Issue - meetings

Demolition of existing office building (Use Class B1a) at Bradford House and erection of a mixed-use six storey (plus basement) building comprising 221.5sqm of office floorspace at ground floor level and a student halls of residence (Use Class Sui Generis) containing 99 student bedrooms. Associated landscaping and basement level parking and cycle parking. (Description amended and revised scheme drawings and associated documents received on 04.07.2018)

Description

Demolition of existing office building (Use Class B1a) at Bradford House and erection of a mixed-use six storey (plus basement) building comprising 221.5sqm of office floorspace at ground floor level and a student halls of residence (Use Class Sui Generis) containing 99 student bedrooms. Associated landscaping and basement level parking and cycle parking. (Description amended and revised scheme drawings and associated documents received on 04.07.2018)

Decision

Planning permission is PERMITTED subject to the following:

Part A

Subject to a legal agreement being completed and signed to secure the following heads of terms:

•         A Travel Plan and Monitoring fee

The Committee authorise the Head of Planning to grant planning permission subject to the conditions detailed below:

Part B

In the event that the section 106 Agreement referred to in Part A is not completed by 28 September 2018 the Head of Place Development be authorised to refuse the application for the following reason:

In the absence of a completed legal obligation under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), the applicant has failed to comply with Policy DM37 (Sustainable Transport for New Development) in relation to the promotion of sustainable travel patterns.

Conditions:

(1)            The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To comply with Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 (1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2005

(2)            Prior to the commencement of development, details and samples of the external materials to be used for the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To secure a satisfactory appearance in the interests of the visual amenities and character of the locality in accordance with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Policies DM9 and DM10 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

(3)            No development shall take place until full details, of both hard and soft landscape proposals, including a schedule of landscape maintenance for a minimum period of 5 years and the planting of three trees in front of the building, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved landscape scheme (with the exception of planting, seeding and turfing) shall be implemented prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved and thereafter retained.

Reason: To ensure the provision, establishment and maintenance of an appropriate landscape scheme in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality in accordance with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Policies DM5 and DM9 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

(4)            A report is to be submitted to the Local Planning Authority, within 6 months of the commencement of any use of any part of the building, to demonstrate that the renewable technologies (as detailed in the submitted Sustainability Statement)  hereby approved have been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6