Councillor Fleming.

Minutes of the Planning Committee held on 15 April 2010 TO FOLLOW.

The minutes of the meeting held on 15 April 2010 be received and approved and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

Members are asked to declare any interests in matters for consideration at the meeting.

10/0383/FUL - HAMPTON WICK INFANTS SCHOOL, NORMANSFIELD AVENUE

Councillor Trigg declared a personal and prejudicial interest in this item by virtue of being a Cabinet Member. He undertook to withdraw from the room for the duration of the item.

09/3349/FUL - HEATHFIELD LIBRARY AND LAND ADJ, PERCY ROAD, TWICKENHAM

Councillor Coombs declared a personal and prejudicial interest in this item by virtue of being involved in the application as ward Councillor, and having already formed a view on the application. He undertook to withdraw from the room for the duration of the item.

Councillor Morgan declared a personal interest in this item by virtue of having previously discussed the application, but not having formed a view on it.

Councillor Trigg declared a personal and prejudicial interest in this item by virtue of being a Cabinet Member. He undertook to withdraw from the room for the duration of the item.

10/0472/FUL - THE CROFT CENTRE, 20 WINDHAM ROAD, RICHMOND

Councillor Trigg declared a personal and prejudicial interest in this item by virtue of being a Cabinet Member. He undertook to withdraw from the room for the duration of the item.

10/0307/VRC - 10A BERWYN ROAD, RICHMOND

Councillor Morris declared a personal and prejudicial interest in this item by virtue of having been previously involved in this application, and having already formed a view on the application. She undertook to withdraw from the room for the duration of the item.

Reports of the Development Control Manager attached – see list below.

The recommendations contained in the attached reports are those of the officers and are not binding upon the Committee.

The Chair will determine the order in which the attached reports are to be heard at the start of the meeting. Members are asked to note that there will be an adjournment of the meeting for a period of approximately 10 minutes starting at a convenient time between 9.00 and 9.30pm.

Retention of external staircase and access balcony in modified form to reduce depth and width.

Officer’s recommendation:  PERMISSION

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report.

[The Development Control Officer reported the receipt of the following:

E-mail from Councillor Percival supporting objections made by a neighbour, Ms Cochrane, and expressing doubts that the applicant would comply with the condition suggested by officers that the balcony and stairs should not be used for amenity purposes. Councillor Percival would like the Committee to reassure Ms Cochrane on the amenity issue or consider refusing the application.

The Committee heard representations from Mr Bridgeman, Ms Cochrane and Ms Drew.]

Retrospective application for external metal staircase at rear of property at first floor level down to ground floor level.

Officer’s recommendation:  PERMISSION

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report.

[The Committee heard representations from Ms Cooke, Mr Engledow and Mr Lorentz.]

Conversion of former public house to 4 no. dwellings and demolish an existing 2 storey outbuilding.

Officer’s recommendation:  PERMISSION, subject to the

completion of a Section 106 Agreement

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report and subject to the completion of a section 106 agreement.

[The Development Control Officer made the following additions and amendments to the report:

All references to s106 monies should refer to payment of £2,563.05 as opposed to £2,079.00

Paragraph 5 amended to state ‘3 letters of support’ as opposed to ‘2 letters of support’.

Additional conditions:

LT 09 – Hard and Soft Landscaping.

U31958 – Details of Boundary Treatment;

No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed before [the use hereby permitted] is commenced or [before the building(s) is/are occupied] or [in accordance with a timetable agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority]. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: To safeguard the visual amenities of the locality and the privacy/amenities of the prospective occupiers and adjoining properties.]

New arts centre, theatre, music department, art department and general teaching rooms. Refurbishment of existing dining room and drama department. New secondary entrance area and public frontage. Demolition of the existing art department and VI form common room building. Associated landscape works. New building to form extension to the schools existing building.

Officer’s recommendation:  PERMISSION

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report.

[The Development Control Officer reported the receipt of the following:

Additional letter from Councillor Samuel raising no observations on the proposal, but re-iterating the point in respect of the impact of construction traffic and requesting that Ward Councillors are consulted when dealing with the discharge of Condition U31315 Construction Traffic. Requested assurance that works would not commence prior to the existing gas pipe works being completed.

The Committee heard a representation from Mr Pitchers.]

