Venue: Committee Room 5 - Civic Centre. View directions
Contact: Nadia Williams
No. | Item |
---|---|
Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies had been received from Councillor Paul Buttivant and there was no substitute member.
|
|
Declarations of Interest in matters coming before this meeting Minutes: Councillor Brian Stead declared a non-prejudicial interest in item 6 - Underground Operations Room, RAF Uxbridge, Hillingdon Road, Uxbridge, by virtue of being a ‘Friend of the Bunker’. He remained in the room and voted on this item. Councillor Stead also declared a non-prejudicial interest in items 12 (Brunel University, Kingston Lane, Hillingdon) & 13 (20 Pield Heath Road, Hillingdon), as the application sites were in his ward. He remained in the room and voted on these items.
Councillor John Hensley declared a personal and prejudicial interest in item 12 - Brunel University, Kingston Lane, Hillingdon, by virtue of being an academic advisor of the University. He withdrew from the room and did not vote on this item.
Councillor Peter Curling declared a personal and prejudicial interest in item 12 - Brunel University, Kingston Lane, Hillingdon, by virtue of being an employee of the University. He withdrew from the room and did not vote on this item.
Councillor Judith Cooper declared a personal and prejudicial interest in item 16 –1 Derby Road, Uxbridge, by virtue of being a neighbour of the application site. She withdrew from the room and did not vote on this item. Councillor Cooper also declared a non-prejudicial interest in item 9 - 51 Chiltern View Road, Uxbridge, as the application site was in her ward. She remained in the room and voted on this item.
Councillor Janet Duncan declared a non-prejudicial interest in item 17 – Tesco Stores, Glencoe Road, Yeading, as the application site was in her ward. She remained in the room and voted on this item.
Councillor Judith Cooper Chaired the meeting for Item 12 - Brunel University, Kingston Lane. |
|
To sign and receive the minutes of the meeting held on 6 January 2011 PDF 223 KB Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 6 January 2011 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. |
|
Matters that have been notified in advance or urgent Minutes: There were no items notified as urgent. |
|
To confirm that the items of business marked Part I will be considered in Public and that the items marked Part 2 will be considered in private Minutes: It was confirmed that all items marked Part 1 would be heard in public and all items marked Part 2 would be heard in private. |
|
Underground Operations Room, RAF Uxbridge, Hillingdon Road, Uxbridge - 585/APP/2010/2902 PDF 213 KB Erection of a 2.4m high metal railing fence around historic bunker
Recommendation: Delegated Powers subject to no objections being received before 3 February 2011 Minutes: Erection of a 2.4m high metal railing fence around historic bunker
585/APP/2010/2902
The recommendation was moved, seconded and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved
That the application be determined by the Head of Planning, Trading Standards and Environmental Protection under delegated powers, subject to no objections being received before 3 February 2011; and subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officers report and changes in the Addendum sheet circulated at the meeting.
|
|
70 Station Road, West Drayton - 2954/APP/2010/1810 PDF 322 KB Erection of a residential building to accommodate 35 flats (consisting of 12 one-bedroom units, 21 two-bedroom units and 2 three-bedroom units) with associated parking and landscaping
Recommendation: Legal Agreement
Minutes: Erection of a residential building to accommodate 35 flats (consisting of 12 one-bedroom units, 21 two-bedroom units and 2 three-bedroom units) with associated parking and landscaping
2954/APP/2010/1810
In introducing the report, officers drew the Committee’s attention to the changes in the Addendum sheet circulated at the meeting.
The Committee amended informative 15 in the Addendum sheet to include the external spiral case.
Members raised concerns about the potential for noise through the use of the roof terrace.
Officers advised that the roof terrace would not be in use after 10pm.
The Committee attached an additional condition requiring a management plan in respect of the management of access and noise, to prevent potential adverse impact on neighbouring amenities.
The recommendation with the amendments on the Addendum sheet and additional condition was moved, seconded and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved
a) That the Council enters into an agreement with the applicant under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) and/or Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) and/ or other appropriate legislation to secure:
i) The provision of 3 x one bedroom and 3 x two bedroom units as affordable housing. ii) The provision of a contribution of £102,323 toward educational facilities. iii) The provision of a contribution of £13,682.71 toward healthcare facilities. iv) The provision of a contribution of £30,000 toward community facilities. v) The provision of a contribution of £20,000 toward Town Centre Improvements. vi) The provision of a contribution of £1,452.45 toward Local Library Facilities. vii) The provision of construction training either as a formula based financial contribution or in-kind. viii) A cash contribution equal to 5% of the total cash contribution to enable the management and monitoring of the requirements of the legal agreement.
