Agenda item

Demolition of the existing building and erection of a new office building with an ancillary ground floor cafe and basement parking

The committee received the report of the interim Head of Development Management, including the relevant planning history of the site and details of the responses to the application. 

 

The Development Management Team Leader (HN) explained that the application proposed the demolition of the existing building and erection of a new office building, with an ancillary cafe at ground floor, basement parking and associated ground, drainage, landscaping, engineering and access works.

 

Attention was drawn to the update sheet which included amendments to the drawing numbers and a correction to the report.  In addition, it was noted that the applicant had signed a unilateral pledge to make a financial contribution to local environmental improvements and to travel plan monitoring.

 

There were no speakers.  The Chair invited comments from the committee.

 

Members of the committee welcomed the development, which would make a positive contribution to the important employment area on Clarendon Road.  It was hoped that early progress would be made to develop the site.

 

The Chair moved the officer’s recommendations.

 

RESOLVED –

 

That, pursuant to a planning obligation under s.106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 having been completed to secure the following Heads of Terms, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions listed below:

 

Section 106 Heads of Terms

 

i)                    The provision of fire hydrants to serve the development in accordance with Policy INF1 of the Watford Local Plan Core Strategy 2006-31 and saved Policy H10 of the Watford District Plan 2000 if this were to be required.

 

ii)                  The cost of monitoring and administrating Travel Plan to the sum of £6000.

 

iii)                Financial contribution to the Clarendon Road public realm improvements to the sum of £94,000.

 

Conditions

 

1.         The development to which this permission relates shall be begun within a period of three years commencing on the date of this permission.

           

2.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved drawings:-

 

3066-199-Rev E-Location plan-A3

3066-201-Rev J-Basement B1 floor plan-A1

3066-202-Rev L-Proposed Landscape Plan-A1

3066-203-Rev N-Ground floor plan-A1

3066-204-Rev K-First floor plan-A1

3066-205-Rev J-Second floor plan-A1

3066-206-Rev J-Third floor plan-A1

3066-207-Rev J-Fourth floor plan-A1

3066-208-Rev J-Fifth Floor Plan-A1

3066-209-Rev K-Sixth Floor Plan-A1

3066-210-Rev J-Seventh Floor Plan-A1

3066-211-Rev J-Eighth Floor Plan-A1

3066-212-Rev J-Ninth Floor Plan-A1

3066-213-Rev G-Roof Plan-A1

3066-215-Rev B-Tenth Floor-A1

3066-220-Rev M-Elevations-A1

3066-230-Rev E-Level 06-Proposed Terrace Landscape Plan-A1

3066-231-Rev D-Level 08-Proposed Terrace Landscape Plan-A1

3066-232-Rev A-Level 07-Proposed Terrace Landscape Plan-A1

3066-240-Rev B-Refuse Store-A1

3066-302-Rev J-Planning Sections-A1

 

3.         No construction works above damp proof course shall commence until full details and samples of the materials to be used for the external surfaces of the building (including walls, roofs, windows, doors and balconies) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

4.         The development permitted by this planning permission shall be carried out in accordance with the Drainage Strategy and Sustainable Drainage Maintenance Plan carried out by CWA reference CWA/18/125 dated 19 July 2018 and the following mitigation measures:

 

1.      Implementing appropriate SuDS measures to include porous surfacing.

2.      Providing attenuation to ensure no increase in surface water run-off volumes for all rainfall events up to and including the 1 in 100 year + climate change event.

3.      Discharge into Thames Water Sewer restricted to a maximum of 69.1 l/s for the 1:100 plus climate change event.

 

            The scheme shall be fully implemented and subsequently maintained, in accordance with the timing / phasing arrangements embodied within the scheme, or within any other period as may subsequently be agreed, in writing, by the local planning authority.

 

5.         No development other than demolition and site clearance shall take place until a detailed surface water drainage scheme for the site based on the approved FRA and sustainable drainage principles and an assessment of the hydrological and hydro geological context of the development, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The drainage strategy should demonstrate the surface water run-off generated up to and including 1 in 100 year + climate change critical storm will not exceed the run-off from the undeveloped site following the corresponding rainfall event. The scheme shall subsequently be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the development is completed.

 

            The scheme shall also include:

1.      Details of how the scheme shall be maintained and managed after completion.

2.      Details of the proposed drainage scheme providing a drainage plan showing the location of any proposed SuDS, pipe runs.

