Agenda item

Redevelopment of the site to provide up to 7,200 sq m of light industrial (Class B1c) and/or general industrial (Class B2) and/or storage and distribution (Class B8) floorspace, including ancillary office floorspace together with associated car parking and landscaping (Outline Application)

Recommendation : Approval subject to a S106 agreement.

Redevelopment of the site to provide up to 7,200 sq m of light industrial (Class B1c) and/or general industrial (Class B2) and/or storage and distribution (Class B8) floorspace, including ancillary office floorspace together with associated car parking and landscaping (Outline Application)

56862/APP/2009/2247

Members asked for an additional condition to be added for details to be provided on the routes for Lorry’s visiting the site and an informative to advise the applicant of the bridges with weight restrictions.  The additional condition and informative was agreed by the committee.

Members asked whether it would be possible to provide a public footpath through the Green Belt and landscaped areas.

Officers suggested that this could be added to 3(iv) of the S106 agreement.  The amendment as suggested by the officer was agreed by the committee.

The recommendation with the amendment and additional condition and informatives was moved, seconded and on being put to the vote was agreed.

Resolved - 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) Travel plans to be prepared in accordance to be prepared in accordance with TfL's guidance and to include a bond quantum of £20,000.

ii) A financial contribution of £25,000 towards air quality monitoring initiatives.

iii) A contribution of £2,500 for every £1 million build cost towards construction training initiatives in the borough.

iv) Public realm improvement works to 4 hectares of Green Belt at the southern end of the site. Including the restoration of the land and the ongoing management and maintenance at the applicants expense and pathways for use by members of the public through the Green Belt and landscaped areas.

v) A contribution equal to 5% of the total cash contributions to enable the management and monitoring of the S106 agreement.

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.

That officers be authorised to negotiate and agree the detailed terms of the proposed agreement.

That if by 18th January 2009, 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:

1. The development is not considered to have made adequate provision, through planning obligations, for contributions towards construction training or monitoring, or monitoring. Given that a legal agreement or unilateral undertaking has not been secured to address this issue, the proposal is considered to be contrary to Policy R17 of the Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan Saved Policies (September 2007) and the Council's Supplementary Planning Document for Planning Obligations (Adopted July 2008).

2. The development is not considered to have provided appropriate mitigation measures, which in this case would be a travel plan to TFL guidelines and contributions towards air quality monitoring initiatives, to ensure that there would be no detrimental impact on local air quality within a designated Air Quality Management Area contrary to policy OE1 of the Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan Saved Policies (September 2007), Hillingdon's Air Quality Supplementary Planning Guidance (Adopted 2002) and Policy 4A.6 of the London Plan (February 2008).

3. The development would fail to provide appropriate enhancement and

landscaping of associated Green Belt Land in order to mitigate the impacts of the proposed built form and accordingly would result in a detrimental impact on the visual amenity of the Green Belt contrary to Policy OL5 of the Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan Saved Policies (September 2007). 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 1990 and other appropriate powers to the applicant.

That if the application is approved, the conditions and informatives set out on the addendum sheet be attached

Add new condition:

'The Deliveries and Servicing Plan approved in accordance with condition 3(ii) shall include details of the routes which trucks will take to/from the site to minimise the impact of noise, traffic and vibration associated with lorry movements on residential amenity, and to minimise deliveries during peak hours, to combine deliveries in order to reduce numbers and frequency and to promote the use of quieter and less polluting vehicles.

To safeguard the amenity of surrounding areas and to comply with policy OE1 of the Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan Saved Policies (September 2007) and the sustainability objectives contained in PPG1 and PPG13.'

Add standard condition N5

Add informative:

'You are advised that vehicular access routes to the site pass over bridges which have weight restrictions and as such you should ensure vehicles attending the site are of a weight which is appropriate given bridge weight restrictions.'