Decisions

Decision in respect of the Local Business Support Grants due to the second Lockdown.

Decision to make changes to the handling of complaints during Covid lockdown 2.0.

The Leader of the Council to consider the Library services provision over Lockdown 2.0.

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.

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.

The Committee considered the report and AGREED its contents.

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.

There were no disclosures of interest.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED that PLANNING

PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject to the conditions as set out in the

report.

The minutes of the meeting held on 27 February 2020 were agreed as a correct record and would be signed by the Chairman at a later date.

The Committee considered the report and AGREED its contents

There were no disclosures of interest.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED to defer consideration of the item to enable Members undertake a visit to the site in order to assess the relationship of the Rainham Steel site to the proposed site.

·       An updated report would be brought to back to the Committee.

·       Full wording of the suggested conditions.

The vote for the resolution to defer was levelled at 4 votes for and against.

The vote to defer was carried by the Chairman’s casting vote.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED that PLANNING PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject to the conditions as set out in the report,

The voting was 5 to 1 against with 2 abstentions:

Councillors Patel, Best, Darvill, Ryan and Smith voted for the resolution.

Councillor Linda Hawthorn voted against the proposal.

Councillors Whitney and Williamson abstained from voting.

The Committee received a developer presentation from Vanessa Coetzee - Notting Hill Genesis, Katharina Erne - HTA (Landscape), Daniel Weston - Conran (Architect) and Matt Shillito - Tibbalds (Planning)

The main issues raised by Members for further consideration prior to submission of a planning application were:

·         The applicant was invited to consider the level of parking provided.

·         There was keenness for information of the survey of the existing club parking space.

·         There was a keenness to understand the results of the soil test on the land.

·         The applicant was invited to consider the balance of setting for the sites.

·         In relation to the wider area specifically, the applicant was invited to consider flexible ground floor uses – opportunity for retail use.

There were no disclosures of interest.

The minutes of the meeting held on 30 January 2020 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The Committee considered the report and NOTED its contents.

The minutes of the meeting held on 9 January 2020 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

There was no disclosures of interest at the meeting.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED that PLANNING PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject to conditions, legal agreement and no contrary direction from the Mayor.

In additional obligations within the 106 to include nomination rights for the affordable units and the need to submit a marketing strategy in regard to the non-affordable units so that they are advertised locally for an initial period.

The voting was 5 to 3 abstentions:

Councillors Patel, Best, Darvill, Ryan and Themistocli voted for the

resolution.

Councillors Hawthorn, Whitney and Williamson abstained from voting.

The Committee received a developer presentation from Tom Vernon of Quod and Matthew McTurk of Patel Taylor Architects

The main issues raised by members for further consideration prior to submission of a planning application were:

·         The applicant was invited to consider the housing mix and the level of 3 bedroom provision being made.

·         A wish to see how the proposal relates with the emerging Romford masterplan.

·         A wish to understand how many jobs would be provided in which sector.

·         On the healthcare facility, the Committee welcomed its inclusion. The applicant was encouraged to talk to the Trust about the provision to ensure that it does not duplicate or overprovide with that consented on the Former Ice Rink scheme or proposed elsewhere (e.g. Bridge Close).

·         A keenness to ensure that vehicle flows could be managed on the network.

·         The opening up of the River Rom was welcomed.

·         Whether there was an opportunity to recess the upper floors of the blocks.

·         The applicant was invited to demonstrate fully the impact the loss of retail floorspace will have upon the retail offer in Romford.

·         A keenness to ensure a good quality living environment for future residents.

·         The need to ensure the appropriate provision of social infrastructure to support the development.

The Committee received a developer presentation from was Paul Zara from Conran + Partners (Architect).

The main issues raised by Members for further consideration prior to submission of a planning application were:

·         The applicant was invited to consider the housing mix and the level of 3 bedroom provision being made.

·         Whether there is an opportunity to recess the upper floors of the blocks

·         A wish to see a strong and lengthy marketing process for the units, with a Havering resident first emphasis

·         A keenness to ensure that a crossing across Waterloo Road was provided to ensure that residents of the scheme can safely walk to the Town Centre.

·         The applicant was invited to provide more details of their refuse strategy, with a keenness to see a ‘top quality solution’

·         A wish to understand the sustainability credentials of the development, with an emphasis on low carbon.

No interest was disclosed at the meeting.

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 19 December 2019 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The minutes of the meeting held on 25 June 2020 were agreed as a

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

The Committee considered the report and AGREED its contents.

There were no disclosures of interest.

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

The voting was 5 to 3 against the proposal:

Councillors Dilip Patel, Ray Best, Keith Darvill, Tim Ryan and Maggie Themistocli voted for the resolution.

Councillors Linda Hawthorn, Reg Whitney and Graham Williamson voted against the proposal.

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

The Committee considered the report and NOTED its contents.

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

The voting was 4 in favour and 4 against the proposal.

Councillors Dilip Patel, Ray Best, Tim Ryan and Maggie Themistocli voted for the resolution.

Councillors Keith Darvill, Linda Hawthorn, Reg Whitney and Graham Williamson voted against the proposal.

The proposal was approved on the Chairman’s casting vote in favour of the application.

There were no disclosures of interest.

The report recommended that planning permission be granted however, following a motion to refuse the granting of planning it was RESOLVED that PLANNING PERMISSION BE REFUSED on the grounds of:

1)    The proposal includes single aspect units where noise conditions would be unsatisfactory resulting in the need to keep windows/doors closed and limiting the use of balconies. Overall, the proposed private and communal amenity space provision on site is considered to be insufficient in terms of quantity and quality, particularly given the poor accessibility from the site to quality public open space. In these respects, the proposed development is considered to be an overdevelopment of the site, providing poor quality accommodation and resultant poor living conditions for future occupiers. The proposal would be contrary to Policies 3.5 (quality and design of housing developments) and 7.15 (addressing noise) of the London Plan, and the London Plan Housing SPG standard 29, and Policies DC3, DC21, DC55 and DC61 of the Core Strategy and Development Control Policies adopted 2008 and The London Borough of Havering Design for Living Residential Design, Supplementary Planning Document adopted 2010.

2)     For the reasons stated above the proposal is not considered to be sustainable development and the adverse impacts identified outweigh the titled balance in favour of development based on housing delivery as set out in Paragraph 11(d) of the National Planning Policy Framework.

The vote for the resolution to grant planning permission was lost by 6 votes to 2.

Councillors Dilip Patel, Nisha Patel, Hawthorn, Themistocli, Whitney and Williamson voted against the resolution.

Councillors Best and Darvill voted for the resolution.

The substantive vote to refuse planning permission was carried by 6 votes to 2.

Councillors Dilip Patel, Nisha Patel, Hawthorn, Themistocli, Whitney and Williamson voted for the resolution.

Councillors Best and Darvill voted against the resolution.

The minutes of the meetings held on 9 July and 16 July 2020 were agreed as a correct record and would be signed by the Chairman at a later date.

There were no disclosures of interest.

The Committee considered the report and NOTED its contents.

The minutes of the meeting held on 13 August 2020 were agreed as a correct record and would be signed by the Chairman at a later date.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED to GRANT PLANNING PERMISSION subject to the conditions contained in the report.

The vote for the resolution to grant planning permission was carried by 5 votes to 3.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED to GRANT PLANNING PERMISSION subject to the conditions contained in the report.

The decision maker will be asked to approve a 12-month extension for nine contracts within the Adult Social Care Voluntary Community Sector portfolio.