3.      Detailed engineered drawings of the proposed SuDS features including their size, volume, depth and any inlet and outlet features including any connecting pipe runs.

 

            The scheme shall be fully implemented and subsequently maintained, in accordance with the timing / phasing arrangements embodied within the scheme, or within any other period as may subsequently be agreed, in writing, by the local planning authority.

 

6.         No impact piling shall take place until a piling method statement (detailing the depth and type of piling to be undertaken and the methodology by which such piling will be carried out, including measures to prevent and minimise the potential for damage to subsurface sewerage infrastructure, and the programme for the works) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Any piling must be undertaken in accordance with the terms of the approved piling method statement.

 

7.         If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development shall be carried out until the developer has submitted to, and obtained written approval from, the Local Planning Authority for a remediation strategy detailing how this unsuspected contamination is to be dealt with. All works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

           

8.         No part of the development shall be occupied until the refuse and recycling store to serve the development, as shown on the approved drawings, has been constructed and made available for use. This facility shall be retained as approved at all times.

 

9.         No part of the development shall be occupied until a detailed soft landscaping scheme for all the land within the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include the depth of the planter boxers over the basement areas as well as those over the terraces. The approved landscaping scheme shall be carried out not later than the first available planting and seeding season after completion of development. Any trees or plants whether new or existing which within a period of five years die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, or in accordance with details approved by the Local Planning Authority.

 

10.       No part of the development shall be occupied until a detailed hard landscaping scheme for all the land within the site, including details of all site boundary treatments and external lighting, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and the works have been carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

11.       The office floor space shall not be occupied until a detailed Travel Plan, based upon the Hertfordshire County Council document 'Hertfordshire Green Travel Plan Guidance’, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning. The travel plan shall then be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme thereafter.

 

12.       For the avoidance of doubt, no communications development permitted by Class B or Class C of Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 shall be undertaken on the building.

 

13.       No plant or equipment shall be sited on the external elevations of the building unless details of the plant or equipment have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include size, appearance, siting and technical specifications relating to noise.

 

14.       No construction work above damp proof course shall commence until the details of boundary treatment and in particular privacy screens over the terraces has been submitted to and has been provided in writing by the local planning authority. Thereafter the scheme shall be implemented in accordance to the approved scheme.

 

15.       No part of the development shall have a distance of less than 11 metres to the boundary of no 9 Monmouth Street.

 

16.       Before first use of the development, signage shall be erected at both accesses to show the one-way entry and exit arrangement.

 

17.       No construction work above damp proof course shall take place until plans have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to illustrate the roads, footways, cycle ways, foul and surface water drainage. All construction works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans.

 

18.       Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted the proposed access /onsite car and cycle parking / servicing / loading, unloading / turning /waiting area shall be laid out, demarcated, levelled, surfaced and drained in accordance with the approved plan and retained thereafter available for that specific use.

 

19.       Prior to the occupation of the development hereby permitted, the detail of the Electric vehicle charging points shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. All EVCPs shall be installed in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of each of the units and permanently maintained and retained.

 

20.       Prior to the occupation of the development hereby permitted, the development shall include provision for 20% of the car parking spaces to be designated for plug-in Electric Vehicles (EV) and served by EV ready charging points.

 

21.       Prior to first occupation of the development, a Car Parking Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. It shall include the information prescribed in the TA and the following:

 

·        Details of car parking allocation and distribution;

·        Methods to minimise on-street car parking;

·        A scheme for the provision and parking of cycles; and,

·        Monitoring required of the Car Parking Management Plan to be submitted to and approved in writing in accordance with a timeframe to be agreed by the local planning authority.

 

            The Car Parking Management Plan shall be fully implemented before the development is first occupied or brought into use, in accordance with a timeframe agreed by the Local Planning Authority, and thereafter retained for this purpose.

 

22.       Prior to the commencement of the use hereby permitted, a Servicing and Delivery Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Servicing and Delivery plan shall incorporate the servicing arrangements for the use and adequate provision for the storage of delivery vehicles within the site. The Servicing and Delivery Plan should also include details of refuse collection and waste management within the site.

 

Informatives

IN912 Hours of Construction

IN913 Community Infrastructure Levy Liability

IN914 Section 106 Agreement

IN909 Street Naming and Numbering

IN907 Considered in positive and proactive manner

IN915 Highway Works – HCC agreement required