Erection of two steel framed canopies behind existing classrooms to allow a covered external learning space within the existing playground.

Officer’s recommendation:  PERMISSION

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report.

[The Development Control Officer reported the receipt of the following:

Additional letter from original objector requesting that the event of approval the playing of music outdoors be ceased.

Having declared a personal and prejudicial interest, Councillor Trigg withdrew from the room for the duration of the item.]

3-storey health and social care centre on the corner of Hospital Bridge Road and Percy Road with associated car parking, landscaping and outbuildings. The centre provides 2 general practice suites, a dental surgery and accommodation for a range of related clinical, nursing and social care services.

Officer’s recommendation: PERMISSION

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report and subject to the following additional condition:

The details submitted pursuant to condition LT09 must be determined by the Planning Committee.

[The Development Control Officer made the following additions and amendments to the report:

• Additional condition:

NS22 - No more than 23 consulting rooms shall be accommodated within the development hereby approved (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority).

Reason: To safeguard the amenity of neighbouring residential properties, the general locality and the free flow of traffic and public safety on the adjoining highway.

• Correct site location plan and drawing correctly illustrating the solar panels received.

• Correction to Informative IL12:

Remove drawing numbers 388-PL-001 Rev A, 388-PL-020 Rev. B, 388-PL-021 Rev. A, 388-PL-023 Rev A and 388-PL-024 Rev A. 

Date of ‘17 December 2010’ corrected to read ‘8 January 2010’.

Include drawing numbers 388-PL-001 Rev. A, 388-PL-020 Rev. B and 388-PL-021 Rev. A received on 28 April 2010.

The Committee heard representations from Mr Liddell, Ms Mitchell and Ms Precious. Having declared personal and prejudicial interests, Councillor Coombs and Councillor Trigg withdrew from the room for the duration of the item.]

Two storey side extension, first floor rear extension, alteration to the roof and fenestration and refurbishment of existing building, demolition of the existing single storey activity and park store building and modifications to the landscaping and boundary treatment.

Officer’s recommendation: PERMISSION, subject to a Grampian condition

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report and the below addendum, and subject to a Grampian condition.

The Committee agreed that a representation be made to the Cabinet Member for Environment that the land which was being returned to the Parks and Open Spaces Department be designated as Public Open Space as part of the Local Development Framework process.

The Development Control Officer agreed to provide feedback to the Council’s Property Department on the Committee’s request that the property division consult with neighbours, with regard to future development at the site.

[The Development Control Officer reported that there remained outstanding issues to be resolved in respect of bats.  Accordingly the recommendation was amended to:

‘Permission subject to further bat surveys. If the surveys are satisfactory and the bat issue can be resolved the decision is delegated to the Development Control Manager. If the bat issue cannot be adequately resolved the application will be referred back to the Committee for determination.’

The Development Control Manager reported the receipt of the following:

An amended location plan has been received to accord with the plans submitted with the application.

Two additional objections have been received. Further concerns were raised in relation to property ownership. In addition to the issues raised and reported in the recommendation report, the representations also raised the following issues:

·         Loss of light to neighbouring properties

·         Impact on wildlife

The Development Control Officer made the following addition to the report:

Informative IL12A - Replace ‘Location plan’ 6210 PL01 received 01/04/2010 with ‘Location plan’ 6210 PL08 received 26/04/2010.

The Committee heard representations from Ms Ayling, Ms Cunnigham, Ms Herage, Mr Hayton and Mr Olutayo. Having declared a personal and prejudicial interest, Councillor Trigg withdrew from the room for the duration of this item.]

Redevelopment of the site to provide eight one and two bedroom flats and associated works, through the conversion of the existing building and part two and three storey development.

Officer’s recommendation:  PERMISSION, subject

to a legal agreement

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report and subject to the completion of a legal agreement.

[The Development Control Officer reported the following additional information:

A completed unilateral undertaking was received on 29/04/2010 which has been reviewed and would meet the requirements of the application.

The Committee heard a representation from Mr Turner.]

Demolition of the existing house and the redevelopment of the site to provide a new five bedroom house and two flats with associated site works.

Officer’s recommendation:  PERMISSION, subject to the completion of a

Section 106 Agreement

The application be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report, and subject to the completion of a section 106 agreement.

The application for Conservation Area Consent be APPROVED subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the officer’s report.

