LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON THE EXECUTIVE TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011 11.30 am at the Sutton Life Centre, Alcorn Close, Sutton, SM3 9PZ SECOND DISPATCH To all members of The Executive:- The following papers, which were not available for dispatch with the agenda, are attached. Please bring them with you to the meeting:- 7. STANLEY PARK HIGH SCHOOL - PROPOSED PLANNING BRIEF (Pages 1 - 2) To agree the Planning Brief for the Site. 11. ANY URGENT ITEMS, BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CHAIR, WHO HAS AGREED THE REASON FOR URGENCY (Pages 3 - 144) There are two urgent items brought forward, at the direction of the Chair, as urgent items to allow them to be discussed before going onto the Council Meeting of 9 May 2011. a) Consultation Response and Approval of Sutton Crossroads Conservation Area Designation (Pages 3-78) b) Consultation Response and Approval of the Proposed Additions to the Local List (Pages 79-144) 28 April 2011 Enquiries to: Richard Shortman. Democratic Services Manager Tel: 020 8770 5120 Fax: 020 8770 5404 E-mail: [email protected] Copies of reports are available in large print on request This page is intentionally left blank Page 1 Agenda Item 7 London Borough of Sutton THE EXECUTIVE – 3 MAY 2011 REFERENCE FROM PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP Ward Location: Sutton South Executive Councillor: Jayne McCoy Sutton Central Extract from the Minutes of the meeting held on 26/04/11 --/11 STANLEY PARK HIGH SCHOOL – PROPOSED PLANNING BRIEF Further to Minute 39/10 Members had before them a summary of consultation responses to the draft Planning Brief for the Stanley Park High School. Following consideration of representations, approval was sought for the brief, as revised, as well as Members’ agreement to the preparation of a Development Brief for the site. Consultation responses had shown a strong preference for the option of retaining part of the school site to accommodate a Special Educational Needs school and redeveloping the remainder for housing. Therefore officers had redrafted the document to show how the site should be developed in this way. The need for other changes to the document was also explained. However, there had been some criticism of the lack of detail in relation to the location of proposed houses etc and officers intended, subject to Members’ approval, to prepare a Development Brief which would assist with the disposal of the site and both provide further detail and an opportunity for further involvement from residents. Consultation would take place in June or July 2011. Members discussed whether this additional consultation would be confusing and the need to be very clear when the consultation is circulated about why this is being done. It was agreed that the consultation document did not need to come back to Planning Advisory Group but be distributed to members outside of the meeting. It was also requested that officers include ward councillors. Resolved: (i) To request that officers prepare a Development Brief for the site. (ii) That officers will undertake consultation on the draft Development Brief to enable residents to have greater input; that officers include ward councillors, and that the draft consultation document is distributed to Planning Advisory Group members outside of the meeting. (iii) To RECOMMEND that the Executive approve the revised Planning Brief as a Supplementary Planning Document and as a material consideration for development control purposes. Page 2 This page is intentionally left blank Page 3 Agenda Item 11 London Borough of Sutton THE EXECUTIVE – 3 MAY 2011 REFERENCE FROM PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP Ward Location: Sutton South Executive Councillor: Jayne McCoy Sutton Central Extract from the Minutes of the meeting held on 26/04/11 --/11 URGENT ITEM BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE CHAIR - CONSULTATION RESPONSE AND APPROVAL OF SUTTON CROSSROADS CONSERVATION AREA DESIGNATION Further to Minutes 35/10 and 40/10 officers had conducted a character appraisal in accordance with English Heritage best practice guidance for the purposes of consultation. English Heritage responded positively to the draft Character Appraisal commenting that it would provide an excellent basis for the designation of a Conservation Area. Public consultation ran for a six week period from 5 January to 16 February 2011. Members considered consultation responses attached as an appendix to the report. Whilst responses were low they were in overall support for that work that had been undertaken and were positive about preserving Sutton’s past. The Chair requested that the report include responses received from Local Committees, the Sutton Town Centre Partnership, the Economic Development Advisory Group and the Conservation Area Advisory Consultative