Agenda item

Excavation of new basement level; extension of the existing fourth floor rearwards and to create a mansard roof form; replacement of existing fifth floor with small extension to the rear (to match the fourth floor below); creation of new sixth floor and new roof level, to facilitate the provision of 6 residential units (use class C3), set back roof plant room and shroud to contain life safety kit, alterations and changes to rear fenestration at all levels, residential balcony at front fifth floor level and new terrace at ground floor rear with basement ventilation.

The Presenting Officer also tabled a revised recommendation in addition to the following amended conditions:

1.        Grant conditional permission subject to completion of a S106 legal agreement to secure the following:

i.         A late-stage viability review mechanism

ii.        Car club membership for the occupiers of all residential units for a period of 25 years.

2.        If the legal agreement has not been completed within six weeks of the date of the Committee resolution, then:

a)        The Director of Town Planning and Building Control 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 Town Planning and Building Control is authorised to determine and issue such a decision under Delegated Powers; however, if not

b)        The Director of Town Planning and Building Control 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; if so, the Director of Town Planning and Building Control is authorised to determine the application and agree appropriate reasons for refusal under Delegated Powers.

Amended Condition 3:

You must carry out the works hereby approved in compliance with the signed agreement dated 24 January 2023 confirming that the implementation of the scheme hereby approved, by the applicant or any other party, will be bound by the council's Code of Construction Practice.

Deletion of Condition 14 and replacement with: 

Amended Condition 14:

The residential unit(s) hereby approved shall be constructed to achieve mains water consumption of 105 litres or less per head per day (excluding allowance of up to five litres for external water consumption) using the fittings approach.

Reason:

To make sure that the development provides the environmental sustainability features included in your application as set out in Policies 36 and 38 of the City Plan 2019 - 2040 (April 2021).  (R44AD)

Additional Condition 21:

You must provide, maintain and retain the following energy efficiency measures before you start to use any part of the development, as set out in your application.

Air source heat pumps;

You must not remove any of these features.  (C44AA)

Reason:

To make sure that the development provides the environmental sustainability features included in your application as set out in Policies 36 and 38 of the City Plan 2019 - 2040 (April 2021).  (R44AD)

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

That the application be deferred and be reported back to committee on completion of an addendum report to fully address the lack of affordable housing within the scheme and to provide further detail on the reasons why no payment in lieu was viable.