Agenda item

Recommendation:  Conditional Approval.

Proposal:  Conversion of Unit A to provide a single storey building; demolition and redevelopment of Unit B to provide a  two storey building; demolition and redevelopment of Unit C to provide a two storey building ; conversion and extension to Units D and E to provide single storey buildings and single storey extensions to form new court yard; conversion of Unit F to provide a single storey building; demolition and redevelopment of Unit G to provide a two storey building ; conversion of Unit H to provide a two storey building; conversion of Unit J to provide a single storey building; part demolition and conversion of Unit K to provide a single storey building; conversion of Unit L to provide a single storey building and part demolition and conversion of Unit M to provide a single storey building (with the inclusion of a mezzanine floor) to create 2,335 sqm (measured internally) of B1(a) floorspace . Creation of on-site vehicle and cycle parking areas (including provision of disabled parking) and internal site roads; provision of new vehicle, pedestrian and cycle access to Great Lea; provision of detailed on and off-site landscaping, boundary treatments and other associated works

Applicant: The Englefield Estate

The Committee received and reviewed a report about this application, set out in Agenda pages 35 to 72.

The Committee was advised that the Members’ Update included:

·         Clarification regarding the anticipated vehicle trips;

·         Clarification regarding parking spaces;

·         Proposed amendment to paragraph 15 to clarify that the old rather than the new access would need to be stopped up;

·         Proposed amendment to condition 14 to delete the word ‘permeable;’

·         Proposed amendment to condition 18 for clarification.

In response to Member questions, Officers clarified parking arrangements and the number of parking spaces.

RESOLVED:  That application No. 161191 be approved, subject to the conditions set out on Agenda pages 36 to 41, with conditions 14 and 18 amended as set out in the Members’ Update.