Agenda item

Demolition and reconstruction behind a retained front facade of 41, 43, 57, 59 and 63 Pimlico Road including the realignment of the rear elevation, the installation of new roof structures to match the existing, and the creation of external terraces; demolition of 61 Pimlico Road (the element directly fronting onto Pimlico Road) and construction of infill accommodation at ground, first, second and third floors; replacement of shopfronts to 41, 43, 57, 59 and 63 Pimlico Road; retention and sub-division of the builders' yard at 61 Pimlico Road (behind the frontage to Pimlico Road), installation of a partial mezzanine floor and creation of lateral connections at ground floor level to 41, 43, 57 and 59 Pimlico Road; replacement of the builders' yard glazed roof lantern; creation of roof level plant enclosure above part of the builders' yard; creation of 4no. Class A1 retail units at basement, ground and mezzanine level, with 7no. Class C3 residential dwellings at the first, second and third floor levels

(with ground floor access); sub-surface excavation including lowering of ground floor slabs and the creation of additional basement accommodation; together with other external alterations.

Additional representations were received from Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson (writing in as a resident, 11.10.2016), Grosvenor (undated), Tommaso Franzolini (12.10.2016), The Belgravia Society (10.10.2016. 27.06.2016, 22.09.016)), Gerald Eve (27.06.2016), The Victorian Society (12.10.2016), C L Manton (27.05.2016), Sarah Paterson (07.06.2016), Patrick Jefferson (02.07.2016), Craig Carrington (27.07.2016), Rosie Uniacke (02.09.2016), George Donath (09.09.2016), Luke Irwin (07.10.2016), Rosalyn Wilkinson (03.10.2016), David Ewen (05.10.2016), Paulo Moschino (11.10.2016), Nick Moore (11.10.2016), GJA Tobin (11.10.2016), Nimrita Datwani (07.10.2016), Jane Enright (03.10.2016), Hugo Portuondo and Diego Portunondo (10.10.2016), Lucy Ramsey (10.10.2016), Graham Huntley (10.10.2016), Lois Pelham-Lane (10.10.2016), Toby Francis-Bromley (10.10.2016), Jane Butcher (10.10.2016), Pimlico Road Association (10.10.2016), Sally Hinton (11.10.2016), John Hackman (11.10.2016), Robert Cassels (12.10.2016), Alex Robinson (12.10.2016), Marcos Pierotti (12.10.2016), Anthony James (12.10.2016), Joanna Staughton (12.10.2016), Christina Freyberg (12.10.2016), Mark Connor (13.10.2016), Joanna Clarke (13.10.2016), Sarah Ford (13.10.2016), John Kite (13.10.2016), Sunil Chuni (13.10.2016) and Sarah Fenton (14.10.2016).

Late representations were received from Rashim Arora (16.10.2016), Alan Smith (17.10.2016), Rebecca Simmonds (17.10.2016), Vladka Ryzlerova (17.10.2016), Peter Borthwick (17.10.2016), Wyn Morgan (17.10.2016), Thomas Oates (17.10.2016), Caroline Colvin (17.10.2016), G J A Tobin (12.10.2016) and The Belgravia Society (18.10.2016).

A petition submitted by the Pimlico Road Campaign Team containing 1,235 signatures and 345 questionnaires from local addresses that were not in the original report were also received and made available to the Committee prior to the meeting.

Councillor Jason Williams addressed the Committee in his capacity as a Ward Councillor in objecting to the application.

RESOLVED:

1.         That conditional permission be granted, subject to a Section 106 legal agreement to secure the following:

i.              All highway works surrounding the site required for the development to occur including changes to on-street restrictions and footway repaving to Pimlico Road, all costs to be borne by the applicant; and

ii.            Lifetime (25 years) car club membership for the occupiers of each residential unit.

2.         That if the Section 106 legal agreement has not been completed within six weeks of the date of this resolution, then:

a) The Director of Planning shall consider whether it will be possible or appropriate to issue the permission with additional conditions attached to secure the benefits listed above. If so, the Director of Planning is authorised to determine and issue the decision under Delegated Powers; however, if not;

b) The Director of Planning shall consider whether the permission should be refused on the grounds that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence of benefits which would have been secured; if so, the Director of Planning is authorised to determine the application and agree appropriate reasons for refusal under Delegated Powers.

Councillor Boothroyd requested that his dissent against approving the application be recorded on the grounds that he felt that the proposals would be harmful to the Belgravia Conservation Area and he objected to the proposed changes to the retail units and replacement of the builders’ yard glazed roof lantern.