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PROPOSAL:  redevelopment to provide a two-storey building with basement level and habitable roof space for 6 x 2-bed flats; vehicle access; parking; boundary treatment; landscaping; communal amenity space; refuse and cycle storage (as varied by the Addendum).

The application was a resubmission of previously approved application P/4534/17 (granted at Committee on 21 February 2018) with no material changes proposed.

The Committee resolved to accept officer recommendations - as varied by the Addendum.

RECOMMENDATION A

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 and the planning obligations listed below, and authority being delegated to the Interim Chief Planning Officer, in consultation with the Director of Legal and Governance Services, for the completion of the Section 106 legal agreement and other enabling legislation and issue of the planning permission and subject to minor amendments to the conditions (set out in Appendix 1 of this report) or the legal agreement. The Section 106 Agreement Heads of Terms would cover the following matters:

i)                Street Tree Replacement (Financial Contribution of £2,000 for 2 x street trees; and

ii)               Legal Fees: Payment of Harrow Council’s reasonable costs in the preparation of the legal agreement.

RECOMMENDATION B

That if the Section 106 Agreement is not completed by 31 April 2022, or as such extended period as may be agreed by the Interim Chief Planning Officer, then it is recommended to delegate the decision to REFUSE planning permission to the Interim Chief Planning Officer on the grounds that: Commented [SB1]: Fergus please checked with David if there is a monitoring fee as this is usually 5% of any monetary contribution and will also need agreement to include in the HOTs by the applicant first.

The proposed development, in the absence of a Legal Agreement to provide appropriate replacement street trees, that directly relate to the development, would fail to adequately mitigate the impact of the development on the wider area and provide for necessary mitigation and improvements arising directly from the development, contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework (2021), policies G1, G5 and G7 of The London Plan (2021), Core Strategy (2012) policy CS1, and policies DM1, DM2, DM43, DM22 and DM50 of the Harrow Development Management Polices Local Plan and the Supplementary Planning Document: Planning Obligations & Affordable Housing (2013).

DECISION:  GRANT – Subject to Section 106 Agreement

The Committee wished it to be recorded that the decision to grant the application was unanimous - subject to a section 106 Agreement.