PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE 03 DECEMBER 2019 SECOND ADDENDUM: AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AGENDA ITEMS Page Number Report Changes Decision Letter Changes ITEM 4 Applications 19/01304/FUL & 19/01305/LB – 8 Albert Embankment Pages 167, and Amendments to report No 168 ‘Affordable Housing and An addendum note has been provided by BNPP in relation to viability. Housing Mix’ Officer comment: BNPP can comment on this should committee members have any questions. Page 221 No ‘Planning The contribution for implementation of Low Traffic Neighbourhood on local streets in the area is Obligations and £164,000. CIL’ Page 228, Additional Condition (amended to suggested additional condition set out in First Addendum) Yes Conditions Noise Mitigation and Control for Noise Generating Uses 43 Prior to the commencement of development of each relevant block containing an A4 or D2 use hereby permitted, a scheme of noise assessment and scheme of mitigation must be undertaken and shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to ensure that the noise impacts from all/the relevant A4 and D2 uses shall be suitably mitigated and that the spaces shall be suitably ventilated to enable effective delivery of the proposed scheme. A suitably qualified independent person must undertake all work and the scheme of mitigation. The scheme shall ensure that operational noise levels from the commercial use do not exceed NR25 Leq,5mins between 22:00 – 07:00hrs within potentially adversely affected residential or other noise sensitive locations during typical activities. The scheme must include details of stages of validation during the construction phase and a post construction scheme of validation and measurement to demonstrate substantive compliance. Details of the post construction validation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE 03 DECEMBER 2019 SECOND ADDENDUM: AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AGENDA ITEMS Reason: To protect the amenities of adjoining occupiers and the surrounding area (policy Q2 of the London Borough of Lambeth Local Plan (2015)). Office comment: The reason for the requested amendment is that the A4/D2 uses will come forward as part of different phases and will not come forward together. The fire station will also be delivered as the first phase and as worded its occupation could be delayed – phased provision will address this concern. The suggested noise limit condition also has no indication of the measurement parameter used or the period it should be applied and therefore has been amended to reflect timescales. Pages 146 to 157 Additional Consultation Responses No ‘Consultation Responses' Primrose Hill Conservation Area Advisory Committee – objection for the following reasons: The application would significantly harm the protected views designated in the LVMF view (4A) from Primrose Hill which includes the setting of the Victoria Tower of the Palace of Westminster. The Primrose Hill Conservation Area Advisory Committee has welcomed the GLA’s enhanced recognition of the importance of a range of London views in the draft London Plan, and we contributed to the Planning Inspectors’ examination in public, supporting the protection of such views. It would be a blow to the democratic process to undermine these views, and undermining to communities across London for our treasured sense of place, of our London, to be harmed in the way proposed. Whitgift Estate TRA No Further correspondence has been received attaching a review by the BRE dated 26/11/2019 of the daylight and sunlight report produced by Shroeders Begg. Officer comment: Shroeders Begg have been provided a copy of the review by the BRE and can comment on this should committee members have any questions. PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE 03 DECEMBER 2019 SECOND ADDENDUM: AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AGENDA ITEMS Vauxhall One Business Improvement District (BID) - Supports growth in Vauxhall and works to No ensure that all businesses benefit from the developments in our area. The BID welcomes the kind of innovation and positive change that creates skills, supports jobs and helps build a positive future for Vauxhall, while celebrating the area's important and thoroughly unique past. Our most recent survey showed great support amongst local businesses for improved amenities for the area. These proposals include a number of low-cost rental spaces for new micro, small and medium sized enterprises, which will help to spread the benefits of growth in the local area, as well as provide new amenities for local residents. All these new businesses together will help to generate over £1.7 million a year for the Council through business rates and new and improved public spaces that can be enjoyed by all. Florence Eshalomi AM (London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark) No Letter of objection from Florence Eshalomi AM received attached as Appendix 3 Ward Councillors No Letter of objection received from