Agenda and minutes

Councillor Klute welcomed everyone to the meeting. Members of the Committee and officers introduced themselves.

Apologies were received from Councillor Clarke.

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The order of business would be B2/B3 and B1

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 22 May be confirmed as an accurate record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a pair of 5- storey buildings plus basements comprising 4 retail units and 1 mixed retail/cafe unit up to 742sq.m, flexible employment space up to 878sq.m and 8 self-contained flats, together with cycle and refuse storage

(Planning application number: P2023/0007/FUL)

In the discussion the following points were made:

• The Planning Officer updated that the Heads of Terms set out in paragraph 15.29 of the officer report are to be included in the Appendix 1 of the report as they were omitted.

·       In terms of key planning consideration, the Planning Officer advised the meeting that the main issues arising from the proposal relate to, Land Use; Design & Conservation; Affordable Housing; Quality of Accommodation; Neighbouring Amenity and Energy & Sustainability.

·       In terms of land use, meeting was advised Planning permission is sought for the redevelopment of 129 – 133 Fonthill Road and 13- 14 Goodwin Street to provide a more effective and enhanced mixed use offer for the site, that the proposed development would maintain three separate shop units at the ground floor on Fonthill Road and the creation of new active frontages to Goodwin Street accommodating flexible town centre uses including retail and food and drink.

·       In addition to the above the meeting was advised that the proposed development also seeks to deliver a small net addition of office floorspace which would, in any case constitute modern good condition floorspace demonstrating a significant improvement over the current provision. The scheme would also include residential P-RPT-COM-Main accommodation which is not currently on site but has benefited from planning consent in earlier planning applications.

·       With regard to retail provision, the Planning Officer informed the meeting that the existing retail is currently provided at 129, 131 and 133 Fonthill Road at the ground floor only, with no retail on upper floors and no retail within the Goodwin Street frontages, however the proposed development seeks to provide basement floorspace dedicated to the retail use, reprovide three shop units at 129, 131 an 133 Fonthill Road and provide retail floorspace for the first time on the Goodwin Street frontage. This results in an increase from the existing 243sq.m to 555sq.m of retail floorspace, which constitutes a net increase of 312sq.m. This is a significant increase on the previous consent (P2021/1955/FUL) where the retail floorspace increased from 336sq.m to 440sq.m (which included the additional café use under E(b)).

·       Meeting was advised that the scheme also proposes a significant provision of basement floorspace for the development to be dedicated to retail floorspace and that this additional provision is essential to provide ancillary floorspace to the retail use and is supported. This has the potential to make a contribution to the preservation of the specialist shopping character of the street by being used as a workshop to make clothing which underpins the specialism of the street.

·       The Scheme maintains and increases town centre retail floor space, increases office floor space and employment offer and provides sustainably located town centre residential accommodation 

·       With regards  ...  view the full minutes text for item 55.

Application under Section 73 (minor material amendment) of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) to amend condition 16 and condition 17 of planning permission ref: P2018/2463/S73, dated 5 December 2019, that granted:  Application under Section 73 (minor material amendment) of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) to amend condition 2 (approved drawings and documents), condition 1 (plans) of planning permission ref: P2013/2697/S73. (The proposed minor material amendments relate to the amalgamation of 10 units across second, third, fourth and fifth floors resulting in the creation of larger units (and involving the loss of 5 units overall) within Block A, together with layout changes to existing ground floor retail units 5 and 6.)The proposed amendments seek to vary the wording of condition 16 and condition 17 to allow vehicles servicing the commercial tenants of Islington Square to enter and leave the site via the Almeida Street access. The Studd Street access would be used only to access the residential parking at Blocks A and B and for vehicles servicing the apartments on the site.

(Planning application number: P2021/3433/S73)

In the discussion the following points were made:

·       Planning Officer informed the meeting that as both items B2 and B3 are interlinked and are on the same site it will be assessed together. 

A number of updates provided by the Planning Officer, that Heads of Terms is to be included in the Appendix 1 of the report as it was omitted and it should  read ‘That planning permission be granted subject to the prior completion of a Deed of Planning Obligation made under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 between the Council and all persons with an interest in the red land and the blue land (including mortgagees) in order to secure the following planning obligations to the satisfaction of the Head of Law and Public Services and the Service Director, Planning and Development / Head of Service – Development Management or, in their absence, the Deputy Head of Service’ : The submission of a delivery and servicing plan (DSP) to be approved by the Council in writing (in consultation with TfL) (including a review mechanism) prior to commencement of the development and the reversion at the end of the temporary planning permission period to the previous (i.e. one-way) delivery and servicing arrangements’ .

·       Meeting was advised that site comprises mixed-use redevelopment including residential, retail, commercial and leisure uses, that there are number of elements which make up the wider Islington Square site, including the former sorting office block (Block A), the former distribution building (Block B) a part-six/part-seven storey new build (Block C), the Grade II listed Post Office fronting Upper Street at No. 116 Upper Street (Block D) and the single storey associated buildings at the northern end of the site (Block F).

·       In addition to the above, the Planning Officer noted that all of the buildings had been subject of historic planning approvals for change of use, conversion and extension to provide for a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 56.

Please note that item was considered with item B2, Former North London Mail Centre, 116-118 Upper Street

·       Chair moved a motion to amend the heads of terms to include a traffic management order, Cllr North seconded the motion. The wording of this to be delegated to officers.

·       It was raised by officers that the wording of Condition 9 Operational Management Plan (Compliance) be changed so that notwithstanding the submitted Draft Operational Management Plan, a further detailed plan be submitted and agreed by officers prior to the operation of the market. The wording of this to be delegated to officers.

·       With regard to condition 7, committee agreed for the wording to be amended to include the supervision of market related traffic. Chair moved the motion to amend the wording and it was seconded by Cllr Hayes 

·       Councillor Klute proposed a motion to grant planning permission subject to the amended conditions and the inclusion of the Head of Terms in the legal agreement

This was approved.

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 amended 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 the amended Appendix 1 of the officer report.