Group as it was generally felt that they had all supported these proposals. There had been representations to expand the boundary of the proposed conservation area to include properties in Grove Road and St Nicholas Church and the officers response to not including these was upheld by Members. Resolved: (i) That the proposed Sutton Crossroads Conservation Area be forwarded to The Executive for approval. (ii) To RECOMMEND that The Executive agrees the proposed Sutton Crossroads Conservation Area. (iii) To RECOMMEND that subject to the views of The Executive recommend that Full Council approves the Sutton Crossroads Conservation Area for the purposes of: designation; inclusion in the Site Development Policies DPD: Submission draft for purposes of the Examination in Public in June 2011; and for Development Control purposes. Page 4 This page is intentionally left blank Page 5 Agenda Item 11 London Borough of Sutton CMT – 30 March 2011 Planning Advisory Group – 26 April 2011 The Executive – 3 May 2011 Council – 9 May 2011 Report of the Executive Head of Planning and Transportation CONSULTATION RESPONSE AND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED CONSERVATION AREA DESIGNATION Ward Location: Sutton Central, Author: Claire Gray (x6453) Sutton South Area Served: Sutton Town Lead Councillor: Jayne McCoy/Graham Tope Centre Key Decision Report Summary This Report sets out the response to the public consultation on the proposed Sutton Crossroads Conservation Area and outlines the key issues raised. Recommendations a. I recommend that the Planning Advisory Group considers the consultation responses received and officer views and recommendations, and, subject to its views, agrees that the responses and the proposed Sutton Crossroads Conservation Area be forwarded to the Executive for approval. b. Subject to the views of the Executive, I recommend that the Council approve the Sutton Town Centre High Street Crossroads Conservation Area for the purposes of: (i) designation; (ii) inclusion in the Site Development Policies DPD: Submission draft for purposes of the Examination in Public in June 2011; and (iii) Development Control purposes. 1. Background 1.1 Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for the Historic Environment (PPS5) sets out Government policy on heritage assets1. This proposed Sutton Crossroads Conservation Area provides an evidence base in relation to the historic environment and heritage assets in this part of Sutton town centre, in accordance with the requirements of PPS5 (Policy HE2)2. 1.2 At the Planning Advisory Group (PAG) meeting in October 2010 it was resolved (Minute Ref: 35/10) to complete a Heritage Study of Sutton town centre. An informed appraisal of the heritage assets of the town centre identified the need to undertake a Character Appraisal in the southern part of the town centre with the view to designation as a Conservation Area (CA). 1 Heritage assets are defined as any building, monument, site, place, area or landscape having a degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions. 2 Policy HE2.1 “Local Planning Authorities should ensure that they have evidence about the historic environment and heritage assets in their area and that this is publicly documented.” Agenda Item 11 Page 6 1.3 The Draft Character Appraisal of Sutton High Street Crossroads was prepared in accordance with best practice guidance from English Heritage (EH) and in accordance with EH guidance ‘Conservation Principles’ (2008). Officers have undertaken a comparison of the proposed CA with existing designations elsewhere in suburban London and are confident that it is comparable in terms of heritage value.3 1.4 On 7 December 2010 the PAG endorsed (Minute 40/10) the findings of the analysis of the heritage assets of Sutton Crossroads area and approved the Conservation Area Character Appraisal for the purposes of consultation and for purposes of informing the preparation of planning briefs for opportunity sites within the town centre, and for development control purposes. PAG recommended approval of the draft Sutton Crossroads Conservation Area for consultation purposes by way of DDN. If approval is given, the intention is to designate the CA and include the Character Appraisal as part of the evidence base to the Site Development Policies DPD for purposes of submission to the Secretary of State. 1.5 PAG also agreed the consultation programme, however, requested that it be extended to six weeks from the recommended four week period and that a presentation be taken on the item to all the Local Committees. 2. English Heritage Involvement 2.1 The Character Appraisal was prepared in consultation with EH. Following a site visit to the town centre, officers from EH agreed with the initial conclusions about the potential for designation of a CA. They considered it appropriate to consult the public