Variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) and Condition 9 (green wall and green roof system) of planning permission 15/01532/FULM for removal of green wall on the rear elevation of the previously approved building (amended description)

The committee received the report of the interim Head of Development Management, including the relevant planning history of the site. 

The Development Management Team Leader explained that the application sought the variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) and condition 9 (green wall and green roof system) of planning permission 15/01532/FULM for removal of the green wall on the rear elevation of the previously approved building (amended description).  This application had been considered by the committee at its meeting on 5 June 2019 when a decision was deferred.

Attention was drawn to the update sheet which set out changes to conditions 1 and 8. 

Inviting comments from the committee, the Chair reiterated that the green wall as originally perceived in planning permission 15/01532/FULM was no longer an option.  Members should focus instead on the two brick designs which had been proposed by the developer. 

Councillor Watkin described the outcome of his efforts to canvass opinion from residents most impacted by changes to the green wall on Nascot Street and Malden Road.  This had proved inconclusive.

Members reflected that revisions to fire safety advice as a result of Grenfell could impact on the council’s ability to promote more innovative green solutions to new developments, particularly where land was not available for gardens.  Genuinely green elements in new developments were desirable.

The Development Management Team Leader advised that restrictions applied to structures over 18 metres in height.  New guidance was anticipated and it was not yet clear what this would specify for green walls in the future. 

The Chair moved the officer’s recommendation subject to the deed of variation and changes to conditions 1 and 8.

RESOLVED –

That planning permission be granted subject to the completion of a deed of variation to secure the planning obligations contained in the s.106 agreement dated 16 March 2017 as part of planning permission 15/01532/FULM and the conditions listed below.

1.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with

            the following approved drawings:-

            101 Rev P10; 110 Rev P10; 120 Rev P10; 121 Rev P10; PL 100; PL 101; PL 102; PL 103; PL 104; PL 105; PL 106; PL 107; PL 108; PL 109; PL 110; PL 111 Rev C; PL 115; TPP/CHSARWH/010 Rev B; and LP/CHSARWH/020 Rev B.

2.         No demolition or construction of the development hereby permitted shall take place outside the hours of 0800 to 1800 Mondays to Fridays, or 0800 to 1300 Saturdays or at any time on Sundays and Public Holidays.

3.         No part of the development shall be occupied until details of privacy screens for the balconies at Flats numbered A1-1; A2-1; A3-1; A4-1; and A5-1 have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Dwellings A1-1; A2-1; A3-1; A4-1; and A5-1 shall not be occupied until the balcony privacy screens have been installed in accordance with the approved details. The privacy screens shall be retained at all times thereafter.

4.         The roof outside Flats numbered A6-1 and A6-7 on level 6 shall not be used as a balcony, terrace or sitting out area in association with any Flat and shall only be accessed in relation to the general maintenance of the building.

5.         No part of the development shall be occupied until all works forming part of the noise attenuation scheme approved under discharge of condition application ref: 18/00207/DISCON (or any subsequent noise attenuation scheme submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority) has been completed.

6.         The development shall be carried out only in accordance with the external materials approved under discharge of condition application ref: 18/00342/DISCON (or any subsequent external materials submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority).

7.         The development shall be carried out only in accordance with the detailed elevation drawings approved under discharge of condition application ref: 18/00398/DISCON (or any subsequent detailed elevation drawings submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority).

8.         The green roof system (shown on approved Plan No. LP/CHSARWH/020 Rev B) shall be installed in accordance with the details approved under discharge of condition application ref: 18/00207/DISCON (or any subsequent details submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority). The green wall brick mural on the west facing elevation shall be constructed in Ibstock Umbra Sawtooth shaped bricks in colours GR 34 - Mint, GR 05 – Buckingham and GR 01 – Lime and in accordance with the pattern shown on drawing no. PL 115, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

9.         No part of the development shall be occupied until full details of a soft landscaping scheme have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved landscaping scheme shall be carried out not later than the first available planting and seeding season after completion of the 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 full details of a hard landscaping scheme, including details of all site boundary treatments and all fencing or enclosures within the site, have 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 tree protection measures shown in the Arboricultural Method Statement prepared by David Clarke dated October 2015 and drawing No. TPP/CHSARWH/010 Rev B shall be implemented for the duration of the construction work, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

12.       No below ground services and cabling (electricity, gas, telephone, water, cable T.V. etc.) shall be routed through the Root Protection Zones of the retained trees, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

13.       No part of the development shall be occupied until bin and cycle storage facilities have been provided in accordance with the details shown on the approved drawings. The storage facilities shall be retained at all times thereafter.

14.       The development shall be carried out only in accordance with the proposed ground levels and finished floor levels approved under discharge of condition application ref: 17/01745/DISCON (or any subsequent details submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority).

15.       No part of the development shall be occupied until the drainage scheme shown in ‘Drainage Statement 3rd Issue dated March 2018 prepared by gtaCivils’ approved under discharge of condition application ref: 18/00306/DISCON (or any subsequent details submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority) has been implemented in full.

16.       No part of the development shall be occupied until the 75 car parking spaces shown on drawing No. PL 100 have been laid out and constructed in full. These spaces shall be retained for parking cars at all times.

17.       No part of the development shall be occupied until the new vehicular crossover, as shown on drawing No. PL 101, has been laid out and constructed in full.

18.       No part of the development shall be occupied until a management plan to ensure that the ‘Drop Off Point’ shown on drawing No. PL 101 is only used for refuse collection, deliveries and loading/unloading has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the approved measures have been provided in full. These measures shall be retained as approved at all times.

19.       No part of the development shall be occupied until details of access control and security measures for the basement car park have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The access control and security measures shall be installed in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of the development and implemented at all times thereafter.

Informatives

IN907 Positive and Proactive Statement – Grant

IN909 Street Naming and Numbering.

IN910 Building Regulations

IN911 Party Wall Act

IN912 Hours of Construction

IN913 Community Infrastructure Levy

IN914 Section 106 Agreement

IN915 Highway Works – HCC agreement required