Issue - meetings

RECOMMENDATION: That, subject to the receipt of satisfactory ecological survey results, the Head of Development Management/Planning Decisions Manager be authorised to GRANT planning permission subject to conditions and add any additional planning conditions necessary to secure appropriate mitigation as well as make any minor amendments to the wording of the conditions drafted in Part 1 of this report.

WARD: Edmonton Green

NOTED

1.    The introduction by Sharon Davidson, Planning Decisions Manager, clarifying the proposals.

2.    The following updates to the report as reported:

·         Traffic, Transport and Access

Trip Generation

The committee report states that the mode share projections used to inform the TA are based on ticket sales and customer survey results.

To clarify, there has been no customer survey carried out yet to inform the projections for this event. The projections are based on ticket sales and information gained from previous years events in other locations. A customer survey of this event is expected to be carried out by the applicant to inform mode share data for any future events at the site.

Pedestrian Access

Para 9.35 – The committee report states that pedestrian points of access to the site will be provided along the southern boundary with Tottenham Marshes. To clarify, all access into and out of the site for festival goers will be over the bridge over Pymmes Brook. Whilst a pedestrian route will be provided through Tottenham Marshes as shown in Figure 1, pedestrians will be routed towards the main entrance to the festival across the bridge. The access points from the site onto the marsh are emergency routes only.

To clarify, the final ingress/egress plan will be submitted to and agreed with the LPA prior to the event. However, the main ingress to the site will be through a stewarded route through the marshes and over the bridge or along Watermead Way/Meridian Way and Leeside Road.  Entry to the event through the marshes will only be permitted up until 8pm after which time access will not be permitted given this route will be unlit. Egress from the event will be along Leeside Road and Meridian Way and not permitted through Tottenham marshes.

·         Consultation Update

Transport for London

TfL have confirmed that the proposal as it stands is acceptable subject to conditions requiring the provision of cycle parking (the applicant intends to provide a 30m x 30m facility with capacity for you to 1000 bikes which TfL deem sufficient for this event) and a requirement that a transport survey is undertaken during the festival to ascertain whether the predictions made in the transport management plan regarding mode share are accurate. An additional condition to cover this is recommended.

Objections have been received from Tottenham Hotspurs Football Club and  Stonebridge Lock Coalition since the report was published. (The Spurs letter was circulated in full for Members). In summary, the objections raised are:

                THFC

THFC have stated that whilst there are no major events  (over 10,000 spectators) planned to take place at the stadium at the same time as the festival, that in the absence of key timetabling information to confirm that sufficient public transport capacity exists they object to the application especially in the absence of express support from TfL, British Tansport Police and the Metropolitan Police.

Officer Response:

Full consideration of the impact on the transport network is provided in section 9 of the committee report and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1102

RECOMMENDATION: Approval subject to conditions.

WARD: Town

NOTED

1.    The introduction by David Gittens, Planning Decisions Manager, clarifying the proposals and that the application only came to committee because the applicant was an employee of the Council.

2.    The unanimous support of the Committee for the officers’ recommendation.

AGREED that planning permission be granted, subject to the conditions set out in the report.