The Development Control Officer made the following amendments to the report:

Delete Paragraph 5, replace with -

• A representation has also been received from the Property and Finance Committee of the Richmond Team Ministry (comprising the churches of St. Mary Magdalene, St. Matthias and St. John the Divine, Richmond) and the Churchwardens of St. Matthias‘ Church who have provided detailed observation on the design and have requested conditions be imposed if members are minded to approve the application.

The Development Control Officer reported the receipt of the following:

·        Two additional representations received reiterating issues in the report, including the pressures on parking, highway safety, noise and pollution, and stating that the existing property was perfectly good and therefore there was no need for the development.

·        A copy of a letter from Paul Velluet on behalf of the Property and Finance Committee of the Richmond Team Ministry and the Churchwardens of St. Matthias' Church, which was circulated to Members prior to the meeting

The Committee heard a representation from Mr Brookes.]

Removal of condition U24933 relating to roof domes, and vary condition U24931 relating to obscure glazed windows.

Officer’s recommendation: PERMISSION

The application be DEFERRED for the following reason:

·        To conduct a site visit in order to determine whether there would be a harmful effect if the conditions were removed. This site visit must allow Members to view the level of light pollution from the ground floor outside the application site and from the first floor of a neighbouring property.

The Development Control Officer reported the receipt of the following items:

Additional comments received from Cllr Bouchier strongly supporting the residents in their objections.  Furthermore, she states that the conditions were placed by the previous Planning Committee to prevent the property from being unneighbourly and overdeveloped and the conditions should be retained.

Further copy of the Mortlake and East Sheen Society’s representations (summarised in the report) circulated directly to Committee members.

The Committee heard representations from Mr Leigh, Mr Levine, Mr Parry and from Councillor Fleming who spoke as an Interested Councillor. Having declared a personal and prejudicial interest, Councillor Morris withdrew from the room for the duration of this item.]

Demolition of existing cottage/bungalow and construction of two new semi detached houses.

Officer’s recommendation:  PERMISSION

(1)   The recommendation be NOT adopted

(2)      The application be REFUSED for the following reason:

The proposed development, by reason of its siting, scale, bulk and mass, would represent a cramped and overbearing development, that would have an unneighbourly and unduly adverse impact on the amenities of no. 8 Dells Close. This being contrary to policies BLT 11 and 16 of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Unitary Development Plan First Review Adopted March 2005; policy CP 7 of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Approved Core Strategy 2009; and Supplementary Planning Guidance Document ‘Small and Medium Sized Housing Sites’, adopted February 2006.

[The Development Control Officer made the following additions and amendments to the report:

Paragraph 2: ‘pair of two storey, two bed houses’ corrected to read ‘pair of two storey, one bedroom houses.’

Paragraph 5 amended to include: ‘Letters reiterating objections previously made have been received from six properties in Elleray Road and two in Dells Close. The main issues, reported on the agenda, are loss of light and privacy, parking/traffic impact, appearance, overdevelopment and loss of greenery.’

Paragraph 7: ‘the baseline figure for a two-bed house is 65 sqm and each house is just below this figure’ corrected to read ‘the baseline figure for one-bedroomed houses is 45 sqm and each house is in excess of this figure.’

Condition BD12 amended to omit ‘including terrace screen.’

Condition DV15 amended to included ‘first floor windows in side elevation.’

Additional Conditions:

‘No additional windows’:  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order revoking or re-enacting that Order), no window other than those shown on the approved plan(s) shall be installed in the wall(s) of the building hereby permitted. REASON: To safeguard the amenities of adjoining occupiers.

‘Details of Air Source Heat Pumps/Solar Panels’ Prior to the development commencing, details of the proposed Air Heat Pump units and Solar/Photovoltaic Panels (including size, positioning and form) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and such details approved shall be installed prior to the occupation of any of the units. REASON: To ensure that the reduction in co2 emissions is achieved and that the units do not have a detrimental impact on the amenity of adjoining occupiers or appearance of the area.

Condition DV02A ‘Details of boundary treatment.’

The Committee heard representations from Ms Davison and Mr Parks. A petition against the application was submitted on behalf of 23 local residents.]

The Chair thanked all Officers and Committee Members for their contributions to the meetings throughout the municipal year. The Committee also expressed their thanks to the Chair and Vice-Chair for their work during the year.