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Items
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148.

Introductions

Minutes:

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

149.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor Ismail.

150.

Declarations of Substitute Members

Minutes:

There were no declarations of substitute members.

151.

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.

152.

Order of Business

Minutes:

The order of business would be as per the agenda.

153.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 83 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes of the meeting held on 10 November 2020 be confirmed as an accurate record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

154.

236 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1RU pdf icon PDF 855 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Retrospective change of use from a retail unit to a restaurant/cafes (Class E); the installation of mechanical plant (extractors and air conditioning unit) on the rear roof of the building; installation of an air conditioning unit in the rear garden; and a single storey rear extension to the building including installation of rooflights. Retention of existing shopfront alterations with use of the front tables and chairs and external alterations to rear elevation including installation of rooflights.

 

(Planning application number: P2020/1364/FUL)

 

In the discussion the following point was made:

·       Members expressed concern that the applicant was not in attendance to address the concerns of objectors.

 

Councillor Picknell proposed a motion to defer the consideration of the application for the applicant to attend and address the concerns of residents. This was seconded by Councillor Poyser and carried.

 

RESOLVED:

That consideration of the application be deferred for the reason outlined above.

155.

85-87 Southgate Road, London, N1 3JS pdf icon PDF 1005 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Change of use of building from A1 use (retail with ancillary residential) [876sqm] to Class E (office with production rooms), external minor alterations to include replacement entrance door, cycle parking, window replacements; replacement of existing winter garden at first floor level, installation of 2x mechanical plant and associated screened plant enclosure at roof level, courtyard alterations and associated works.

 

(Planning application number: P2020/1700/FUL)

 

In the discussion the following points were made:

·       The planning officer stated that one further objection had been received regarding construction works, the noise report, hours of operation and hours of servicing. An extra condition on Class E-restricted uses (compliance) had been added to the proposed list of conditions.

·       In response to a member’s question, the planning officer stated that the 1994 extant planning permission did not restrict hours of operation.

·       In response to a question from a member about whether the plant enclosure could be seen by neighbours, the planning officer advised that it could be seen but consideration should be given to whether it was an appropriate outlook.

·       A member raised concern that bedrooms would be above the entrances.

·       In response to a question from a member, the applicant stated that typical working hours would be from 10am-6.30pm. All staff would not be in the office together and usually approximately two thirds of staff would be there at any one time. As the company was a global one, flexibility in terms of hours of operations was required. On occasions a handful of staff would need to be there outside of the usual working hours to work with people in other countries. A production room was different to a recording studio and people worked there digitally. Soundproofing was designed so that no noise could get in or out of the production rooms.

·       In response to a member’s question, the applicant advised that most staff would use public transport or walk or cycle to work. Many staff lived locally.

·       In response to a question from a member, the applicant advised that a business manager would be employed for this site. They would be the main point of contact for neighbours.

·       A member stated that the change of use to B1 office seemed satisfactory and that residents had benefitted from the previous retail use not being as intrusive as it could have been e.g. if it had been a supermarket.

·       A member commented that more conditions could provide more reassurance to neighbours.

 

Councillor Picknell proposed a motion to defer the application to a meeting in the next cycle of Planning Sub-Committee meetings to enable more consideration to be given to neighbouring amenity and how this could be protected more with amended/additional conditions. This was seconded by Councillor Poyser and carried.

 

RESOLVED:

That consideration of the application be deferred to a meeting in the next cycle of Planning Sub-Committee meetings for the reason outlined above.

156.

Garages below 1-17 Westacott Close, Westacott Close, London, N19 3LE pdf icon PDF 646 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Change of use of 23 ancillary residential garages to a central storage depot for the Council Estate Services (B8 Use), alteration of entrance and replacement of louvered panels with windows and associated works.

 

(Planning application number: P2020/2407/FUL)

 

In the discussion the following points were made:

·       In response to a question from a member about deliveries, the planning officer stated that larger deliveries of equipment would be approximately every 60 days. The applicant confirmed that mechanical vehicles would not be used for deliveries and four wheeled manually powered hydraulic trolleys would be used. Although motorised equipment such as leaf blowers would be stored there but would not be used within the depot.

·       A member questioned the floorspace and the 170sqm circulation area and the applicant advised the circulation space was a central space between the garages to enable movement.

 

RESOLVED:

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