed the committee in support of the application.

 

A late representation was received from the applicant in the form of a brochure of the proposed re-development of 55-58 Pall Mall and 1-4 Crown Passage (undated)

 

The presenting officer tabled the following revised recommendation:

 

1.        Grant conditional permission, subject to receiving no substantive objection and the imposition of recommended conditions from Historic England Greater Archaeology Advisory Service (GLAAS) following expiry of their consultation on 28 September 2020.

 

2.        Grant conditional permission, subject to the completion of a S106 legal agreement to secure the following planning obligations:

 

           a)        A financial contribution of £28,003 to the Westminster Employment Service (index linked and payable on commencement of development); and b) The costs of monitoring the S106 legal agreement.

 

3.        If the legal agreement has not been completed within six weeks of the date of            the Sub-Committee resolution then:

 

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

 

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

 

Additional condition (no.22) ‘Demolition’

 

22. You must not carry out demolition work unless it is part of the complete development of the site. You must carry out the demolition and development without interruption and according to the drawings we have approved.

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

 

1.        That conditional permission be granted, subject to receiving no substantive objection and the imposition of recommended conditions from Historic England Greater Archaeology Advisory Service (GLAAS) following expiry of their consultation on 28 September 2020.

 

2.        That conditional permission be granted, subject to the completion of a S106 legal agreement to secure the following planning obligations:

 

           a)        A financial contribution of £28,003 to the Westminster Employment Service (index linked and payable on commencement of development); and b) The costs of monitoring the S106 legal agreement.

 

3.        That conditional permission be granted subject to the additional condition 22            as tabled and set out above.

 

4.        If the legal agreement has not been completed within six weeks of the date of the Sub-Committee resolution then:

 

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

 

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

 

 

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