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Case reference: PP/14/00272
Address: Development Site at The Former Power House, Alpha Place, LONDON
Ward: Chelsea Riverside
Polling district: 04
Listed Building Grade:
Conservation area:

Applicant details

Applicant's name: Alpha Place Developments Ltd
Applicant company name: DP9
Contact address: 100 Pall Mall LONDON SW1Y 5NQ

Proposal details

Application type: PP (Planning permission)
Proposed development Variation of condition 23 (compliance with approved drawings) of planning permission 13/02705 to allow for division of one 3-bed unit into two 3-bed units thereby creating one additional unit (MAJOR APPLICATION).
Date received: 20 Jan 2014
Registration date:
(Statutory start date)
23 Jan 2014
Public consultation ends: 25 Feb 2014
Application status: Decided
Target date for decision: 24 Apr 2014

Decision details

This case has not yet been decided.

Decision: Permission granted, SUBJECT to S.106 ag.
Decision date: 22 Apr 2014
Conditions and reasons:

1)

Hoarding The hoarding shown on the approved drawings shall be retained and maintained until the redevelopment of the site has been completed.
Reason - To screen the development in order to protect the amenity of the area.

2)

Time Limit The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of the grant of planning permission PP/13/02705 on 30th August 2013.
Reason - As required by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to avoid the accumulation of unexercised Planning Permissions.

3)

Submission of details (Full PP) Full particulars of the following shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before that part of the development is commenced, and the development shall not be carried out otherwise than in accordance with the details so approved: (a) the provision of street trees; and (b) the provision of public work of art.
Reason - The particulars reserved are considered to be material to the acceptability of the development, and the Local Planning Authority wishes to ensure that the details of the development are satisfactory.

4)

Planting and replanting All planting, seeding and turfing, forming part of the approved details of landscaping approved through this planning permission shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the first occupation of the development or the completion of the development whichever is the sooner. Any trees or shrubs which, within a period of five years from the first planting and seeding season referred to above, die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased, shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species.
Reason - To protect the appearance and amenity of the area and to accord with policies of the development plan, in particular policy CR6 of the Core Strategy.

5)

Parking - Provide before residential occupation The whole of the car parking space(s) shown on the approved drawings shall be provided before the dwellings are occupied, and the spaces shall thereafter be permanently retained for the parking of vehicles in connection with the residential use of the dwellings and used for no other purpose.
Reason - To prevent obstruction of the surrounding streets and safeguard the amenity of the area, to accord with policy CT1 of the Core Strategy.

6)

Vehicles - Access The use hereby permitted shall not be commenced until the means of vehicular access has been constructed in accordance with the details on the approved plans.
Reason - To ensure the safe and free movement of traffic on neighbouring highways, in accordance with policies of the development plan in particular policy CT1 of the Core Strategy.

7)

Submission of details (Full PP) Full particulars of the following shall not be carried out otherwise than in accordance with the details approved under application CON/07/03004/ad4 on 14.12.2011 and CON/07/03004/ad6 on 20.06.2012: (a) the materials to be used on the external faces of the building(s); (b) the design and external appearance of the building(s) to a scale of 1:50; (c) the use and treatment of any part of the site not proposed to be covered by buildings; (d) the treatment of the open land within the site including hard and soft landscaping; (e) any proposed walls, fences, balcony enclosures and railings to a scale of 1:50; (f) the provision of access for people with disabilitied; (g) the extent and position of accommodation for car parking including the location and size of disabled spaces; (h) the layout and location of cycle parking; (i) the extent and position of accommodation for servicing; (j) the provision to be made for the storage and disposal of refuge; (k) the modifications to the existing access from Chelsea ManorStreet; (l) the means of external ventilation to the basement areas; (m) details of the footway work in Alpha Place in connection with the removal of the redundant crossover.
Reason - The particulars reserved are considered to be material to the acceptability of the development, and the Local Planning Authority wishes to ensure that the details of the development are satisfactory. (R013)

8)

Health club/gymnasium use The health club/gymnasium hereby permitted shall be used only by residents of the development.
Reason - To safeguard the amenity of neighbouring property and the immediate area.

9)

Health club/gymnasium - Noise No loudspeakers or relay equipment, or musical instruments, shall be used on the health club/gymnasium part of the premises in such a manner as to cause noise nuisance to occupants of neighbouring property.
Reason - To safeguard the amenity of neighbouring property.

10)

Health club/gymnasium - Insulation Before the use of the health club/gymnasium hereby permitted commences, the premises shall be insulated so as to prevent the transmission of excessive airborne and impact noise from the premises in accordance with details to be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority, and the insulation shall be installed only in accordance with the details so approved and shall be so maintained.
Reason - To safeguard the amenity of neighbouring property.

11)

Noise from air conditioning plant Noise emitted by the operation of the plant or machinery, located within the plant area, shall not increase the existing lowest LA90(5min) background noise level at any time when the plant is operating, and where the source is tonal it shall be -15dBA. The noise emitted shall be measured or predicted at 1.0m from the facade of the nearest residential premises or at 1.2m above any adjacent residential garden, terrace, balcony or patio. The plant shall be serviced regularly in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and as necessary to ensure that the requirements of the condition are maintained. If at any time the plant is determined by the local planning authority to be failing to comply with this condition, it shall be switched off upon written instruction from the local planning authority and not used again until it is able to comply.
Reason - To prevent any significant disturbance to residents of nearby properties and comply with development plan policies, in particular policy CL5 of the Core Strategy.

