Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

PRESENT: Councillors Colin Aherne, Wesley Harcourt, Alex Karmel, Rachel Leighton (Chair),  Natalia Perez, Asif Siddique, Matt Thorley and Matt Uberoi.

To approve as an accurate record, and the Chair to sign, the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 3 March 2020.

RESOLVED THAT:

The minutes of the meeting held on 3 March 2020 were agreed subject to the amendment that Item 5 – 14 Old Oak be changed to 14 Old Oak Road.

Please see the Addendum attached to the minutes which amended the report.

The presenting officer explained that Officer Recommendation paragraph 1 had been amended to:

That Schedule 2 (Discount Market Sale Housing) of the Section 106 agreement dated 1 July 2013 shall be amended as set out below

(a) to permit no more than 63% of the market units to be occupied unless and until 60% of the affordable units are practically complete;

(b) permit no more than 80% of the market units to be occupied unless and until 80% of the affordable units are practically complete; and

(c) To include an additional planning obligation in the agreement requiring the developer to pay to the Council a financial contribution of £135,000 towards infrastructure which will only be payable upon the occupation of more than 60% market units prior to the practical completion of 60% affordable units.

In the course of discussions, Councillor Karmel recalled he had requested at planning committee in March 2013 that s106 monies be used to fund a feasibility study to establish the cost of repairing the railings in Cambridge Grove and none had been provided. Matt Butler, Head of development management confirmed he would investigate matters outside the meeting and provide him with this information.

The Committee voted on the recommendations for application 2020/01206/VAPOas follows:

Officer Recommendation 1

For:

8

Against:

0

Not Voting:

0

Officer Recommendation 2

For:

8

Against:

0

Not Voting:

0

            RESOLVED THAT:

Planning Application 2020/01206/VAPO be approved, subject to:

1.     That Schedule 2 (Discount Market Sale Housing) of the Section 106 agreement dated 1 July 2013 shall be amended as set out below

(a) to permit no more than 63% of the market units to be occupied unless and until 60% of the affordable units are practically complete;

(b) permit no more than 80% of the market units to be occupied unless and until 80% of the affordable units are practically complete; and

(c) To include an additional planning obligation in the agreement requiring the developer to pay to the Council a financial contribution of £135,000 towards infrastructure which will only be payable upon the occupation of more than 60% market units prior to the practical completion of 60% affordable units.

2.     That the Strategic Director of Economy , after consultation with the Head

of Law and the Chair of the Planning and Development Control Committee

be authorised to make any minor changes to the proposed Heads of Terms

of the legal agreement and any such changes shall be within their

discretion.