b) That in respect of the application for planning permission, the applicant meets the Council's reasonable costs in preparation of the Section 106 Agreement and any abortive work as a result of the agreement not being completed. c) That officers be authorised to negotiate and agree the detailed terms of the proposed agreement.
d) That if within 6 months, the S106 Agreement has not been finalised, delegated powers be given to the Director of Planning and Community Services to refuse planning permission for the following reasons:
e) That subject to the above, the application be deferred for determination by the Director of Planning and Community Services under Delegated Powers, subject to the completion of Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act ... view the full minutes text for item 175. |
|
43 - 47 and rear of 35 - 43 Yeading Lane, Hayes - 34799/APP/2009/2800 PDF 222 KB 2 three-bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings and 3 three-bedroom two storey terraced dwellings with amenity and parking space, involving the demolition of outbuildings to rear of existing dwelling No.47 and rear extensions from No.43 and installation of new crossover
Recommendation: Approval
Minutes: 2 three-bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings and 3 three-bedroom two storey terraced dwellings with amenity and parking space, involving the demolition of outbuildings to rear of existing dwelling No.47 and rear extensions from No.43 and installation of new crossover
34799/APP/2009/2800
The Committee was asked to note that a previous scheme (Ref: 34799/APP/2009/534) had been allowed at Appeal by the Planning Inspector since this application was submitted to the Council. Officers advised that the applicant would be able to implement the scheme that had been allowed on appeal. Conditions had been imposed on this current scheme which had also been improved in design.
In accordance with the Council’s constitution, representatives of the petitioners objecting to the proposal addressed the meeting. The agent was not present at the meeting.
The petitioners made the following points:
Officers advised that refuse vehicles would be able to enter the site, and that the highway would be used for waste collection.
Two Ward Councillors of the application site addressed the meeting and made the following points:
|
|
51 Chiltern View Road, Uxbridge - 64176/APP/2010/2097 PDF 240 KB Change of use from Class A4 (Drinking Establishment) to Class C3 (Residential Units) for use as 2 one-bedroom and 1 two-bedroom, two storey terraced dwellings with associated parking and amenity space, including a two storey rear extension, alterations to existing front and side elevations, repositioning of vehicular access to side and alterations to existing vehicular crossover to front with demolition of existing single storey rear extensions and outbuildings to rear
Recommendation: Approval Minutes: Change of use from Class A4 (Drinking Establishment) to Class C3 (Residential Units) for use as 2 one-bedroom and 1 two-bedroom, two storey terraced dwellings with associated parking and amenity space, including a two storey rear extension, alterations to existing front and side elevations, repositioning of vehicular access to side and alterations to existing vehicular crossover to front with demolition of existing single storey rear extensions and outbuildings to rear
64176/APP/2010/2097
In introducing the report, as well as other amendments in the Addendum sheet, officers drew the Committee’s attention to the revised plans listed. Copies of the revised plans were also handed out to Members.
Officers advised the Committee not to approve the revised drawing numbers 4d, 5d and 11a.
The Committee asked for Condition 15 in the Addendum sheet to be amended to ensure that parking spaces for each of the dwellings were specified and Condition 23 in the officer’s report was replaced with standard Condition TL20.
The recommendation for approval was moved, seconded, and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved
1. That the application be approved subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report, changes in the Addendum sheet and amendments as follows to condition 15 and Condition TL20:
Revised Condition 15 (the following was added after the last sentence in the Addendum sheet)
'One car parking space shall be allocated and dedicated to each of the dwellings as follows:
i) The car parking space immediately to the front of the easternmost dwelling (located at the corner of Whitehall Road and Chiltern View Road) shall be allocated to the easternmost dwelling;
ii) The car parking space immediately to the front of the central dwelling shall be allocated to the central dwelling;
iii) The car parking space at the rear (northern end) of the property shall be allocated to the western most dwelling (located at adjacent to 49 Chiltern View Road).
The car parking spaces for each relevant dwelling shall be dedicated for the sole use of the occupiers of the relevant dwelling.'
Condition TL20
‘None of the dwellings hereby permitted shall be occupied until the outdoor amenity area serving the dwellings as shown on the approved plans (including balconies where these are shown to be provided) has been made available for the use of residents of the development. Thereafter, the amenity areas shall so be retained.
Reason
To ensure the continued availability of external amenity space for residents of the development, in the interest of their amenity and the character of the area in accordance with Policy BE23 of the Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan Saved Policies (September 2007) and London Plan (February 2008) Policy 4B.1.
