Issue - meetings

PERMISSION

Description of application - Front boundary gates and wall RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION

Oral representations in support of the application were received at the meeting.  Supplementary information and photographs had been received from Ward Member, Councillor Mary Cooke, and circulated to Members.  Councillor Cooke’s submission declared her interest as an immediate neighbour and friend of the applicant and that she and her husband supported the application.

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION be GRANTED AGAINST OFFICERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS. MEMBERS CONSIDERED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED FRONT BOUNDARY GATES AND WALL IS ACCEPTABLE AND WOULD NOT, TO AN UNACCEPTABLE EXTENT, IMPACT ON THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA, and subject to the following conditions and informatives:-

“1.  Surface water from private land shall not discharge on to the highway. Details of the drainage system for surface water drainage to prevent the discharge of surface water from private land on to the highway shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority within one month of the date of this permission, within 3 months of the details being approved the drainage system shall be completed in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained permanently thereafter.

REASON: To ensure a satisfactory means of surface water drainage and to accord with Policy 5.16 of the London Plan.

2.  No loose materials shall be used for surfacing of the parking and turning area hereby permitted.

REASON: In the interests of pedestrian and vehicular safety and the amenities of the area and to accord with Policy T18 of the Unitary Development Plan.

INFORMATIVE 1:  You should contact extension 4621 (020 8313 4621 direct line) at the Environmental Services Department at the Civic Centre with regard to the laying out of the crossover(s) and/or reinstatement of the existing crossover(s) as footway.  A fee is payable for the estimate for the work which is refundable when the crossover (or other work) is carried out.  A form to apply for an estimate for the work can be obtained by telephoning the Highways Customer Services Desk on the above number.

INFORMATIVE 2:  Any repositioning, alteration and/ or adjustment to street furniture or Statutory Undertaker’s apparatus, considered necessary and practical to help with the modification of vehicular crossover hereby permitted, shall be undertaken at the cost of the applicant.”