Agenda and minutes

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

Apologies were received from Councillors Chowdhury, Kay and Picknell.

Councillor Williamson substituted for Councillor Picknell.

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The order of business would be as per the agenda.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 17 June 2014 be confirmed as an accurate record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

Demolition of existing single storey Goodinge Community centre building. Redevelopment of the site to provide a 6 storey building comprising of a community centre at ground floor level and 23 residential units on upper levels. Residential units comprised 16 x 2 bed flats and 7 x 3 bed flats.

(Planning application number: P2014/0950/FUL)

In the discussion the following points were made:

·        The planning officer reported that within Condition 2 of Recommendation B on page 38 of the agenda, plans 498_PL_007 and 498_PL_008 should both include Revision A.

·        The Design Review Panel had commented that the floor to ceiling heights were low in the initial design. The floor to ceiling heights had since been increased to 3.6 metres which was considered acceptable.

·        The communal heating system units on the roof would add height to the building but were set back, were not prominent and would not alter the design.

·        The Council usually sought to achieve 100% affordable housing in its schemes. However, replacing the community centre meant the provision of 100% affordable housing was not possible in this scheme.

RESOLVED:

That planning permission be granted subject to a Directors’ Agreement between Housing and Adult Social Services and Environment and Regeneration or Planning and Development in order to secure the planning obligations outlined in Recommendation 1 of the case officer’s report and subject to the conditions and informatives in the case officer’s report with Condition 2 being amended as above.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.