12)

Roof structures and appliances No water tank, lift motor room, or other structure or appliance, shall be erected upon the roof.
Reason - To preserve or enhance the appearance of the building, in accordance with policies of the development plan in particular policies CL1, CL2 and CL6 of the Core Strategy.

13)

Black painted railings The railing, including the railings to the roof terrace shall be painted black, and so maintained.
Reason - To preserve or enhance the appearance of the building , in accordance with policies of the development plan in particular policies CL1, and CL2 of the Core Strategy.

14)

Contamination - Remediation method The remediation strategy to deal with contamination of the site approved under application CON/07/03004/ad and CON/07/03004/ad1 on 1/2/2011 shall be implemented in full and a written validation (closure) report shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority, for approval in consultation with the Director of Environmental Health.
Reason - To ensure any risks from land contamination are minimised, and comply with the NPPF and development plan policies, Saved Policies PU3 and PU4 of the Unitary Development Plan 2002 and accord with CLR 11: Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination (Defra 2004) or the current UK requirements for sampling and testing.

15)

No additional windows No additional windows to those shown on the approved drawings shall be inserted within the facades of the building hereby permitted without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.
Reason - To protect the amenity of neighbouring residents.

16)

Amenity areas All amenity areas shall be retained in use as such in connection with the relevant dwelling.
Reason - To ensure a satisfactory provision of open space is provided and maintained for each relevant dwelling.

17)

External lighting No external lighting shall be installed without the prior written permission of the Executive Director, Planning and Borough Development.
Reason - To protect the amenity of surrounding residents.

18)

Privacy screens The development shall not be occupied until the privacy screens, glazed in obscured glazing, to the balconies on the North elevation and the planting strip at ground level on the North elevation shown on the approved drawings have been provided, and following construction these elements of the approved scheme shall be so maintained.
Reason - To protect the amenity of adjoining residents.

19)

Car lifts The car lifts shall be regularly maintained in accordance with the manufacturers instructions and shall be operational at all times.
Reason - To protect the amenity of the area and avoid adding to traffic congestion locally.

20)

Contamination - Unexpected The Environmental Health Department shall be notified immediately if any additional contamination is identified during the course of the development. The identified contamination should be assessed by a competent person and amendments to the remediation strategy shall be submitted to the Director of Environmental Health for approval before they are implemented.
Reason - To ensure any risks from land contamination are minimised, and comply with the NPPF and development plan policies, in particular Saved Policies PU3 and PU4 of the Unitary Development Plan 2002, and to accord with CLR 11: Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination (Defra 2004) or the current UK requirements for sampling and testing).

21)

Air Quality The air quality impact assessment approved under application CON/07/03004/ad and CON/07/03004/ad1 on 1/2/2011 shall be implemented in full.
Reason - To comply with the requirements of the NPPF and policy CE5 of the Core Strategy in ensuring that impact upon air quality in the area is minimised, in accordance with the London Councils 'Air Quality and Planning Guidance' recommended format.

22)

Dust control The assessment for dust control approved under application CON/07/03004/ad and CON/07/03004/ad1 on 1/2/2011 shall be implemented in full.
Reason - The whole Borough has been declared an Air Quality Management Area. Developers must therefore adequately assess the impact their development will have to ensure that no deterioration in air quality occurs.

23)

Compliance with approved drawings The development shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on submitted plans
Reason - The details are material to the acceptability of the proposals, and to ensure accordance with the development plan.

Informatives:

1)

Enforcement of Conditions (PP)
Your attention is drawn to the Conditions of this Permission and to the Council's powers of enforcement, including the power to serve a Breach of Condition Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended. All Conditions must be complied with. If you wish to seek to amend a Condition you should apply to do so under s.73 of the Act, explaining why you consider it is no longer necessary, or possible, to comply with a particular condition.

2)

Building Regs - Separate Approval
Separate approval for the works hereby granted permission/consent may be required by the Building Act 1984 and the Building Regulations 2000 (as amended), and the grant of planning permission does not imply that such approval will be given. The Director of Building Control, Town Hall, Hornton Street, W8 7NX should be consulted before works commence.

3)

Waste Storage Advice
You are advised to consult the Director of Waste Management and Leisure, Council Offices, Pembroke Road, W8 6PW on the provision of facilities for the storage and disposal of refuse. There is a code of practice available and advice can also be given on certain aspects of industrial and commercial waste as well as household waste. The Council operates a trade refuse service on a rechargeable basis.

4)

Street Naming and Property Numbering
Naming and Numbering requirements provided under the Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847 and the Public Health Act of 1925 mean that that premises must display their street number, and that no name or number other than that formally assigned may be displayed. Any requests for the assignment of names and numbers to new development should be made to the Executive Director, Planning and Borough Development, Town Hall, Hornton Street, W8 7NX well in advance of the completion of the building.

5)

GTD/No pre-app/Est.Guid/No amend reqd
To assist applicants in finding solutions to problems arising in relation to their development proposals the Local Planning Authority has produced planning policies, and provided written guidance, all of which are available on the Council's website, and which has been followed in this instance.

Committee details

Decision by: This case is currently due to be decided under delegated powers.

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Contact details

Planning case officer: Alison Long
Planning team: South
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7361 3012

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