Agenda item

Description:

Demolition of existing commercial buildings and erection of a part 3- storey, part 4-storey residential development comprising 26 flats (7 no. 1-bed, 17 no. 2-bed and 2 no. 3-bed) together with associated parking and amenity space. Reconfiguration of existing office car park and installation of car stackers.

 

Additional Information:

The Assistant Head of Planning reported that two late letters of representation had been received and that the issues raised were covered in the Committee report.

 

In addition, amended plans had been received showing changes to the balconies/roof terrace at Units A5, A9 and A13 to improve the relationship with neighbouring properties.

 

Furthermore a late consultation response had been received from the Surrrey County Council Local Lead Flood Authority (County Sustainable Drainage Officer) raising no objection, subject to the following conditions.

 

Conditions

 

Condition 2 is to be amended as follows:

 

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and drawings:           

1504 PL(2-)01 Rev. C;/ 02 Rev. B; /03 Rev. B; /10 Rev. D; /11 Rev. B; /12; /13; /15 Rev. C; /19; /23; /26; /27; /28; /29 received 10 February 2016.

Amended plans 1504 PL(2-)16 Rev. G; /18 Rev. F; /24 Rev. D; /25 Rev. D received 20 May 2016

Amended plans 1504 PL(2-)21 Rev. F received 26 May 2016

 

Reason:- For the avoidance of doubt and in the interest of proper planning

 

Additional conditions (32 and 33) to be added in relation to controlling the use of part of the roof terrace of Unit A13 and privacy screens:

 

Condition 32

The proposed 4^th floor outdoor terrace portion to the south of the 2 no. privacy screens, as shown on approved drawing 1504 PL(2-)18 Rev. F, shall not be used as a sitting/standing out area for the associated residential Unit A13 and shall only be used for maintenance purposes.

 

Reason:- To safeguard the amenity of neighbouring residential properties.

 

Condition 33

Prior to the occupation of the development, details of the proposed privacy screens to be installed on the roof terrace of Unit A13 shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The privacy screens shall be installed prior to the occupation of Unit A13 in accordance with the agreed details and thereafter maintained.

 

Reason:- To safeguard the amenity of neighbouring residential properties.

 

Amended and Additional Conditions from Surrrey County Council Local Lead Flood Authority:

 

Amended Conditions

 

Condition 22 – To be replaced with the following condition

 

Prior to construction of the development hereby approved the following drawings need to be supplied to and approved in writing by the local planning authority:

 

(i) A drainage layout detailing the exact location of SUDs elements, including finished floor levels

 

(ii)A fully labelled network diagram of proposed sewer size, locations, manhole details etc.) of every element of the proposed drainage system (pipes, storage areas, etc.) and how these relate to submitted calculations.

 

(iii) Separate, more detailed engineering plans (including levels, detail drawings, long sections and cross sections etc.) will be needed for each of the SuDS and critical drainage elements, including the details of the methods of flow control.

 

Reason: - To ensure that the design fully meets the requirements of the national SuDS technical standards.

 

 

Condition 23 – To be amended

 

Before the commencement of the construction of the development hereby approved details of how the Sustainable Drainage System will cater for system failure or exceedance events, both on and offsite, must be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority.

 

Reason: To ensure that the proposal has fully considered flood events exceeding design capacity.

 

 

Condition 24 – To be amended

 

Prior to construction of the development, details of the proposed maintenance regimes for each of the Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) elements must be  submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Reason:  To ensure the drainage system is maintained throughout its life time to an acceptable standard.

 

 

Condition 25 – To be amended

 

Before the commencement of the construction of the development hereby approved, details of how the Sustainable Drainage System will be protected and maintained during the construction of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall thereafter be carried out in strict accordance with those approved details.

           

Reason:  To ensure that the construction works do not compromise the functioning of the agreed Sustainable Drainage System.

 

 

Condition 26 – To be amended

 

Prior to occupation, a verification report carried out by a qualified drainage engineer must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to demonstrate that the Sustainable Urban Drainage System has been constructed as per the agreed scheme.

 

Reason: To ensure the Sustainable Drainage System is built to the approved designs.

 

 

New Conditions

 

Condition 34

 

Prior to the commencement of the construction details of run off rates and volume calculations for the 1 in 1 year, 1 in 30 year and 1 in 100 year + 30% Climate Change storm events shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To ensure that the system can cater for the above storm events as per the technical standards

 

 

Condition 35

 

Before the commencement of construction details to demonstrate that development is permitted to connect into the public sewer and agreement of the discharge rate into the surface water system shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To ensure that the final drainage design mitigates flood risk on or off site.

