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Refurbishment of existing listed building, including internal and external alterations, alongside proposed single storey courtyard infill extension, four storey rear addition and single storey roof extension to provide Class E(g) floorspace (with identified areas at ground and first floor restricted to Class E(g)(iii) light industrial) as well as ancillary café use; the provision of landscaping; cycle storage; waste storage and other associated works

(Planning application number: P2022/2063/FUL

The Chair informed the meeting that B1, B2 and B3 will be taken together as they interact together and part of the strategy presented by the applicant which is to relocate the affordable workspace from the HYLO building in Bunhill Row to Garrett Street. Planning Officer will present the planning application and listed building consent for Garrett Street first after which committee will receive a presentation on the planning application for the HYLO building. All objections relating to the 3 applications will be taken together and not individually after which the applicant will invited to respond. 
Prior to the presentation, the following points were made:

·       The Planning Officer informed the meeting of a number of updates, a slight error in condition 2 which has now been corrected, that Section drawing numbers 143 and 144 have been superseded by Revisions P03,

·       Also condition 11: “Notwithstanding the plans hereby approved”, details of the delivery & servicing strategy and site-wide waste strategy for the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to occupation of the development hereby approved. “The details shall demonstrate that the strategy would not give rise to unacceptable impacts on the highway network, in particular the flow of vehicular traffic and pedestrian safety.”

·       And a New condition: (Archaeology) CONDITION: No demolition or development shall take place until a written scheme of investigation (WSI) for an archaeological watching brief has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing. 

In presentation and discussion, the following points were made:

·       The site is within London’s Central Activities Zone as well as in St Luke’s Conservation Area. The consented affordable workspace in the HYLO building is to be relocated to the site. The area is surrounded by a mixture of commercial and residential uses.

·       Meeting was advised that the existing building is three storeys in height and was constructed as a stables for up to 100 shire horses in 1897, that many of the original features still remain and the building is grade II statutorily listed. Members were advised that there have been a considerable number of modern interventions.

·       In addition to the above, the Planning Officer stated that the original blacksmith’s building has been removed and a more recent lean-to is located in the courtyard space, that there have been further minor interventions to the building which have also occurred in association with the building’s more recent use as a shooting gallery and a builder’s merchants which is a sui generis light industrial use.

·       Meeting were informed that the existing building is relatively low-rise compared  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

Refurbishment of existing listed building, including internal and external alterations, alongside proposed single storey courtyard infill extension, four storey rear addition and single storey roof extension to provide Class E(g) floorspace (with identified areas at ground and first floor restricted to Class E(g)(iii) light industrial) as well as ancillary café use; the provision of landscaping; cycle storage; waste storage and other associated works. Listed Building Consent ref: P2022/2097/LBC also submitted.

(Listed Building Consent: P2022/2097/LBC)

Item was considered with B1

RESOLVED:

That following consideration of the case officer’s report (the assessment and recommendations therein), the presentation to Committee, submitted representations and objections provided verbally at this meeting, Listed Building Consent be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in Appendix 1 of the officer report and subject to the prior completion of a Deed of Planning Obligation made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 securing the heads of terms as set out in Appendix 1 of the officer report.

Section 73 application involving the variation of Condition 2 (Drawing and Document Numbers) of Planning Permission Ref. P2017/4939/S73  dated 27/07/2018. The amendment involves the replacement on site of the consented affordable workspace with commercial office floorspace.

(Planning application number: P2022/3516/S73)

Item was considered with Item B1

RESOLVED:

That following consideration of the case officer’s report (the assessment and recommendations therein), the presentation to Committee, submitted representations and objections provided verbally at this meeting, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in Appendix 1 of the officer report and the additional condition outlined above; and subject to the prior completion of a Deed of Planning Obligation made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 securing the heads of terms as set out in Appendix 1 of the officer report as amended above, the wording of which was delegated to officers.