Agenda item

Use of second floor as offices (Class B1). Installation of new shopfronts

on Regent Street and replacement of roller shutter with new shopfront on

Glasshouse Street.Internal reconfiguration. Installation of roof top plant

and reconfiguration of roof top structures. Use of part basement as

ancillary cycle storage.

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

Revised recommendation:

1. Grant conditional permission subject to S106 agreement to secure the following:

(a) Payment to fund works to the highway at Glasshouse Street to raise the redundant dropped kerb

(b) Costs of monitoring the S106 agreement.

2. If the S106 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.

3. 2. Grant conditional listed building consent

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

Additional Condition 15

You must not start work on the site until we have approved appropriate arrangements for securing the removal of the dropped kerb onto Glasshouse Street and its replacement with at grade pavement to match the adjoining pavement. You must include in the arrangements details of when these works will take place and how you will guarantee this timing.

You must not occupy the second floor as offices until the dropped kerb onto Glasshouse Street has been removed and has been replaced with at grade pavement to match the adjoining pavement further to the above approved arrangements

Reason:

To secure an improved pedestrian environment, as required by Policy S41 of the Westminster City Plan (adopted in November 2016) and Policy TRANS 3 of the Unitary Development Plan (adopted January 2007).

Additional Informative 8

Condition 15 prevents work starting on the development until you have applied for, and we have given, our approval for certain matters. It is important that you are aware that any work you start on the development before we have given our approval will not be authorised by this permission.  (I77BA)

Additional Informative 9

Under Condition 15 we are likely to accept an agreement under Section 278 of the Highway Act (1980) to secure the removal of the dropped kerb onto Glasshouse Street and its replacement with at grade pavement to match the adjoining pavement. Once the wording of the agreement has been finalised, you should submit an application for approval of the details required by Condition 15.

A late representation was received from CBRE (23/2/17).

RESOLVED:

1.            That conditional planning consent be granted subject to the additional

condition and additional informatives as tabled and set out above.

2.            That conditional listed building consent be granted.

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