Cllr Davies attached as Appendix 1 Letter of objection received from Cllr Simpson attached as Appendix 2 Transport for London No The following additional comments have been received: “The only outstanding issue for TfL is the fire station access. We’ve relayed our concerns that the proposals assume the existing access arrangements for fire tender via Lambeth High Street, which will not be achievable for vehicles returning from Lambeth Palace Road once TfL’s scheme for Lambeth Bridge south is implemented. As such the committee report suggests that a planning obligation will be required to agree alternative access, as per the extract below, which is welcomed. The access arrangements for the Fire Station are proposed to remain essentially as existing. It’s proposed that fire appliances exit the site onto Albert Embankment, returning (in forward gear) to the rear via Lambeth High Street. However, TfL’s proposal for Lambeth Bridge South indicate restricted vehicle turning movements from Lambeth Palace Road to Lambeth Road - making this arrangement difficult for vehicles returning from the north of the site. TfL have stated that an PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE 03 DECEMBER 2019 SECOND ADDENDUM: AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AGENDA ITEMS alternative could be to route via Black Prince Road to access Lambeth High Street, avoiding significant re-routing. However, the existing road layout and building line inhibits that manoeuvre for larger vehicles. The applicant is therefore required to enter into a planning obligation to agree an alternative access, to ensure that the two schemes are compatible. It is likely that TfL will also be a party to the appropriate agreement. In line with Local Plan Policy T1 which gives prioritises walking over taxis, we requested that the taxi rank proposed on Lambeth High Street should be removed to provide a wider footway. We opposed the positioning of the taxi rank here because of its effect on the pedestrian environment. Located on the footway, it would have resulted in a substandard footway width behind the rank. The Pedestrian Comfort Level [PCL] on the footway around the potential taxi-rank would fall to PCL=F with a two-taxi rank. On the PCL scale A [best] to F [worst] TfL’s own guidance states anything below C+ is unacceptable for ‘high street’ environments. No suitable alternative location was identified, but there are 2 x alternative taxi ranks within approx. 300m of the site”. Officer comment: Details of alternative access arrangements to be agreed with Tfl covered by s106 head of term as set out on Page 221 of the committee report. With respect to taxi parking, no suitable alternative location was identified, but there are 2 x alternative taxi ranks within approx. 300m of the site. Beaconsfield Gallery – Objection on the following grounds: No Lack of consultation; The proposed building will block the existing view of our historic, neo classical, Victorian building that currently has a sight-line extending from Vauxhall Spring Gardens, coming into view at Walker Books. The proposed U+I tower block will completely erase any view of the original, intact side of our building which is of key historic importance for the area as the philanthropic project of the former Lambeth Ragged School (built 1851); The building of towers in a conservation area and on a site that has been designated not to have tall buildings (in Lambeth's Local Plan 2015) due to the heritage sensitivity of the location; Loss of sun and daylight to all the surrounding communities and businesses and particularly to Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, which requires light for its operation as a free, public art gallery and café; Loss of sun and daylight that would result from the building of a tower on the corner of Black Prince Road and Newport Street: the building will block light to the windows of the Upper Gallery PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE 03 DECEMBER 2019 SECOND ADDENDUM: AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AGENDA ITEMS and Lower gallery/café space. This will severely impact both exhibitions and community use of the café, causing substantial adverse harm to the amenity we provide, the catering business that we support and therefore to the public. Additional Responses No An additional 60 objection responses have been received – these raise no new issues to those already reported in the committee report. Summary of total responses received to date (including those set out in the first and second No addendums) In total, 1,195 local residents were consulted on the applications with 699 individual representations having been received during the consultation period of which 344 were in support and 355 were in objection. Three petitions of objection with 2,177 signatures, 100 signatures and 43 signatures respectively have also been received. Appendix One Dear PAC members, I will be attending PAC to speak about my reservations regarding the 8 Albert Embankment proposed development.