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Agenda item

70 - 73 Piccadilly London W1J 8HP

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Variation of Conditions 1, 11 and 15 of planning permission dated 4 March 2020 (RN: 18/10021/FULL) for, 'Part demolition of, and extensions to, the existing buildings, including a 2 storey roof extension; the refurbishment of the existing and creation of new office (Class B), hotel (Class C1), retail (Class A1 - A5) and Leisure and non-residential institutions (Class D1 - D2) floorspace with ancillary functions; basement refurbishment works; the erection of a 5 storey pavilion on the corner of Piccadilly and Dover Street; Installation of plant at roof level; hard and soft landscaping works as part of an improved public realm offering at Dover Yard and pedestrian route between Dover Street and Berkeley Street, including the creation of additional retail outlets; and other ancillary works. (Site includes 1 - 7 Berkeley Street)'; Namely: to amend approved drawings to deliver a contractable canopy to the east side of Dover Yard, addition of a canopy to the hotel entrance at Berkley Street, expansion of the green wall to Berkeley Street and Dover Yard, revised landscaping scheme for Dover Yard, introduction of a small retail kiosk at Dover Yard Passage, amendments to lift overrun and plant screen, and minor façade amendments to the Annex Building (all amendments to drawings approved under Condition 1); to support the allowance of a car retail showroom use (Sui Generis) within the commercial units (amendments to Condition 11); and, to allow the placement of furniture in Dover Yard to be subject to a Management Plan (amendments to Condition 15). Application made under S73 of the Act.

 

Late representations were received from:

Councillor Timothy Barnes (07/03/2022)

 

Mr Matt Mason addressed the Sub-Committee in support of the application.

Mr Neil Rowe addressed the Sub-Committee in support of the application.

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY 

 

1.   Grant conditional permission, subject to a deed of variation to the original s106 legal agreement dated 4 March 2020 (under application RN: 18/10021/FULL), which secured the following:

 

i. A financial contribution towards employment, training and skills of £88,188 (index linked); payable on commencement of development;

ii. A servicing management plan;

iii. A walkways agreement;

iv. Stopping up the highway.

v. The costs of monitoring the S106 legal agreement

 

2. If the legal agreement has not been completed within 3 months from the date of the Committee's resolution then:

 

a) the Director of Place Shaping and Town 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 Town Planning is authorised to determine and issue such a decision under Delegated Powers; however if not

 

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

 

3. An informative requesting the use of electric servicing vehicles.

 

 

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