2. That the Committee did not approve drawing numbers 4b, 5d and 11a.
|
|
Ground floor, Old Post Office, Station Road, Hayes - 35807/APP/2009/2363 PDF 200 KB Change of use from Class A1 (Retail) to Class D1 (Non-Residential Institutions) for use as a Health Centre, with associated internal alterations
Recommendation: S106 Agreement Minutes: Change of use from Class A1 (Retail) to Class D1 (Non-Residential Institutions) for use as a Health Centre, with associated internal alterations
35807/APP/2009/2363
The recommendation was moved, seconded, and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved
That delegated power be given to the Head of Planning and Enforcement to grant panning permission subject to the following:
1. The Council enter into an agreement with the applicant and all other relevant legal interests under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as mended) to ensure that:
(a) The provision of 21 car parking spaces are provided at the existing health centre adjacent to 52 Station Road for the exclusive users of the Development. Of these 21 spaces, 18 are permanent, including two spaces to be reserved for disabled drivers. A further 3 spaces would be provided in a stacked arrangement as detailed on drawing referenced 35807/100.
(b) That the applicant meets the Council's reasonable costs in the preparation of the Section 106 Agreement and any abortive work as a result of the agreement not being completed.
2. That Officers be authorised to negotiate and agree detailed terms of the proposed agreement.
3. If a S106 agreement or other similar associated documentation is not signed within 6 months, or any other period deemed appropriate by the Head of Planning and Enforcement, then the application is to be referred back to Committee for further consideration.
4. That subject to the above, the application be determination by the Head of Planning and Enforcement under delegated powers subject to the completion of the Agreement or associated documentation under section 106 and other appropriate powers with the applicant.
5. That if the application is approved, the conditions and informatives in the officer’s report be attached.
|
|
The Arena, Stockley Park, Stockley Road, West Drayton - 37800/APP/2010/1669 PDF 558 KB Change of use from Class B1 (Office) to Class D1 (Non-residential institutions) for use as further education college and management training premises
Recommendation: Refusal
Minutes: Change of use from Class B1 (Office) to Class D1 (Non-residential institutions) for use as further education college and management training premises
37800/APP/2010/1669
The Committee queried paragraph 3 of the officer’s report as it considered that the applicant had failed to demonstrate that there was a local demand for the proposed teaching facility and indicated that the information provided would be irrelevant to the decision of the Committee. This was because the school would be for foreign students who lived overseas and not in the local area.
The Legal Advisor advised that it was not in order for Members to delete any part of the officer’s report, which at the time of the Committee meeting was a public document and existed as a question of fact. It was however open to the Committee to disagree with officer’s report but not to actually change the advice; it was also open to the Head of Planning, Trading Standards and Environmental Services to correct errors in the report.
Following discussion, the Head of Planning, Trading Standards and Environmental Services advised that the third paragraph of section 1 of the report, and final sentence of the penultimate paragraph of section 7.01 were to be deleted.
The committee attached an additional informative to inform the applicant.
The recommendation for refusal and two additional informative was move, seconded and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved – That the application be refused for the reasons set out in the officer’s report, subject to the amendments in the Addendum sheet circulated at the meeting and the following additional informatives:
Additional Informatives
i) You are advised that the Council does not accept that there is demand locally for the proposed teaching facility, as it is a facility specifically aimed at educating foreign students who at present do not reside in the United Kingdom.
ii) ‘You are advised that in reviewing the latest information supplied by the agent in relation to the management and control of the car parking arrangements, discrepancies were found between the latest submission and the earlier submission, and these informed the decision to refuse the planning application.
|
|
Brunel University, Kingston Lane, Hillingdon - 532/APP/2010/1964 PDF 134 KB Erection of a galvanised/ timber framed compound to house 2 external chillers
Recommendation: Approval
Minutes: Erection of a galvanised/ timber framed compound to house 2 external chillers
532/APP/2010/1964
The Committee attached an additional informative asking for construction vehicles not to use Cleveland Road to access or leave the site due to existing traffic congestion.
The recommendation for approval was moved, seconded and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved – That the application be approved subject to the conditions and informatives in the officer’s report, changes in the Addendum sheet circulated at the meeting and the following additional informative:
Additional Informative
‘You are advised that there is considerable existing traffic congestion on Cleveland Road and that the use of this road for construction traffic would exacerbate existing conditions, as such construction traffic is not to use Cleveland Road to access or leave the site’.
|
|
20 Pield Heath Road, Hillingdon - 21661/APP/2010/1716 PDF 262 KB Change of use from Class C3 (residential) to Class D1 for use as medical centre and single storey rear/side extension
Recommendation: Approval
Minutes: Change of use from Class C3 (residential) to Class D1 for use as medical centre and single storey rear/side extension
21661/APP/2010/1716
Officers advised that condition 30 in the officer’s report should be amended by deleting the words ‘and the provision of 20% of the sites energy need’, as it was considered too excessive for the scale of the development.
