16/06400/FUL Homefield House, 57 Homefield Road, Coulsdon, CR5 1ET
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16/06400/FUL Homefield House, 57 Homefield Road, Coulsdon, CR5 1ET Site Location Plan PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA 11th May 2017 PART 7: Planning Applications for Decision Item 7.3 1 SUMMARY OF APPLICATION DETAILS Ref: 16/06400/FUL (Link to associated documents on the Planning Register) Location: Homefield House, 57 Homefield Road, Coulsdon, CR5 1ET Ward: Coulsdon East Description: Demolition of former care home. Erection of 1x3 storey building comprising 5x1 bedroom and 5x2 bedroom flats. Erection of 6x2 bedroom and 8x3 bedroom houses. Formation of vehicular access and provision of associated car parking, landscaping and other associated works. Drawing Nos: 1602/38/PL007 B, 1602/38/PL009 C, 1602/38/PL010 A, 1602/38/PL013, 1602/38/PL014, 1602/38/PL001 C, 1602/38/PL002 H, 1602/38/PL003 E, 1602/38/PL004 E, 1602/38/PL005 C, 1602/38/PL006 C, 1602/38/PL008 C, 1602/38/PL011 B, 1602/38/PL012 A, 1602/38/PL015 A, 1602/38/PL016 E, 1602/38/PL017, 1602/38/SUR01 E Applicant: Brick by Brick (Croydon) Ltd Agent: Carter Jonas Ltd Case Officer: Samantha Dixon 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed Total Houses 6 8 Flats 5 5 Totals 5 11 8 24 Number of car parking spaces Number of cycle parking spaces 19 44 1.1 This application is being reported to Planning Committee because Councillor Bird made representations in accordance with the Committee Consideration Criteria and requested Planning Committee consideration and objections above the threshold in the Committee Consideration Criteria have been received 2 RECOMMENDATION 2.1 That the Planning Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to: A: Resolutions to grant planning permission by Planning Committee in respect of applications LBC Refs 16/06422/FUL (Tollgate A&B) 16/06337/FUL (Thornloe Gardens) 16/06374/FUL (Ravensdale A&B) B: The grant of planning permission (to be determined under delegated powers) in respect of the following applications: Application Number Site 16/06276/FUL Drovers Road 16/06366/FUL Academy Gardens 16/06273/FUL Coldharbour 16/06438/FUL Marston Way 16/06372/FUL Tollgate (C) 16/06343/FUL Cheriton House 16/06275/FUL Eagle Hill 16/06375/FUL Ravensdale (site C) 16/06432/FUL Warbank Crescent Should either A or B above not be determined in accordance with the above outcomes, the planning application the subject of this report would be required to be referred back to Planning Committee for reconsideration (specifically around affordable housing delivery – in view of the tranche-wide nature of the affordable housing offer). 2.2 That the Director of Planning and Strategic Transport has delegated authority to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives to secure the following matters: Conditions 1) Legal agreement to secure the following planning obligations: a) Offsite delivery of affordable housing b) Provision of Travel Plan c) Local employment and training strategy d) Review mechanism regarding affordable housing delivery e) Any other planning obligation(s) considered necessary by the Director of Planning and Strategic Transport 2) Development implemented in accordance with submitted drawings 3) Details of materials to be submitted and approved 4) First floor windows in rear elevations of dwellings in Blocks A and B to be glazed with obscure glass and non-opening below 1.7m in height 5) No windows other than as shown 6) Remove Permitted Development for house extensions (Classes A to E) 7) Landscaping scheme including boundary treatment and maintenance strategy to be submitted and approved 8) Accordance with recommendations of Noise Report to include further information to be provided 9) Accordance with Air Quality report 10) Noise from air handling units 11) Low emissions strategy to be submitted 12) Details of mechanical ventilation to be submitted 13) Contaminated land assessment to be submitted and approved 14) Retention of car and cycle parking spaces 15) Provision of electric vehicle charging spaces 16) Implementation of Travel Plan 17) Approval of construction logistics plan 18) Submission of Arboricultural Method Statement 19) In accordance with mitigation measures of ecological survey 20) Water efficiency 21) Sustainable development 35% carbon dioxide reduction 22) Approval of detailed design of a surface water drainage scheme 23) Archaeology written scheme of investigation to be submitted 24) Development to commence within 3 years of the date of permission 25) Any other planning condition(s) considered necessary by the Director of Planning and Strategic Transport, and Informatives 1) Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) – Granted 2) Details with regard to donor site arrangement 3) Removal of site notices 4) Code of practice on construction sites 5) Standards for acoustic design 6) Boilers 7) Light pollution 8) Archaeology 9) Any other informative(s) considered necessary by the Director of Planning 2.3 That the Planning Committee confirms that adequate provision has been made, by the imposition of conditions, for the preservation or planting of trees as required by Section 197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. 