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Contact: Georgina Wills, Committee and Governance Officer  Tel: 07870 548348; email:  gwills@westminster.gov.uk

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1.

Membership

To note that Councillor Tim Roca had replaced Councillor Nafsika Butler-Thalassis

 

To note any further changes to the membership.

 

 

Minutes:

1.1  It was noted that Councillor Robert Rigby had replaced Councillor Louise Hyams, Councillor Mark Shearer had replaced Councillor Antonia Cox and that Councillor Tim Roca had replaced Councillor Nafsika Butler-Thalassis.

 

1.2  There were no further changes to the Membership.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of the existence and nature of any pecuniary interests or any other significant interest in matters on this agenda.

Minutes:

2.1    Councillor Robert Rigby explained that a week before the           meeting, all four Members of the Sub-Committee were   provided with a full set of papers including a detailed officer’s      report on each application; together with bundles of every           single letter or e-mail received in respect of every application, including all letters and emails containing           objections or giving support. Members of the Sub-Committee           read through everything in detail prior to the meeting.     Accordingly, if an issue or comment made by a           correspondent was not specifically mentioned at this meeting           in the officers’ presentation or by Members of the Sub-    Committee, it did not mean that the issue had been ignored.      Members would have read about the issue and comments           made by correspondents in the papers read prior to the         meeting.

 

2.2    Councillor Tony Devenish declared that in respect of Item 8   he had not been lobbied by Westminster City Council         Corporate Property and highlighted that the Application was   a Council’s own scheme. Councillors Robert Rigby, Mark           Shearer and Tim Roca made the same declaration.

 

2.3    Councillor Mark Shearer declared that in respect of Item 8 he           was the Deputy Cabinet Member for City Management and      lead on sports. 

 

 

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 227 KB

To sign the minutes of the last meeting as a correct record of proceedings.

Minutes:

3.1 RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 8 February 2022 be signed by the

Chair as a correct record of proceedings.

4.

Tree Preservation Order No. 684 – St Gabriel’s Church Warwick Square London pdf icon PDF 803 KB

Minutes:

Tree Preservation Order No. 684 (2021) St Gabriel’s Church Warwick Square London.

 

Ingrid Sternby addressed the Sub-Committee in support of the TPO being confirmed.

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY

 

That the Tree Preservation Order No. 684 (2021) be confirmed without modification with permanent effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Planning Applications

Applications for decision

1.

12 Soho Square and 3-7 Soho Street London W1D 3QF pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Minutes:

Demolition of the existing buildings at 3-7 Soho Street and 12 Soho Square and redevelopment to create a new building, comprising basement, ground and first to sixth floor levels with terraces at fifth and sixth floor levels and a plant room at sixth floor level; installation of green roof areas at third, fifth and sixth floor levels and photovoltaic panels at roof level. Use of part ground and lower ground floors as a retail unit (Class A1) fronting Soho Street and dual/alternative retail (Class A1) or restaurant unit (Class A3) fronting Soho Square with the remainder of the building in use as office accommodation (Class B1).

 

Additional representations were received from Lothbury Investment Management (28.03.22) & (04,04,22).

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY

 

1.    That conditional planning permission be granted subject to the completion of a S106 agreement to secure the following planning obligations:

 

          a) A financial contribution of £55,804 (index linked and     payable on commencement) to the Carbon Off[1]Setting Fund.

          b) All highway works on Soho Street relating to the removal          of the redundant      vehicle crossover and associated work    (legal, administrative and physical).

          c) The costs of monitoring the agreement.

 

2.    If the legal agreement has not been completed within 6 weeks of the date of the Sub-Committee meeting then:

 

          a) The Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning shall       consider whether it would be possible and appropriate to      issue the permission with additional conditions attached to           secure the benefits listed above. If so, the Director of Place     Shaping and Town Planning is authorised to determine and     issue such a decision under Delegated Powers; however, if           not;

          b) The Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning shall       consider whether permission should be refused on the         grounds that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence    of the benefits which would have been secured; if so, the         Director of Place          Shaping and Town Planning is authorised to determine the    application and agree appropriate reasons     for refusal under          Delegated Powers.

 

2.

30 Sackville Street London W1S 3DY pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

Internal and external alterations including the erection of a single storey conservatory extension at rear ground floor level for additional Class E floorspace (to be used in connection with the restaurant proposed in the main building), installation of plant, provision for cycle parking, landscaping and other associated works incidental to

the application proposals.

Additional Representations were received from Raymond Estates (30.03.22) & (05.04.22)

A Late Representation was received from the Trustees of Albany (05.04.22)  

 

The Presenting Officer tabled the following amendments to the Conditions

 

PLANNING APPLICATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE 5th April 2022

 

Item 2: 30 Sackville Street, W1 (21/03068/FULL)

 

In the verbal committee presentation, officers will refer to the following revised condition:

 

9. If you play live or recorded music in the property, the received music noise level in neighbouring residential habitable spaces must be 10 dB below the existing ambient and maximum noise levels in the residential habitable spaces when music is not playing, at the quietest time of day and night, measured over a period of 5 minutes and in the indices of Leq and LFmax in the octave bands 63 Hz and 125 Hz; The overall music noise level in terms of LAeq,5mins must be at least 10 dB below the existing background noise level in terms of dB LA90,5mins. No music must be played at all when windows are opened outside of operational hours, no music is to be played outside the building and no speakers must be fixed to the party walls.

 

Please also note that there were two conditions 23 – the second of these (cycle parking) is now condition 29.

 

Mark Quinn addressed the Sub-Committee in support of the application.

 

Sejal Patel addressed the Sub-Committee in objection to the application.

