Agenda and decisions

Planning Board - Tuesday, 14th January, 2025 6.30 pm

Venue: Committee Rooms 4 & 5, Town Hall, Wellington Street, Woolwich SE18 6PW. View directions

Contact: Jean Riddler  Email: committees@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Note: SPEAKERS - The deadline to request to speak at this meeting is 5pm, Monday 13 January 2025. All requests to speak must be emailed to ommittees@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or in writing, handed in at the Town Hall, and received by 5pm on Monday 13 January 2025. A limited number of speakers requests will be granted with priority to local residents. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS – Any and all photos, documents or written submissions must be emailed to committees@royalgreenwich.gov.uk no later than 5pm Thursday 9 January 2025 No further documents, photos, maps, etc. will be accepted for consideration at the meeting. This applies equally for public submissions and those of the applicant. It does not relate to Planning Officer’s addendum reports.  

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies from Members of the Board.

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2.

Urgent Business

The Chair to announce any items of urgent business circulated separately from the main agenda.

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3.

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 48 KB

Members to declare any personal and financial interests in items on the agenda. Attention is drawn to the Council’s Constitution; the Council’s Code of Conduct and associated advice.

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4.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 51 KB

Members are requested to confirm as an accurate record the Minutes of the meeting held on 12 November 2024.

No motion or discussion may take place upon the Minutes except as to their accuracy, and any question on this point will be determined by a majority of the Members of the body attending who were present when the matter in question was decided. Once confirmed, with or without amendment, the person presiding will sign the Minutes.

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5.

Riverside House, Beresford Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6BU - 24/2813/F pdf icon PDF 394 KB

Ward: Woolwich Arsenal

Members are requested to grant full planning permission for the demolition of link structure and removal of external staircase, refurbishment and extensions of existing buildings, comprising Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Use Class Sui Generis), with ancillary spaces, external amenity space, basement cycle store with plant and ground floor commercial / café floorspace (Use Class E), and comprising Hotel (Use Class C1) with ancillary spaces and ground floor commercial / retail floorspace (Use Class E), public realm works, along with other associated plant space, refuse/recycling store, landscaping, servicing zones, disabled car parking, cycle parking and associated works.

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Decision:

Resolved that full planning permission be GRANTED for the demolition of link structure and removal of external staircase, refurbishment and extensions of existing buildings, comprising Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Use Class Sui Generis), with ancillary spaces, external amenity space, basement cycle store with plant and ground floor commercial / café floorspace (Use Class E), and comprising Hotel (Use Class C1) with ancillary spaces and ground floor commercial / retail floorspace (Use Class E), public realm works, along with other associated plant space, refuse/recycling store, landscaping, servicing zones, disabled car parking, cycle parking and associated works.

 

Subject to:

(i)        The satisfactory completion of a Section 106 (S106) Legal Agreement (obligations set out in Section 25 of the report) and

 

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

 

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 Appendix 2 of the report and its addendum 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 Section 24 of the report, its addendum 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 affordable housing, health infrastructure, transport and highway works, public realm improvements, employment and training, the development would fail to mitigate its impact on local services, amenities and infrastructure, environmental sustainability and open space contrary to policies H1, H4, H5, H7,, S2, SI 2, SI 3, T2, T4, T9 and DF1 of the London Plan (2021) and H3, H5, EA(c), E1, IM1, IM4,  and IM(b) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (Adopted July 2014), and the Planning Obligations (s106) Guidance SPD (July 2015).

6.

Vacant plot adjacent to development site at 81-88 Beresford Street SE18 6BG - Ref: 24/3095/F pdf icon PDF 467 KB

Ward: Woolwich Arsenal

Members are requested to grant full planning permission for the construction of a new building comprising purpose-built student accommodation and associated amenity space (Sui Generis) as an extension of the purpose built student accommodation at 81-88 Beresford Street, together with ancillary plant and servicing; and associated enabling works.

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Decision:

Resolved that full planning permission be GRANTED for construction of a new building comprising purpose-built student accommodation and associated amenity space (Sui Generis) as an extension of the purpose built student accommodation at 81-88 Beresford Street, together with ancillary plant and servicing; and associated enabling works.

 

Subject to:

(i)        The completion of a satisfactory Section 106 (S106) Legal Agreement (obligations set out in Section 25 of the report); and

(ii)      Conditions set out in Appendix 2 of the report 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 Appendix 3 of the report, its addendum 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 Section 25 of this report, its addendum 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 affordable student accommodation, health and education infrastructure, transport and highway works, public transport enhancements, public realm improvements, employment and training, equal opportunities and energy and sustainability the development would fail to mitigate its impact on local services, amenities and infrastructure, environmental sustainability and open space contrary to policies H1, H4, H5, H7, H8, S2, SI 2, SI 3, T2, T4, T9 and DF1 of the London Plan (2021) and H3, H5, H(e), EA4, EA(c), OS1, E1, CH(a), IM1, IM4, IM(a) and IM(b) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (Adopted July 2014), and the Planning Obligations (s106) Guidance SPD (July 2015).