The Committee attached an additional informative requiring the applicant (when discharging Condition 24) to ensure that vehicle access gates were shut and locked when the surgery was not in use.
Members attached an additional informative requiring any proposed changes to be made by the PCT to the design and layout of the building to be reported back to a Committee meeting for a decision.
Resolved – That the application be approved subject to the conditions and informatives in the officer’s report, changes in the Addendum sheet circulated at the meeting, amendment to Condition 30 and the following additional informatives:
Additional informatives:
i) ‘You are advised that in discharging condition 24, the Council will expect that details on measures taken to ensure the property is protected from robbery by persons seeking drugs. Measures should include ensuring vehicular access gates are shut and locked when the surgery is not in use.’
ii) ‘Should the design and layout of the premises change as a result of requirements imposed by the Primary Care Trust, then further planning approval is likely to be needed for the changes’.
|
|
103 Park Road, Uxbridge - 32648/APP/2010/1408 PDF 196 KB Change of use from Class A1 (Shops) to Class A5 (Hot food takeaway) and installation of extraction flue to rear
Recommendation: Approval
Minutes: Change of use from Class A1 (Shops) to Class A5 (Hot food takeaway) and installation of extraction flue to rear
32648/APP/2010/1408
The Committee indicated that it would be unlikely to consider any extension of hours in respect of parking, given the traffic issues in the area. An additional informative was attached to advise the applicant.
The recommendation for approval was moved, seconded and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved – That the application be approved subject to conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report, amendments in the Addendum sheet circulated at the meeting and the following additional informative:
Additional Informative:
‘You are advised that given the car parking and traffic congestion, and highways safety issues that exist in the vicinity of the site, further intensification of the use is unlikely to be acceptable, the Planning Committee are highly unlikely to approve any extension of the hours of operation over those approved in this application’.
|
|
Installation of 12.5m high imitation telegraph pole mobile phone mast and ancillary equipment cabinet (Consultation under Schedule 2, Part 24 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995)
Recommendation: Refusal
Minutes: Installation of 12.5m high imitation telegraph pole mobile phone mast and ancillary equipment cabinet (Consultation under Schedule 2, Part 24 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995)
67517/APP/2010/2930
The recommendation for refusal was moved, seconded and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved - That the application be refused for the reasons set out in the officer’s report.
|
|
1 Derby Road, Uxbridge - 60777/APP/2010/2713 PDF 145 KB Alterations and extension to existing roof to create habitable roofspace to include 2 gable end windows and 4 side rooflights
Recommendation: Refusal
Minutes: Alterations and extension to existing roof to create habitable roofspace to include 2 gable end windows and 4 side rooflights
60777/APP/2010/2713
The Committee attached an additional reason for refusal as concerns were raised about the proposed windows in elevations in the eastern side of the roof facing properties. It was considered this would lead to overlooking and would be detrimental to the amenities of the adjoining properties.
Resolved – That the application be refused for the reasons set out in the officer’s report and subject to the changes in the Addendum sheet circulated at the meeting, and the following additional reason for refusal:
Additional Reason for Refusal
‘The proposed development by reason of the side facing roof lights in the eastern side of the roof and its proximity to the neighbouring property No.3 Derby Road would result in a form of development which would not provide satisfactory amenities for that adjoining property, due to the loss of privacy that could arise. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy BE24 of the Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan (Saved Policies September 2007) and the HDAS Supplementary Planning Document: Residential Layouts, July 2006’
|
|
Tesco Stores Ltd, Glencoe Road, Yeading - 36999/APP/2010/2512 PDF 237 KB Rear extension to bulk storage area
Recommendation: Approval
Minutes: Rear extension to bulk storage area
36999/APP/2010/2512
The Committee attached an additional informative to requiring the applicant to be mindful of the hours of operation, to ensue that vehicles waiting to enter the loading area did not leave their engines idling.
Resolved – That the application be approved subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report, changes in the Addendum sheet circulated at the meeting and the following additional informative:
Additional informative:
‘This permission does not override any existing conditions relating to the site, and in particular your attention is drawn to the need to adhere to the approved hours of operation and to ensure trucks do not wait with engines idling in the access way to the loading area’.
|
|
Enforcement Report Minutes: The Committee attached an additional recommendation to allow the release of the decision to the public domain solely for the purpose of issuing the formal enforcement notice to the individual concerned.
The recommendation was moved, seconded and on being put to the vote was agreed.
Resolved
|
|
Enforcement Report Minutes: Resolved
|
|
Enforcement Report Minutes: Resolved
|
|
Enforcement Report Minutes: Resolved
|