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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 4, Town Hall, Upper Street, N1 2UD

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Items
No. Item

327.

Introductions

Minutes:

Councillor Kat Fletcher welcomed everyone to the meeting. Members of the Committee and officers introduced themselves and the Chair outlined the procedures for the meeting.

328.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor Alice Donovan-Hart.

329.

Declarations of Substitute Members

Minutes:

There were no declarations of substitute members.

330.

Declarations of Interest

If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest* in an item of business:

§  if it is not yet on the council’s register, you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent;

§  you may choose to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest that is already in the register in the interests of openness and transparency. 

In both the above cases, you must leave the room without participating in discussion of the item.

 

If you have a personal interest in an item of business and you intend to speak or vote on the item you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent but you may participate in the discussion and vote on the item.

 

*(a)     Employment, etc - Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.

(b) Sponsorship - Any payment or other financial benefit in respect of your expenses in carrying out duties as a member, or of your election; including from a trade union.

(c) Contracts - Any current contract for goods, services or works, between you or your partner (or a body in which one of you has a beneficial interest) and the council.

(d) Land - Any beneficial interest in land which is within the council’s area.

(e) Licences- Any licence to occupy land in the council’s area for a month or longer.

(f) Corporate tenancies - Any tenancy between the council and a body in which you or your partner have a beneficial interest.

 (g) Securities - Any beneficial interest in securities of a body which has a place of business or land in the council’s area, if the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body or of any one class of its issued share capital. 

 

This applies to all members present at the meeting.

 

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

331.

Order of Business

Minutes:

The order of business would be as the agenda.

332.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 132 KB

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2017 be confirmed as an accurate record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

333.

Ground Floor, 24 Ray Street, London, EC1R 3DJ pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Change of use of ground and lower ground floors from office (B1a) to a mix of office (B1a) and associated crèche (D1) (Sui Generis), including replacement of external roller shutter door with a double crittall door along Crawford Passage (east elevation).

(Planning application number: P2017/3825/FUL)

 

The planning officer advised that condition 8 would be replaced with a time limit condition of five years. There would also be an additional condition to ensure that the crèche ran in conjunction with the office space and not independently.

 

In the discussion the following points were made:

·        Concern was raised regarding the loss of 30% office space which was a breach in policy.  In response, it was noted that the crèche would support and improve the function of the existing office accommodation and would be linked to the office space, there would be a time limited condition to control future use and the Local Plan detailed that use, such as childcare facilities, could be appropriate.

·        Members also raised concern regarding the length of marketing time which had been nine months and not the required two years. It was noted that during the nine months marketing period there had been only two offers and the other offer was substantially below the rental requested. The marketing evidence was broadly complaint with policy and the application was considered to be broadly acceptable on balance.

·        Members raised concern that the proposed five year time limit was not usual and considered that a shorter time period would be more acceptable.

·        Concerns were raised that hours for construction work were not restricted and could cause noise nuisance to local residents.

 

Councillor Robert Khan proposed a motion to reduce the time limit to three years. This was seconded by Councillor James Court and carried.

Councillor James Court proposed a motion to add a condition to limit building work from 9am to 5pm on Mondays and Fridays only.  This was seconded by Councillor Jenny Kay and carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in Appendix 1 of the officer report and the amended condition and additional conditions outlined above, the wording of which was delegated to officers and detailed below for completeness.

 

Agreed delegated wording

 

CONDITION: Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) Order 2016 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), the premises forming the subject of this permission identified on the approved drawings as being used for B1 (office)/D1 (crèche) shall cease within 3 years of the date of this permission. The use shall revert back to being solely B1a office floorspace and for no other purpose including any other purpose within the Schedule of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 2015 (as amended, or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order).

 

REASON: To protect the short to long term viability of the commercial area and unjustified loss of business floorspace in a highly accessible CAZ location.

CONDITION: The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 333.

334.

Willow Court, Eden Grove, London, N7 8EH pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Replacement existing single glazed timber framed windows and doors on the northern and southern elevations with double glazed UPVC windows and doors.

(Planning application number: P2017/1578/FUL)

 

In the discussion the following points were made:

·        Members noted and considered the Councils design and conservation officer’s objections to the scheme but assessed the surrounding context and replacement windows within the submission and considered that the application was policy compliant.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in Appendix 1 of the officer report.