Agenda item

PERMISSION SUBJECT TO SECTION 106 AGREEMENT

Description of application - Demolition of existing A1 use ex car showroom, erection of 4 storey building with underground car parking for 9 cars to form 8 no 2 bedroom flats and 1no 3 bedroom flat with amenity spaces and refuse and cycle storage and new Commercial unit for A1, A2 or A3 use.

Oral representations in support of the application were received.  Oral representations from Ward Member, Councillor Angela Wilkins in objection to the application were received at the meeting.  Councillor Wilkins drew Members’ attention to two objections that were on the planning file and some photographs of the local area.

Members having considered the report, objections, and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION BE GRANTED, SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR COMPLETION OF A LEGAL AGREEMENT for CARBON OFFSETTING as recommended, and subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report of the Chief Planner with an amendment to the wording of Conditions 4 and 20 to read as follows:-

“4.  No development shall commence on site (including demolition) until such time as a Construction and Environmental Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  As a minimum the plan shall cover: 

(a) Dust mitigation and management measures.

(b) The location and operation of plant and wheel washing facilities

(c) Measure to reduce demolition and construction noise 

(d) Details of construction traffic movements including cumulative  impacts which shall demonstrate the following:-

(i) Rationalise travel and traffic routes to and from the site as well as within the site.

(ii) Provide full details of the number and time of construction vehicle trips to the site with the intention and aim of reducing the impact of construction related activity.

(iii) Measures to deal with safe pedestrian movement.

(iv) Full contact details of the site and project manager responsible for day-to-day management of the works 

(v) Parking for operatives during construction period

(vi) A swept path drawings for any tight manoeuvres on vehicle routes to and from the site including proposed access and egress arrangements at the site boundary.

(e) Details of the machinery to be used on site.

(f)  Hours of operation

(g) Other site specific Highways and Environmental Protection issues as requested on a case by case basis 

(h) The development shall be undertaken in full accordance with the  details approved under Parts a-f. 

REASON: Required prior to commencement of development to ensure sufficient measures can be secured throughout the whole build programme in the interests of pedestrian and vehicular safety and the amenities of the area. In order to comply with Policies 30, 31, 32 and 119 of the Bromley Local Plan of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of the amenities of the adjacent properties.

20.  The arrangements for storage of refuse for the residential and commercial units (which shall include provision for the storage and collection of recyclable materials) and the means of enclosure shown on the drawings hereby approved shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority, and permanently retained thereafter.

REASON: In order to comply with Policy 37 of the Bromley Local Plan and in order to provide adequate refuse storage facilities in a location which is acceptable in respect of residential and visual amenity impact.”