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59.

DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

Members are invited to disclose any interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting.

 

Members may still disclose any interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

Decision:

There were no disclosures of interest.

Minutes:

There were no disclosures of interest.

60.

PROTOCOL ON THE OPERATION OF PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS pdf icon PDF 358 KB

Protocol attached to be noted by the Committee.

Decision:

The Committee considered the report and AGREED its contents.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report and AGREED its contents.

61.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 283 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 28 May 2020 and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

 

Decision:

The minutes of the meeting held on 28 May 2020 were agreed as a

correct record and would be signed by the Chairman at a later date.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 28 May 2020 were agreed as a

correct record and would be signed by the Chairman at a later date.

62.

P1039.19 - 90 NEW ROAD , RAINHAM pdf icon PDF 382 KB

Report attached.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED that A NEW PLANNING PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject to the conditions as set out in thereport.

 

The vote for the resolution to grant planning permission was carried by 6 votes with 2 abstentions.

 

Councillors Whitney and Williamson abstained from voting.

 

 

Minutes:

The application before Members was to provide an update on a factual error in the report to the committee on 30 January 2020, which lead to an error in the approved Heads of Terms. Members’ agreement was required in order to correct the Heads of Terms through a new resolution to grant an amended permission. The application was a major proposal supported by an Environmental Statement, and was considered a significant development.

 

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED that A NEW PLANNING PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject to the conditions as set out in thereport.

 

The vote for the resolution to grant planning permission was carried by 6 votes with 2 abstentions.

 

Councillors Whitney and Williamson abstained from voting.

 

 

63.

P1809.19 - SERENA COURT, SOLAR COURT & SUNRISE COURT, PARKHILL CLOSE AND SUNRISE AVENUE, RM12 4YT pdf icon PDF 952 KB

Report attached.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED that PLANNING PERMISSION

BE GRANTED subject to the conditions as set out in the report.

 

The vote for the resolution to grant planning permission was carried by 7 votes with 1 abstention.

 

Councillors Whitney abstained from voting.

 

Minutes:

The application before the Committee was for the demolition of existing buildings, and for planning permission for construction of five buildings built over 3-10 storeys comprising 175 residential units including ancillary communal facility (Class C3), associated car & cycle parking, landscaping and other associated works.

 

The report detailed that the application was of strategic importance and had been submitted in partnership with the Council. The Local Planning Authority considered the application in its capacity as the local planning authority and without regard to the identity of the applicant.

 

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED that PLANNING PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject:

 

Any direction by the London Mayor pursuant to the Mayor of London Order Legal Agreement pursuant to s106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other enabling provisions, with the following Heads of Terms:

- Early and late Stage Viability Review Mechanisms attached.

- Affordable housing split 60:40 (units 80:54), Affordable housing tenure breakdown Affordable Rent (80 units), 76% affordable housing (134 units) and Shared Ownership (54 units),

- Affordable housing rent levels secured

- Shared ownership units maximum income £90,000

- Shared ownership annual housing cost no more than 40% of value

- Affordable housing breakdown and unit location

- 38% CO2

- Carbon offset fund contribution in respect of shortfall of the residential units to achieve a 100% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions compared to Part L of the Building Regulations 2013, such sum calculated at sixty pounds (£60.00) per tonne that falls below the 100% threshold, for a period of 30 years, duly Indexed,

- Job Brokerage 4 per 10,000spm of development

- Travel Plan (including the appointment of a Co-ordinator)

- Highways contribution of up to £114,525 for carriageway works to Sunrise Avenue, footway improvements in the vicinity of the site and street light enhancement in the vicinity of the site.

- Reasonable legal fees for the drafting and negotiation of the deed whether or not it goes to completion

- S106 monitoring fee towards the Council costs of monitoring compliance with the deed

 

That the Assistant Director Planning is delegated authority to negotiate the legal agreement indicated above and that if not completed by the 31st December 2020 the Assistant Director of Planning is delegated authority to refuse planning permission or extend the timeframe to grant approval.

 

That the Assistant Director Planning is delegated authority to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives as set out in the report.  

 

The vote for the resolution to grant planning permission was carried by 7 votes with 1 abstention.

 

Councillor Whitney abstained from voting.