Agenda item

PERMISSION

Description of application – Change of use from care home (Class C2) to a temporary residential support centre/hostel (sui Generis).

Oral representations in support of the application were received.  Oral representations from Ward Member Councillor Stephen Wells in support of the application were received at the meeting.

Comments from the Metropolitan Police had been received requesting the addition of a ‘Secured by Design’ condition.

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION BE GRANTED as recommended, subject to the conditions set out in the report of the Chief Planner with the addition of a further condition to read:-

7  The development hereby permitted shall incorporate measures to minimise the risk of crime and to meet specific needs of the application site and the development. Details of those measures shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to commencement of the development hereby permitted (excluding demolition) and implemented in accordance with the approved details. The security measures to be implemented in compliance with this condition shall achieve the Secured by Design accreditation awarded by the Metropolitan Police.

REASON: In the interest of security and crime prevention and to accord with Policy BE1 of the Unitary Development Plan.