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2/01, Perwell Court, Alexandra Avenue, Harrow HA2 9ED

Meeting: 29/09/2021 - Planning Committee (Item 388)

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Minutes:

PROPOSAL: redevelopment to provide five, three storey terraced dwelling houses (5 x 3 bed) and a three storey building comprising of two flats (1 x 1 bed and 1 x 3 bed); landscaping; parking; bin and cycle stores (demolition of existing garages) (as amended by the Addendum).

 

Councillor Marilyn Ashton proposed refusal for the following reasons:

 

1.            the proposed development, by reason of its proximity to the neighbouring building at Perwell Court, would result in an unacceptable level of narrowing between the proposed development and Perwell Court and would therefore result in a loss of amenity to the occupiers of Perwell Court and be detrimental to the character of the area, contrary policy D1, D3(d) London Plan (2021), DM1 of Harrow Development Management Policies Local Plan (2013), and the Council's Residential design Guide SPD (2010);

 

2.            the siting of the proposed buildings, by reason of their close proximity to the communal garden and the lack of workable and appropriate defensible space between and buildings and the garden, would be detrimental to the amenity of the future occupiers of the development and the use and enjoyment of the garden itself, contrary to D1, D3(d) London Plan (2021), DM1 Harrow development Management Policies Local Plan (2013) and the Supplementary Planning Document Residential Design Guide SPD (2010); and

 

3.            the amenity space that had been provided was insufficient to adequately serve the future and existing occupiers of this development and Perwell Court, to the detriment of the residential amenity of the future and existing occupiers, contrary to policy DM1 of Harrow Development Management Policies Local Plan (2012) and the Supplementary Planning Document Residential design Guide SPD (2010). 

 

The proposal was seconded by Councillor Christopher Baxter, put to the vote and lost.

 

The Committee resolved to accept officer recommendations.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

The Planning Committee was asked to:

 

(1)            agree the reasons for approval as set out in the report; and

 

(2)            grant planning permission subject to the Conditions listed in Appendix 1 of the report.

 

DECISION:  GRANT

 

The Committee wished it to be recorded that the decision to grant the application was by Chair’s Casting Vote.

 

Councillors Brown, Fitzpatrick and Parekh voted to grant the application.

 

Councillor Henson abstained from voting on the application.

 

Councillors Ashton, Baxter and Patel voted against the application.

 

Councillor Fitzpatrick, as Chair, used her Casting Vote to grant the application.