 

 

 

 

Public Speaking:

In accordance with the Council’s procedure for speaking at committee meetings, Kay Frier spoke against the proposed development and raised the following key points:

 

·Piling concerns

·Design out of keeping with area

·Overshadowing

·Overlooking

·Increased traffic

·Increased noise, particularly from the car stacker

·Parking shortfall and no provision for visitors

·Dense, scheme should be reduced in size

 

In accordance with the Council’s procedure for speaking at committee meetings, Muireann Murphy spoke for the proposed development and raised the following key points

 

·Discussed with officer in pre-application meeting

·Privacy is acceptable

·Shadow study demonstrates satisfactory light impact

·Character of area is mixed; design is acceptable

·Is a reduction from original scheme of 37 flats

·Highway issues are acceptable

·1 parking space per unit provided in a sustainable location

·Will provide 26 new homes

 

Debate:

During the debate the following key issues were raised:

• Good use of site
• Privacy concerns addressed
• Query over car stackers
• No affordable housing provided, possibly help to buy housing
• Overdevelopment
• Inadequate car parking

 

Decision:

The application was approved as set out in the report of the Head of Planning and Housing Strategy subject to the following amended and additional conditions:

 

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and drawings:           

1504 PL(2-)01 Rev. C;/ 02 Rev. B; /03 Rev. B; /10 Rev. D; /11 Rev. B; /12; /13; /15 Rev. C; /19; /23; /26; /27; /28; /29 received 10 February 2016.

Amended plans 1504 PL(2-)16 Rev. G; /18 Rev. F; /24 Rev. D; /25 Rev. D received 20 May 2016

Amended plans 1504 PL(2-)21 Rev. F received 26 May 2016

 

Reason:- For the avoidance of doubt and in the interest of proper planning

 

Additional conditions (32 and 33) to be added in relation to controlling the use of part of the roof terrace of Unit A13 and privacy screens:

 

Condition 32

The proposed 4^th floor outdoor terrace portion to the south of the 2 no. privacy screens, as shown on approved drawing 1504 PL(2-)18 Rev. F, shall not be used as a sitting/standing out area for the associated residential Unit A13 and shall only be used for maintenance purposes.

 

Reason:- To safeguard the amenity of neighbouring residential properties.

 

Condition 33

Prior to the occupation of the development, details of the proposed privacy screens to be installed on the roof terrace of Unit A13 shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The privacy screens shall be installed prior to the occupation of Unit A13 in accordance with the agreed details and thereafter maintained.

 

Reason:- To safeguard the amenity of neighbouring residential properties.

 

Amended and Additional Conditions from Surrrey County Council Local Lead Flood Authority:

 

Amended Conditions

 

Condition 22 – To be replaced with the following condition

 

Prior to construction of the development hereby approved the following drawings need to be supplied to and approved in writing by the local planning authority:

 

(i)            A drainage layout detailing the exact location of SUDs elements, including finished floor levels

 

(ii)           A fully labelled network diagram of proposed sewer size, locations, manhole details etc.) of every element of the proposed drainage system (pipes, storage areas, etc.) and how these relate to submitted calculations.

 

(iii)         Separate, more detailed engineering plans (including levels, detail drawings, long sections and cross sections etc.) will be needed for each of the SuDS and critical drainage elements, including the details of the methods of flow control.

 

Reason: - To ensure that the design fully meets the requirements of the national SuDS technical standards.

 

Condition 23 – To be amended

 

Before the commencement of the construction of the development hereby approved details of how the Sustainable Drainage System will cater for system failure or exceedance events, both on and offsite, must be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority.

 

Reason: To ensure that the proposal has fully considered flood events exceeding design capacity.

 

Condition 24 – To be amended

 

Prior to construction of the development, details of the proposed maintenance regimes for each of the Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) elements must be  submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Reason:  To ensure the drainage system is maintained throughout its life time to an acceptable standard.

 

Condition 25 – To be amended

 

Before the commencement of the construction of the development hereby approved, details of how the Sustainable Drainage System will be protected and maintained during the construction of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall thereafter be carried out in strict accordance with those approved details.

           

Reason:  To ensure that the construction works do not compromise the functioning of the agreed Sustainable Drainage System.

 

Condition 26 – To be amended

 

Prior to occupation, a verification report carried out by a qualified drainage engineer must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to demonstrate that the Sustainable Urban Drainage System has been constructed as per the agreed scheme.

 

Reason: To ensure the Sustainable Drainage System is built to the approved designs.

 

New Conditions

 

Condition 34

 

Prior to the commencement of the construction details of run off rates and volume calculations for the 1 in 1 year, 1 in 30 year and 1 in 100 year + 30% Climate Change storm events shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To ensure that the system can cater for the above storm events as per the technical standards

 

 

Condition 35

 

Before the commencement of construction details to demonstrate that development is permitted to connect into the public sewer and agreement of the discharge rate into the surface water system shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To ensure that the final drainage design mitigates flood risk on or off site.