Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were provided by Councillors Lydia Paynter and Nicole Trehy. Apologies for lateness were provided by Councillor Adrian Pascu-Tulbure.

If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a particular item, whether or not it is entered in the Authority’s register of interests, or any other significant interest which they consider should be declared in the public interest, they should declare the existence and, unless it is a sensitive interest as defined in the Member Code of Conduct, the nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of that item or as soon as it becomes apparent.

At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter.  The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken.

Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest.

Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

To approve as an accurate record, and the Chair to sign, the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 10^th February 2026.

The minutes of the previous meeting held on 10 February 2026 were agreed as an accurate record.

An Addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report.

Catherine Slade provided a presentation. A representative of the Applicant spoke in support of the application.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as amended by the Addendum as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That, subject to there being no contrary direction from the Mayor for London, the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant planning permission upon the completion of a satisfactory legal agreement and subject to the conditions listed in the report and changes made in the Addendum.

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services 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 or proposed conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, and any such changes shall be within their discretion.

An Addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report.

Matthew Lawton provided a presentation. In the absence of any objectors, the Applicant waived his right to speak in support of the application.

Councillor Adrian Pascu-Tulbure did not take part in the vote as he missed a significant proportion of the officer presentation.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as amended by the Addendum as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant planning permission upon the completion of a satisfactory legal agreement and subject to the conditions listed in the report and changes made in the Addendum.

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services 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 or proposed conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, any such changes shall be within their discretion.

An Addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report.

Neil Egerton provided a presentation. There were no registered speakers.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as amended by the Addendum as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant planning permission upon the completion of a satisfactory legal agreement and subject to the conditions listed in the report.

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services 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 or proposed conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, any such changes shall be within their discretion.

An Addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report.

Sian Brown provided a presentation. The Agent spoke in support of the application.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as amended by the Addendum as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant planning permission upon the completion of a satisfactory legal agreement and subject to the conditions listed in the report and changes made in the Addendum.

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services 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 or proposed conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, any such changes shall be within their discretion.

An Addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report and this was verbally corrected to include one following item:

Page 332, Paragraph 6.49, at the beginning add ‘Aside from installing the portacabins and the updated refuse delivery arrangements, there would be no additional servicing impacts that would result from the proposals. A condition is attached to mitigate any undue harm and, in these circumstances, the temporary development would be acceptable with regards to servicing and deliveries.’

Roy Asagba-Power provided a presentation. There were no registered speakers.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as amended by the Addendum as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant permission subject to the conditions listed in the report and changes made in the Addendum.

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director Legal Services and the Chair of the Planning and Development Control Committee be authorised to make any minor changes to the proposed conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, any such changes shall be within their discretion.

An Addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report and this was verbally corrected to include the following:

Throughout the report, any references to S73 should be updated to S73A.

Page 339, Condition 6: Delete first sentence and replace with ‘Change first sentence to ‘An updated Delivery and Servicing Plan (DSP) shall be submitted to and approve in writing by the LPA prior to occupation and shall thereafter operate in accordance with the approved details.’

Page 345, Delete condition 26 (Service Management Plan).

Page 357, Add new Condition: 53) No Bedrooms on Basement Level 2 The lowest level (Level 2) of the basement hereby approved shall not be used for bedrooms or other guest accommodation and shall only be used in connection with, and incidental to, the ancillary and back of house use of the hotel. The use of the lowest basement level for guest accommodation, separate from the use of the remainder of the ancillary use of the hotel, would raise materially different planning considerations that the Council would wish to consider at that time, and to minimise flood risk to occupiers, in accordance with Policies CC3, CC4, C11, DC1, E3 and HO11 of the Local Plan (2018).

Page 360, Add new informative: 3. Substation This permission does not give any consent for the construction of any new substation.

Page 378, Para. 6.17, 7th line after ‘78%’ delete ‘respectively’ and insert ‘Similarly these same windows would have a resulting No Skyline (daylight distribution) of 77%, 70% and 75%’. Also 8th line and last line add ‘and NSL’ after VSC.

Roy Asagba-Power provided a presentation and confirmed that the s106 contribution to economic development was uplifted from c.£13,000 to £31,000. The Agent spoke in support of the application.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as amended by the Addendum as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            4

AGAINST:                   2

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That, the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant planning permission subject to the conditions listed in the report and changes made in the Addendum.

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services and the Chair of the Planning and Development Control Committee be authorised to make any minor changes to the proposed conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, any such changes shall be within their discretion.

An Addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report.

Neil Egerton provided a presentation. The Agent spoke in support of the application.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as amended by the Addendum as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant permission subject to the conditions listed in the report and changes made in the Addendum.

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services 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 or conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, any such changes shall be within their discretion.