PDU Case Report XXXX/YY Date
planning report PDU/2453/02 10 February 2010 Samas Roneo, Maiden Lane, Crayford in the London Borough of Bexley planning application no. 09/00334 Strategic planning application stage II referral (new powers) Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended); Greater London Authority Acts 1999 and 2007; Town & Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008 The proposal Detailed planning application for redevelopment to provide a new gymnasium (Class D2) with associated parking, landscaping and a new access and outline planning permission for up to 247 residential units (comprising 52 x 3 bedroom houses; 35 x 4 bedroom homes and 160 apartments) and associated landscaping areas and green open space. 252 car parking spaces the residential accommodation and 58 spaces for the gymnasium are proposed. The applicant The applicants are Barratt Homes and Europa Gym Club, and the architect is Formation Architects. Strategic issues The proposal will result in the loss of a site designated as Strategic Industrial Land for residential uses and for a replacement gym. The site has been vacant for a long time period and has many constraints that affect not only its employment function, but its alternative use. Issues relating to design, biodiversity, housing, traffic and transport, and sustainable design are also relevant. Recommendation That Bexley Council be advised that the Mayor is content for it to determine the case itself, subject to any action that the Secretary of State may take, and does not therefore wish to direct refusal or direct that he is to be the local planning authority. Context 1 On 6 May 2009 the Mayor of London received documents from Bexley Council notifying him of a planning application of potential strategic importance to develop the above site for the above uses.
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