Venue: Conference Room, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, EN1 3XA. View directions
Contact: Jane Creer Email: (jane.creer@enfield.gov.uk 020 8379 4093) / Metin Halil Email: (metin.halil@enfield.gov.uk 020 8379 4091)
Note: Please see agenda front sheet for deputation and attendance information.
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WELCOME AND APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Councillor Simon, Chair, welcomed all attendees and explained the order of the meeting.
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Hamilton and Pearce due to a clash of meetings; and apologies for lateness were received from Councillors Chamberlain and Charalambous. |
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DECLARATION OF INTERESTS Members of the Planning Committee are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non pecuniary interests relevant to items on the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE 17 DECEMBER 2015 To receive the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on Thursday 17 December 2015. Minutes: AGREED the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 17 December 2015 as a correct record. |
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REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PLANNING, HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION (REPORT NO. 167) To receive the covering report of the Assistant Director, Planning, Highways & Transportation.
4.1 Applications dealt with under delegated powers. (A copy is available in the Members’ Library.) Minutes: RECEIVED the report of the Assistant Director, Planning, Highways and Transportation (Report No. 167). |
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15/05021/RM - CHASE FARM HOSPITAL, THE RIDGEWAY, ENFIELD, EN2 6JL RECOMMENDATION: Approval in accordance with Regulation 3 / 4 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 and subject to a Deed of Variation to the agreed S106 WARD: Highlands Minutes: NOTED
1. The introduction by the Planning Decisions Manager, clarifying the application and the four conditions for consideration. 2. The recommendation was incorrectly worded and would be corrected. 3. Members had received a briefing leaflet which helped put this application in context on the wider site. 4. All reserved matters in relation to the housing and school sites were yet to be discharged and would be presented to a future Planning Committee in due course, as and when the relevant land parcels were released. 5. Officers’ advice in relation to the amount and quality of healthcare floorspace to be provided. 6. Members’ debate and questions responded to by officers. 7. Officers were urged to continue to push for improved public transport provision. 8. Councillor Chamberlain arrived at the meeting, but having missed the introduction to the item, took no part in the vote on the application. 9. The officers’ recommendation was supported unanimously by the committee.
AGREED that subject to the completion of a Deed of Variation to the agreed S106, the Head of Development Management or a Planning Decisions Manager be authorised to grant planning permission. |
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15/05576/RE4 - 65-69, ORDNANCE ROAD, ENFIELD, EN3 6AQ RECOMMENDATION: Approval in accordance with Regulation 3 / 4 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 and subject to conditions WARD: Enfield Lock Minutes: NOTED
1. The introduction by the Planning Decisions Manager, clarifying the proposals, and the wider Council initiative known as ‘Small Sites 2’, and the reasons for the officers’ recommendation. 2. The concerns raised by an affected resident in Beaconsfield Road had been addressed. 3. Members’ discussion and questions responded to by officers. 4. The unanimous support of the committee for the officers’ recommendation.
AGREED that planning permission be granted in accordance with Regulation 3 / 4 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, subject to completion of a Unilateral Undertaking that shall include, but not be limited to, contributions to tree planting off site, and subject to the conditions set out in the report. |
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RECOMMENDATION: Subject to referral of the application to the Greater London Authority and the completion of a S106 Agreement, the Head of Development Management / Planning Decisions Manager be authorised to grant planning permission subject to conditions. WARD: Ponders End Additional documents: Minutes: NOTED
1. The introduction by the Planning Decisions Manager, clarifying the proposals, phasing and land ownership issues. 2. An update note had been provided to Members on issues identified throughout the report that had not been fully resolved at the time of writing. 3. Transport for London (TfL) had identified the need for parking surveys of the College Court car park to ensure that the car park would operate with sufficient capacity and that no queuing would occur onto the highway. The applicant had confirmed that they would carry out the parking accumulation survey in parallel with the Stage 2 referral to the GLA. TfL had also highlighted the possible need for bus stop improvements. This was already accounted for in the High Street public realm works. 4. Councillor Charalambous arrived at the meeting, but having missed the introduction to the item, took no part in the vote on the application. 5. Members’ short debate, and questions responded to by officers. 6. The Chair’s suggestion that a post planning permission site visit be arranged in the summer to include the new secondary school and converted Grade II Listed Broadbent building. 7. The unanimous support of the committee for the officers’ recommendation.
AGREED that subject to referral of the application to the Greater London Authority and the completion of a Section 106 Agreement, the Head of Development Management / a Planning Decisions Manager be authorised to grant planning permission, subject to the conditions set out in the report. |
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FUTURE MEETINGS Minutes: NOTED that to manage the meetings and agendas more effectively, there was a need to hold a meeting of the Planning Committee on the next provisional date of Tuesday 9 February as well as Tuesday 23 February 2016. It was unlikely that the provisional date of 8 March would be required. |