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Agenda item

Westminster Fire Station, 4 Greycoat Place, London, SW1P 1SB

Minutes:

Use of the Fire Station (ground floor) as Class A3 and (four upper floors) as Class C3 use (6 flats) with associated internal and external alterations.Demolition of the existing rear buildings and replacement with a five storey residential building to provide 11 flats with balconies, excavation of one storey basement under the entire footprint of the site to accommodate A3 use and residential use. Installation of photovoltaic panels to roof level of rear building. Rebuilding of the existing rear tower with installation of plant on top.

 

Additional representations were received from Christopher Davis (2.12.16), Clare Annamalai (2.12.16), Hilary Johnson (1.12.16), Dr Guy Northridge (30.11.16), Stephen Black (30.11.16), Victor Farhi (29.11.16), Emmett de Monterey (29.11.16), Charles Rose (29.11.16), Alessandro Vittorini (29.11.16), Ida Hochman (28.11.16), Susan Timbrell (28.11.16), Jennifer Solomon (28.11.16), Bruce Rayner (28.11.16), Rachael Macpherson (28.11.16) and Andrew Stainer (26.11.16).

 

Late representations were received from Michael O’Brien (6.12.16), Nitin Parshotam (5.12.16), Martin Fricker (5.12.16), Tim and Barbara Benton (3.12.16 & 4.12.16), Derek Butler (2.12.16) and Fiona Jones (6.12.16).

 

The presenting officer tabled the following changes to the recommendation and draft decision letter.

Remove 2 part iii of the recommendation:

The applicant to comply with the Council's Code of Construction Practice, provide a Site Environmental Management Plan including  a Construction Access Plan for Artillery Mansions prior to commencement of development to ensure access is not affected and provide a financial contribution of £52,000 per annum during demolition and construction to fund the Environmental Inspectorate and monitoring by Environmental Sciences officers.

 

Add the following to the recommendation:

3. Grant conditional listed building consent.

4. Agree the reasons for granted listed building consent as set out in Informative 1 of the draft decision letter.

 

 

Add the following Conditions:

 

Condition 34

Prior to the commencement of any demolition or construction on site the applicant  shall provide evidence that any implementation of the scheme hereby approved, by the applicant or any other party, will be bound by the council's Code of Construction Practice. Such evidence must take the form of a completed Appendix A of the Code of Construction Practice, signed by the applicant and approved by the Council's Environmental Inspectorate, which constitutes an agreement to comply with the code and requirements contained therein.

 

Reason

To protect the environment of neighbouring occupiers.  This is as set out in S29 and S32 of Westminster's City Plan (November 2016) and ENV 6 of our Unitary Development Plan that we adopted in January 2007.

 

 

 

 

Condition 35

You must apply to us for approval of a construction access plan to demonstrate how the pedestrian and vehicle access between Artillery Mansions and Greycoat Place will remain fully accessible during construction.

 

You must not start work until we have approved what you have sent us. You must then carry out the work according to these details.

 

Reason

To protect the environment of neighbouring occupiers as set out in S29 of Westminster's City Plan (November 2016).

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.            Members considered that the additional set-backs proposed for the five storey residential building are sufficient to improve the amenity impact of the development to the residents in Artillery Mansions.

 

2.            Subject to 1 above, conditional permission be granted subject to:

 

A)    a S106 legal agreement to secure the following:

 

             i.             A replacement social and community facility with a minimum 256m2 floorspace (gross external area) to be provided elsewhere in the City.

            ii.             A payment of £500,000 to be held in escrow until the applicant has provided a suitable replacement social and community facility within a period of four years from the date of the planning permission.

           iii.             Life-time car club membership (25 years) for residents of the development;

           iv.             Highway works surrounding the site required for the development to occur;

            v.             Setting up a community liaison group;

           vi.             Costs of monitoring the S106 agreement.

 

B)   The additional conditions as tabled and set out above.

 

If the S106 legal agreement has not been completed within three months 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.

 

3.  That conditional listed building consent be granted.

 

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

 

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