Issue - meetings

Proposal

Demolition of the existing vacant buildings on site and the erection of a building over 3 floors to provide 14 Fats (4 x 1 bed, 9 x 2 beds and 1 x 3 beds) with parking and amenity space.

Officer Recommendation

The application is recommended for approval subject to conditions.

Description:

Demolition of existing building and development of 14 apartments including refuse storage, cycle storage, associated car parking and landscaping

Additional Information:

The Senior Planning Officer advised the Committee that:

Update to paragraph 7.3 – The Housing Delivery Test results were published on 21 January 2021. The score for Spelthorne was 50%.

Paragraph 7.68 should be revised as follows:

The current building lies on previously undeveloped land within a residential area which has been predominantly used for residential purposes. However, it is likely that the property has been constructed on Made Ground which could pose a potential risk to the sensitive end use. The Council’s Pollution Control Officer has raised no objection but requested standard conditions to be imposed requiring a further investigation to be carried out to refine risks and remediation measures. Subject to these conditions, the proposal is considered acceptable in accordance with Policy EN15.

Paragraph 7.71 on the Equality Act should also include:

It is noted that the proposed development will likely have an impact on the children attending the day nursery at Roslin Nursery. The recognised impact would come from the demolition/construction works and would likely result in disturbance in the form of noise and dust, however this is something that is controlled by a different regime. The Environmental Health Department has been consulted and noted the close proximity to sensitive receptors including the nursery and recommend a condition for construction and demolition to include a Dust Management Plan to help to mitigate the impact.

Add additional condition and reason:

Condition: No demolition or construction work shall take place until, a Construction Environmental Management Plan incorporating a Demolition Method Statement, a Dust Management Plan (DMP) and a pre-demolition asbestos survey, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The agreed methodology and mitigation measures shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To protect local air quality and help prevent statutory nuisance.

The Council has received two further letters of representation from Staines Town Society raising a number of issues which had already been addressed in the report but in addition noted the location of the bin store and parking/access adjacent to the boundary with The Rookery along with fire

engine access to the rear. It was noted the parking/vehicular access is in the same position as existing. The bins store needs to be located to the front for collection and given the design and scale, are considered to have an acceptable impact on amenity. In addition, fire engine access was considered acceptable by Building Control and engines do not need to get to the rear of the property.

Public Speaking:

In accordance with the Council’s procedure for speaking at meetings, Mr Saxton spoke against the proposed development raising the following key points:

1.    The volume of traffic in Rookery Road will increase significantly.

2.    There will not be enough off-street parking for the proposed number of units.

3.    There is no provision in the plans for any turning  ...  view the full minutes text for item 23