Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

Any Member of the Committee, or any other Member present in the meeting room, who has a disclosable pecuniary interest, in a matter to be considered at the meeting is reminded to disclose the interest to the meeting and to leave the room while any discussion or vote on the matter takes place.

Members are also reminded that if they have any other significant interest in a matter to be considered at the meeting, whether registered or not, which they feel should be declared in the public interest, such interests should be declared to the meeting. In such circumstances Members should consider whether a member of the public, with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard the interest as so significant that it is likely to prejudice their consideration or decision making. If the Member considers that to be the case, they should leave the room while any discussion or vote on the matter takes place.

OtherDeclarations

Any Member of the Committee who does not have a disclosable pecuniary or other significant interest in a planning application to be considered at the meeting but who has been involved in organising support for or objections to such a planning application, submitted representations or expressed support for or opposition to the application (either publicly or in private with the applicant or objectors) should declare this at the meeting. At the point during the meeting when that planning application is to be considered, the Member should stop participating (but not necessarily leave the meeting) until the Committee has made its decision unless the Member believes that he or she is able to consider and that he or she would be seen to consider the application with an open mind, fairly and on its merits.

There were none.

Description of Development: Partial retention, refurbishment and extension of the Newcombe House tower for continued office use (Class E(g)(i)), the full demolition of the rest of the site comprising existing retail (Class E) and housing (Class C3) uses and surface level car park, and redevelopment to provide retail use (Class E) at ground floor and office use (Class E(g)(i)) at the upper floors, housing (Class C3) and a medical centre (Class E (e)), in new buildings ranging from 6 – 15 storeys with double basement, public realm works and other ancillary works.

Officers drew the Committee’s attention to the addendum report which contained corrections to the report to the Committee, amended the recommendation in paragraph 1.21, amended the table in paragraph 7.4 of the Heads of Terms to the Section 106 Agreement, added further representations that had been submitted since the report had been drafted to paragraph 8, and amended conditions regarding Compliance with Approved Drawings (2), Safety and Security (10), Noise Compliance Survey and Report (14), Sound Insulation (18), London Underground Infrastructure Protection – detailed demolition design and method statements (32.A and 32.B) and Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (40). The addendum report also added new conditions regarding the Ventilation Strategy (57) and Fire Statements (58), and added an informative regarding adding the new condition 58 to the list of pre-commencement conditions.

Amanda Frame, Sophia Massey-Cook, Roberta Davison, Fiona Fleming-Brown and Sandrine Westcott addressed the Committee in objection to the application.

Duncan Roe, Neil Henderson and Henry Squire addressed the Committee in support of the application.

The Planning Committee advised that the Applicant and the Local Planning Authority should have regard to the views of local residents and Residents’ Associations in preparing and assessing details for approval required by Condition 28 (Landscaping and Public Realm Scheme) and Condition 39 (Trees and Landscaping) for the Notting Hill Gate Public Square.

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Planning Permission be granted in accordance with the amended recommendation in the addendum report, including that authority be delegated to the Director of Planning and Place to refer the application to the Mayor of London as required under the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008, and subject to there being no Direction to the contrary from the Mayor, to grant planning permission subject to the conditions listed in Section 9 of the Officer report, the amended and additional conditions listed in the addendum report, and the completion of a S106 agreement based on the heads of terms identified in Section 7 of the Officer report, with authority given to the Director of Planning and Place to refuse to grant planning permission if the S106 agreement has not been satisfactorily completed by 30 April 2024 for the reason that the proposed development would not be accompanied by associated necessary infrastructure improvements. 

[Each written report on the public part of the Agenda as detailed above:

(i)    was made available on the Council’s website from the date of the Agenda;

(ii)   incorporates a list of the background papers which (i) disclose any facts or matters on which that report, or any important part of it, is based; and (ii) have been relied upon to a material extent in preparing it. (Relevant documents which contain confidential or exempt information are not listed.); and

(iii) may, with the consent of the Chairman and subject to specified reasons, be supported at the meeting by way of oral statement or further written report in the event of special circumstances arising after the despatch of the Agenda.]

There were none.