3 PROPOSAL AND LOCATION DETAILS Proposal 3.1 Demolition of former care home and erection of a total of 24 houses, flats and maisonettes in the form of: Four terraced rows of houses comprising 6x2 bedroom 4 person houses over two storeys and 8x3 bedroom 6 person houses over three storeys. A three storey building comprising 5x1 bedroom 2 person flats at ground floor level and 5x2 bedroom 4 person maisonettes above. Two ground floor flats to be wheelchair accessible. 3.2 The buildings would have pitched roofs with external materials of light brick to the elevations with dark grey standing seam zinc roofs. 3.3 The existing access from Homefield Road would be relocated further westwards and widened and a new emergency vehicle exit would be formed onto the cul-de-sac to the north west of the site. 19 vehicle parking spaces would be provided within the site, one per new house in the form of either an integral garage or individual space to the front of each unit. The flatted development would have five parking spaces (between the ten units) with two designated for the wheelchair accessible units. 3.4 The houses and ground floor flats would have individual storage areas for bicycles and refuse. The upper storey maisonettes would have a communal bicycle store located in a purpose-built structure within the site. 3.5 All of the 24 units would be for private sale. 3.6 This application has been submitted as part of a wider programme of approximately 50 sites (‘Portfolio’) across the Borough of Croydon. The applicant has stated that they aim to deliver 1000 residential units of which half are intended to be delivered within affordable housing tenures. Each site is the subject of a separate planning application with the Portfolio as a whole divided into tranches. To date, three tranches of applications have been submitted, which amounts to applications on 28 sites for approximately 540 dwellings of which 235 are proposed as affordable housing tenures. 3.7 The affordable housing proposed is not balanced across all of the sites within tranches and portfolios, with some sites proposing more affordable housing and some less, with developments which are “minors” (which do not require affordable housing provision in policy terms) also proposing some affordable housing. As such, some sites act as “donor” sites in affordable housing terms and others are “beneficiaries” (ie they are sites which require affordable housing in policy terms which is being provided off-site or as a mixture of on- and off-site). 3.8 The site is within Tranche 2. The applicant proposes to deliver 44% of affordable housing across Tranche 2 in accordance with the donor site arrangement summarised above. This development would provide 24 residential units for market sale and would be a beneficiary of other donor sites. 3.9 The planning consideration for the donor site arrangement is set out in greater detail below. Site and Surroundings 3.10 The application relates to Homefield House, a former care home located to the north east side of Homefield Road. The site has been vacant for a number of years. The building has a mostly ‘L’ shaped form comprising of one to three storeys with a flat roof over. The plot has an area of 0.47 hectares. 3.11 The existing vehicular access to the site is a narrow single track and has an in-out arrangement from Homefield Road onto the cul-de-sac to the north-west. This access is currently blocked up. 3.12 The surrounding area is predominantly residential, the housing typology typically comprising a mix of bungalows and two storey detached and semi-detached houses. Oasis Academy School is located directly to the south of the site with a car park and sports pitches that are situated to the rear. This building has a mix of one to four storeys and there are notable large areas of hardstanding. Immediately to the north is a small cul-de-sac which serves two detached dwellings. To the east, the site is located immediately adjacent to the boundary with the Metropolitan Green Belt. 3.13 The site is located approximately 0.3 miles from Coulsdon Road, which has a small parade of local shops and businesses including a convenience store and pharmacy. There are also bus stops within 0.1 miles of the site. Coulsdon South train station is 2 miles from the site. The site has a PTAL of 1b (poor access to public transport). 3.14 There are no land use constraints as identified on the Croydon Local Plan Policies Map. A number of trees on site including a group to the frontage are subject to Tree Preservation Orders.