Agenda and minutes

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 25 March 2021 as an accurate record.

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RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 25March be signed as a correct record.

In accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to register disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and gifts and hospitality to the value of which exceeds £50 or multiple gifts and/or instances of hospitality with a cumulative value of £50 or more when received from a single donor within a rolling twelve month period. In addition, Members and co-opted Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose those disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting. This should be done by completing the Disclosure of Interest form and handing it to the Democratic Services representative at the start of the meeting. The Chair will then invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3. Completed disclosure forms will be provided to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion on the Register of Members’ Interests.

There were no disclosures of a pecuniary interest not already registered.

To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

There was none.

To receive the following presentations on a proposed development:

There are none.

There were none.

To consider the accompanying reports by the Director of Planning & Strategic Transport:

Demolition of single-family dwelling house and erection of 1x 3-storey block, containing 4x 3-bedroom, 3x 2-bedroom and 2x 1-bedroom flats with associated access, car parking, cycle and refuse storage.

Ward: Sanderstead

Recommendation: Grant permission

Demolition of single-family dwelling house and erection of 1x 3-storey block, containing 4x 3-bedroom, 3x 2-bedroom and 2x 1-bedroom flats with associated access, car parking, cycle and refuse storage.

Ward: Sanderstead

The officers presented details of the planning application and responded to questions for clarification.

Mr Alex Mosely spoke against the application.

Mr Chris Moore, spoke on behalf of the applicant in support of the application.

The referring Ward Member Councillor Yvette Hopley spoke against the application.

The Committee deliberated on the application presentation heard before them having heard all the speakers who addressed the Committee, and in turn addressed their view on the matter.

Councillor Leila Ben-Hassel proposed for a condition to maintain a semi-mature hedge at the front of the home and to maintain the strategy.

The substantive motion to GRANT the application based on the officer’s recommendation in addition to the amended conditions was taken to the vote having been proposed by Councillor Humayun Kabir. This was seconded by Councillor Toni Letts.

The substantive motion was carried with six Members voting in favour and four Members voting against.

The Committee therefore RESOLVED to GRANT the application for the development of 37 Kingswood Lane, Warlingham, CR6 9AB.

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a three storey building with roof accommodation comprising 8 flats with associated car parking, bike store, refuse store and landscaping.

Ward: Purley and Woodcote

Recommendation: Grant permission

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a three storey building with roof accommodation comprising 8 flats with associated car parking, bike store, refuse store and landscaping.

Ward: Purley and Woodcote

The officers presented details of the planning application and responded to questions for clarification.

Mrs Victoria Davis spoke against the application.

Miss Syvanna Siragusa, spoke on behalf of the applicant in support of the application.

The referring Ward Member Councillor Oni Oviri spoke against the application.

The Committee deliberated on the application presentation heard before them having heard all the speakers who addressed the Committee, and in turn addressed their view on the matter.

The substantive motion to GRANT the application based on the officer’s recommendation was taken to the vote having been proposed by Councillor Humayum Kabir. This was seconded by Councillor Joy Prince.

The substantive motion was carried with five Members voting in favour, four Members voting against and one Member abstaining their vote.

The Committee therefore RESOLVED to GRANT the application for the development of 131 Woodcote Valley Road, Purley, CR8 3BN.

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 29 storey building to provide 121 residential units and flexible commercial floor space at ground, mezzanine, first and second floors (comprising flexible A1/A2/B1 at ground/mezzanine floors; flexible A1/A2 at ground floor; flexible B1/D1/D2 at first and second floors) together with associated wheelchair accessible vehicle parking, cycle parking, landscaping, play areas and associated works.

Ward: Fairfield

Recommendation: Grant permission

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 29 storey building to provide 121 residential units and flexible commercial floor space at ground, mezzanine, first and second floors (comprising flexible A1/A2/B1 at ground/mezzanine floors; flexible A1/A2 at ground floor; flexible B1/D1/D2 at first and second floors) together with associated wheelchair accessible vehicle parking, cycle parking, landscaping, play areas and associated works.

Ward: Fairfield

The officers presented details of the planning application and responded to questions for clarification.

Miss Emma Winter spoke against the application.

Miss Mia Scaggiante, the agent, spoke on behalf of the applicant in support of the application.

The Ward Member Councillor Chris Clark spoke against the application.

The Committee deliberated on the application presentation heard before them having heard all the speakers who addressed the Committee, and in turn addressed their view on the matter.

The substantive motion to GRANT the application based on the officer’s recommendation was not supported or taken to a vote.

Councillor Clive Fraser proposed for a motion to REFUSE the application on the grounds of over development in height, mass and scale, impact on the sun light and daylight on neighbours and impact of harm to heritage assets. This was seconded by Councillor Ian Parker.

The motion to refuse was taken to a vote and carried with nine Members voting in favour and one Member abstaining their vote.

The Committee therefore RESOLVED to REFUSE the application for the development of 103 to 111A High Street, Croydon, CR0 1QG.

To consider any item(s) referred by a previous meeting of the Planning Sub-Committee to this Committee for consideration and determination:

There are none.

There were none.

To consider the accompanying report by the Director of Planning & Strategic Transport:

Attached is the list of Delegated and Planning Committee/Sub-Committee decisions taken between 15 March 2021 and 26 March 2021.

The report was received for information.