Agenda and minutes

To note the attendance at this meeting of any duly appointed Reserve Members.

RESOLVED:  To note the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed Reserve Members:-

To agree requests to speak from Councillors who are not Members of the Committee.

RESOLVED:  That no Members, who were not members of the Committee, had indicated that they wished to speak at the meeting.

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from all Members present.

RESOLVED: To note that there were none.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2025 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2025 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

To note any public questions received.

Questions will be asked in the order in which they were received.  There will be a time limit of 15 minutes for the asking and answering of public questions.

[The deadline for receipt of public questions is 3.00 pm, 11 April 2025.  Questions should be sent to publicquestions@harrow.gov.uk  

No person may submit more than one question].

RESOLVED:  To note that no public questions were put, or petitions or deputations received.

RESOLVED:  To note that the Addendum and Supplemental Addendum be received.

PROPOSAL:

Single storey extensions to the east, south, and west elevations accommodating an additional 30 students (Demolition of modular building to the south).

RECOMMENDATION:

The Committee were 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 and the published supplemental addendum.

DECISION:  GRANTED

The Committee wished it to be recorded that the decision to approve the application was unanimous.

PROPOSAL:

Change of use from Place of Worship (F1) to a mixed use of Place of worship (F1) and Nursery (E).

RECOMMENDATION:

The Committee were 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 and the published addendum.

DECISION:  GRANTED subject to the additional proposed Condition of limiting the amount of children in the playground at any one time.

The Committee wished it to be recorded that the decision to approve the application was unanimous.

PROPOSAL:

Outline permission for access, scale and layout only: Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of replacement building comprising 8 no. apartments, car parking and associated facilities.

RECOMMENDATION A:

The Committee were 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 and the published supplemental addendum.

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

To secure the necessary proposed off-site Biodiversity Net Gain provision.

a)              Biodiversity Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan over 30 years and monitoring fee.

b)              Biodiversity Net Gain Plan to be submitted, in consultation with the Council

·       Demonstrate biodiversity gain hierarchy

·       Biodiversity unit values before and after development

·       How 10% BNG is delivered

·       Trading rules strategy (if required) with preference as follows:

i              Identify nearby land

ii             Identify borough land

iii           Off-site biodiversity units

iv           Statutory biodiversity credits (last resort)

v            All costs associated with acquiring and delivering off-site habitat and  maintenance or purchase of any necessary units/credits.

vi           Payment of Harrow Council’s reasonable costs in preparation of the legal agreement.

RECOMMENDATION B:

That if the Section 106 Agreement was not completed by 23rd July 2025 (or such period as the Council may determine) of the date of the Committee decision on this application, then it is recommended to delegate the decision to REFUSE planning permission to the Chief Planning Officer on the grounds that:

The proposed development, in the absence of a Legal Agreement to provide appropriate public benefits that directly relate to the development, would fail to adequately ameliorate the onsite biodiversity loss.  The proposal is therefore contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), G6 Biodiversity and Access to Nature of The London Plan (2021), Core Strategy (2012) Policy CS1; Policy DM21 of Harrow Development Management Policies Local Plan 2013; Policy GI3 of the emerging Harrow New Local Plan 2021-2041 and the Supplementary Planning Document: Planning Obligations (2013).

DECISION:  GRANTED subject to the conditions set out in the Officer’s report.

The Committee wished it to be recorded that the decision to approve the application was unanimous.

The recording of this meeting can be found at the following link:

https://www.harrow.gov.uk/virtualmeeting