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10.

DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

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

 

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

Minutes:

There were no disclosures of interest.

11.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 272 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 15 July 2021 and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2021 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

12.

P0851.20 - THE VERVE APARTMENTS, MERCURY GARDENS, ROMFORD - VARIATION OF CONDITION NO. 2 (PARKING) OF PLANNING PERMISSION J0026.15 DATED 28/10/15 TO ALLOW A REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACES TO 27 (CHANGE OF USE FROM (CLASS B1 (A)) TO RESIDENTIAL USE (CLASS C3) FOR 115 PROPOSED NEW FLATS (PRIOR APPROVAL) pdf icon PDF 307 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The report before the Committee detailed an application to vary condition 2 of the previous planning report J0026.15.

 

With its agreement Councillor Joshua Chapman addressed the Committee.

 

The Committee considered the report and it was RESOLVED that planning permission be REFUSED for the following reasons:

 

·         Impact upon residential amenity through the reduction in on site car parking provision.

 

The further consideration of the application was suspended following the Assistant Director of Planning’s decision as AD to exercise the powers available to them (under the Planning Committee Procedure Rules) to bring a further report to the Committee giving detailed planning and legal advice on the reason the Committee wished to refuse the planning application.

 

 

13.

P1591.20 - THE VERVE APARTMENTS, MERCURY GARDENS, ROMFORD - RETENTION OF 22 APARTMENTS pdf icon PDF 360 KB

Minutes:

The report before the Committee detailed an application to retain 22 apartments in the Verve Apartments.

 

With its agreement Councillor Joshua Chapman addressed the Committee.

 

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED to GRANT PLANNING PERMISSION subject to:

 

·         The completion of a Section 106 Agreement and conditions.

·         In addition to the single condition published in the report, there may be a need to include a further condition which cross referenced to the need to provide 60 car parking spaces which were secured via an earlier grant of planning permission.  The potential need for this condition was agreed by Members.