Decision details

Resolved that full planning permission be granted for partial demolition of the existing building and addition of rear, third floor of accommodation, and basement extensions with retention of the existing front façade, gable ends and part of the rear façade for a change of use from Sui Generis to provide a care home (Use Class C2), with parking, access, landscaping and other associated works.

That consent be subject to:

(i)            The satisfactory completion of a Section 106 (S106) Legal Agreement (obligations set out in Section 24); and

(ii)           Conditions set out in Appendix 2 and the addendum.

That the Assistant Director (Planning & Building Control) be authorised to:

(i)            Make any minor changes to the detailed wording of the recommended conditions as set out in the report (Appendix 2), its addendums and the minutes of this Planning Board meeting, where the Assistant Director (Planning & Building Control) considers it appropriate, before issuing the final decision notice

(ii)           Finalise the detailed terms of the section 106 agreement (including appended documents) and form of the planning obligations as set out in this report (Section 24), its addendums and the minutes of this Planning Board meeting

(iii)         Consider, in the event that the Section 106 Agreement is not completed within three (3) months of the date of this Planning Board resolution, whether consent should be refused on the grounds that the agreement has not been completed within the appropriate timescale, and that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence of the recommended planning obligations; and if the Assistant Director (Planning & Building Control) considers it appropriate, to determine the application with reasons for refusal which will include the following:

·       In the absence of a legal agreement to secure the necessary obligations regarding transportation and public realm improvements, employment and training, affordable care home bedspaces, sustainability, and healthcare the development would fail to mitigate its impact on local services, amenities and infrastructure, environmental sustainability, heritage and conservation, and open space contrary to London Plan (2021) Policies HC1, DH3, DH4 T2, T4, T5, SI 2, SI 7, SI 4, GG3, DF1, the Mayor’s Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) strategy, Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (Core Strategy) (2014) Policies CH2, DH(h), DH(j),  DH1, DH3, EA(c), E1, IMI, the Royal Borough of Greenwich Planning Obligations (s106) Guidance SPD (July 2015), the Greener Greenwich Supplementary Planning Document (2016), Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Act 1990, and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2023).