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

 

1.     That conditional permission, as amended be granted.

 

2.     That conditional listed building consent be granted

 

3.     That the reasons for granting listed building consent as set out in Informative 1 of the draft decision notice be agreed.

 

4.     That Condition 8 be amended so that the windows and doors can only be openable between 08:00 -10:00 each day or as required for necessary maintenance.

 

5.     That Condition 28 be amended to restrict the LED lighting requiring them to be switched off by 21:00 rather than 23:00

3.

St Marks Court Abercorn Place London NW8 9AN pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

Erection of single storey roof extension, four storey rear extension and new basement level to provide 5 new residential dwellings (Class C3), additional bay

windows to the façade, new entrance to Abbey Road, additional cycle parking and landscaping and associated works.

 

An Additional Representation was received from St Mark’s Court (01.04.22)

 

The Presenting Officer tabled the following minor amendments to the Officers Report.

 

PLANNING APPLICATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE – 5 April 2022

 

ITEM 3 – St Marks Court, Abercorn Place, London, NW8 9AN

 

Minor Amendment to Officers Report

 

ADD the following text to part 1 of the recommendation on page 113:

 

“c) the costs of monitoring the s106 obligations”

 

As is the City Council’s standard practice, this amendment is required to ensure that the City Council’s cost of monitoring the s106 agreement are recouped. 

 

Stuart Goulds addressed the Sub-Committee in support of the Application.

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

 

1.     That conditional permission be granted subject to a legal agreement to secure the following:

 

a) All highway works immediately surrounding the site required for the development to occur prior to occupation of the development, including alterations to the vehicle crossover and for it to be to the Council's specification, at full cost (administrative, legal and physical) of the developer

b) Provision of lifetime (25 year) car club membership for each new residential unit from first occupation of the development.

c) The costs of monitoring the agreement.

 

2.     If the legal agreement has not been completed within 6 weeks of the date of the Sub-Committee meeting then:

 

a) The Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning shall consider whether it would be possible and appropriate to issue the permission with additional conditions attached to secure the benefits listed above. If so, the Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning is authorised to determine and issue such a decision under Delegated Powers; however, if not;

b) The Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning shall consider whether permission should be refused on the grounds that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence of the benefits which would have been secured; if so, the Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning is authorised to determine the application and agree appropriate reasons for refusal under Delegated Powers.

4.

12 Marylebone Mews London W1G 8PX pdf icon PDF 913 KB

Minutes:

Installation of air source heat pump within acoustic enclosure to rear flat roof at second floor level; provision of new planter at second floor level; and associated works.

 

An Additional Representation was received from a local resident (27.03.22).

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

 

That conditional permission be granted.

 

5.

14 St Petersburgh Place London W2 4LB pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Minutes:

Erection of a mews building of basement, ground and two upper floors for use ancillary to main dwellinghouse; erection of a lower ground floor extension to the main house at lower ground floor in association with the use of the basement as an

studio ancillary to the main dwellinghouse; installation of an air source heat pump at roof level; installation of replacement windows at ground and first floor levels to the main property and reduction of garden level.

 

An Additional Representation was received from a local resident (01.04.22)

 

Late Representations were received from a local resident (01.04.22), a local resident (01.04.22), Bayswater Residents Association(05.04.22) and South East Bayswater Residents Association (05.04.22)

 

Stephen Davies addressed the Sub-Committee in support of the application.

 

Sophie Massey-Cook addressed the Sub-Committee in objection of the application.

 

Peter Massey-Cook addressed the Sub-Committee in objection to the application.

 

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

 

That conditional permission be granted.

 

 

6.

23A Westbourne Park Road London W2 5PX pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Minutes:

Excavation of rear basement incorporating rear lightwell with glazing above and new rooflight in connection with existing Flat A at basement and ground floor.

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

 

That conditional permission be granted.

 

 

7.

2 Ashbridge Street London NW8 8DS pdf icon PDF 856 KB

Minutes:

Erection of an electrical substation to rear of new building and associated works including protective fencing.

 

Charles Winch addressed the Sub-Committee in support of the Application.

 

RESOLVED: (For Councillors Robert Rigby, Tony Devenish, Councillor Mark Shearer: Against Councillor Tim Roca)

 

1.     That conditional permission under Regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 be granted.

 

2.     That an Informative be included which encourages the use of greening on the External Treatment.

8.

Porchester Centre, Porchester Road, London, W2 5HS pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

Installation of two Air Source Heat Pumps and associated plant, within new louvred areas at rear roof level.

 

Late Representations were received from a local resident (12.01.22) & (03.04.22)

 

The Presenting Officer tabled the following minor amendments to the Officers

Report.

 

PLANNING APPLICATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE – 5 APRIL 2022

 

ITEM 8 - Porchester Centre, Porchester Road, London, W2 5HS

 

Minor Amendment to Officers Report

 

1.     AMEND the first sentence of paragraph 8.11 to  refer to the “NPPF 2021”, rather than the “NPPF 2019”, as the 2019 version of the NPPF was superseded in July 2021.

 

2.     DELETE the draft decision notices on pages 269-274 and replace with the draft decision notices overleaf.  This amendment is required as the originally published draft decision notices contained several formatting errors that made them difficult to read.  The amended draft decision notices do not substantively change the conditions proposed but correct these formatting errors.

 

Robert Greenwood addressed the Sub-Committee in support of the Application.

 

RESOLVED UNAMIOUSLY:

 

1.     That conditional permission under Regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992. 2 be granted

 

2.     That conditional listed building consent be granted.

 

3.     That the reasons for granting conditional listed building consent as set out in Informative 1 of the draft decision letter be agreed.