Public Document Pack Planning and Transportation Committee Date: TUESDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2020 Time: 10.30 am Venue: VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING (ACCESSIBLE REMOTELY) https://youtu.be/N7wocmY5ekY Members: Deputy Alastair Moss (Chair) Deputy Jamie Ingham Clark Oliver Sells QC (Deputy Shravan Joshi Chairman) Alderwoman Susan Langley Munsur Ali Oliver Lodge Randall Anderson Natasha Maria Cabrera Lloyd-Owen Peter Bennett Andrew Mayer Mark Bostock Deputy Brian Mooney (Chief Commoner) Deputy Keith Bottomley Sylvia Moys Henry Colthurst Barbara Newman Deputy Peter Dunphy Graham Packham Alderman Emma Edhem Susan Pearson John Edwards Judith Pleasance Marianne Fredericks Deputy Henry Pollard Tracey Graham James de Sausmarez Graeme Harrower William Upton QC Sheriff Christopher Hayward Alderman Sir David Wootton Christopher Hill Vacancy Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney Vacancy Enquiries: Gemma Stokley tel. no.: 020 7332 3414 [email protected] Accessing the virtual public meeting Members of the public can observe this virtual public meeting at the below link: https://youtu.be/N7wocmY5ekY This meeting will be a virtual meeting and therefore will not take place in a physical location following regulations made under Section 78 of the Coronavirus Act 2020. A recording of the public meeting will be available via the above link following the end of the public meeting for up to one municipal year. Please note: Online meeting recordings do not constitute the formal minutes of the meeting; minutes are written and are available on the City of London Corporation’s website. Recordings may be edited, at the discretion of the proper officer, to remove any inappropriate material. John Barradell Town Clerk and Chief Executive AGENDA Part 1 - Public Agenda 1. APOLOGIES 2. MEMBERS' DECLARATIONS UNDER THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN RESPECT OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 3. MINUTES To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held virtually on 8 September 2020. For Decision (Pages 1 - 26) 4. OUTSTANDING ACTIONS Report of the Town Clerk. For Information (Pages 27 - 30) 5. SWAN LANE PIER, 1 SWAN LANE LONDON EC4R 3TN Report of the Interim Chief Planning Officers and Development Director. For Decision (Pages 31 - 110) 6. LONDON WALL CAR PARK - VENTILATION, ELECTRICAL, FIRE ALARM AND SPRINKLER WORKS - GATEWAY 2 Report of the City Surveyor. For Decision (Pages 111 - 126) 7. CAR PARK & ON-STREET PARKING BAY TARIFFS Report of the Director of the Built Environment. For Decision (Pages 127 - 134) 8. HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 LICENCE AND CONSENT CHARGES Report of the Director of the Built Environment. For Decision (Pages 135 - 144) 2 9. LOCAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 2021-27 Report of the Director of the Built Environment. For Decision (Pages 145 - 192) 10. BUSINESS AND PLANNING ACT 2020 Report of the Remembrancer. For Information (Pages 193 - 196) 11. PUBLIC LIFT REPORT Report of the City Surveyor. For Information (Pages 197 - 198) 12. DELEGATED DECISIONS OF THE CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Report of the Interim Chief Planning Officer and Development Director. For Information (Pages 199 - 212) 13. VALID PLANNING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY DEPARTMENT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Report of the Interim Chief Planning Officer and Development Director. For Information (Pages 213 - 218) 14. REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN Report of the Town Clerk. For Information (Pages 219 - 220) 15. QUESTIONS ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE 16. ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT THE CHAIR CONSIDERS URGENT 17. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC MOTION – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act. For Decision 3 Part 2 - Non-public Agenda 18. NON-PUBLIC MINUTES To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held virtually on 8 September 2020. For Decision (Pages 221 - 222) 19. NON-PUBLIC QUESTIONS ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE 20. ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT THE CHAIR CONSIDERS URGENT AND WHICH THE COMMITTEE AGREES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHILST THE PUBLIC ARE EXCLUDED 4 Agenda Item 3 PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Tuesday, 8 September 2020 Minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Transportation Committee held virtually via Microsoft Teams at 11.00 am Present Members: Munsur Ali Shravan Joshi Randall Anderson Alderwoman Susan Langley Peter Bennett Natasha Maria Cabrera Lloyd-Owen Mark Bostock Andrew Mayer Deputy Keith Bottomley Deputy Brian Mooney (Chief Commoner) Deputy Peter Dunphy Deputy Alastair Moss Alderman Emma Edhem Barbara Newman John Edwards Graham Packham Marianne Fredericks Susan Pearson Tracey Graham Judith Pleasance Graeme Harrower Deputy Henry Pollard Sheriff Christopher Hayward James de Sausmarez Christopher Hill Oliver Sells QC (Deputy Chairman) Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney William Upton QC Deputy Jamie Ingham Clark Alderman Sir David Wootton Officers: Gemma Stokley - Town Clerk's Department Joseph Anstee - Town Clerk’s Department Antoinette Duhaney - Town Clerk’s Department Leanne Murphy - Town Clerk’s Department Kate Smith - Town Clerk's Department Shani Annand-Baron - Media Officer James Gibson - IS Services Jenny Pitcairn - Chamberlain's Department Dipti Patel - Chamberlain’s Department Fleur Francis - Comptroller and City Solicitor’s Department Alison Bunn - City Surveyor’s Department Gwyn Richards - Interim Chief Planning Officer & Development Director Carolyn Dwyer - Director of Built Environment Samantha Tharme - Department of the Built Environment Elisabeth Hannah - Department of the Built Environment Gordon Roy - Department of the Built Environment Leah Coburn - Department of the Built Environment Paul Beckett - Department of the Built Environment Ian Hughes - Department of the Built Environment Peter Shadbolt - Department of the Built Environment Page 1 Bruce McVean - Department of the Built Environment Simon Glynn - Department of the Built Environment Janet Laban - Department of the Built Environment Richard Steele - Department of the Built Environment Clarisse Tavin - Department of the Built Environment Craig Stansfield - Department of Built Environment Toni Bright - Department of the Built Environment Gavin Felgate - Department of the Built Environment Stuart Wright - Department of the Built Environment Introductions The Town Clerk opened the meeting by introducing herself and stating that the Committee was quorate. A roll call of Members present was undertaken. The Town Clerk highlighted that the meeting was being recorded as well as live streamed and would be made available on the City Corporation’s YouTube page for a period of time after the meeting had concluded. With this in mind, it was confirmed that participants in the meeting had all individually agreed and given their consent to being recorded and that all personal data would be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. The Town Clerk highlighted that, for further information on this, viewers could contact the City Corporation using the details provided on the public webpages. The Committee’s most senior Member present (Barbara Newman) moved that the Committee’s most senior Alderman present (Alderman Sir David Wootton) take the Chair ahead of the election of a Chairman at agenda item 4. This motion was seconded, and Sir David Wootton took the Chair. 1. APOLOGIES Apologies for absence were received from Henry Colthurst, Oliver Lodge and Sylvia Moys. 2. MEMBERS' DECLARATIONS UNDER THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN RESPECT OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA There were no declarations. 3. ORDER OF THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL The Committee received the Order of the Court of Common Council of 16 July 2020 appointing the Committee and setting out its terms of reference for the ensuing year. The Town Clerk highlighted that there were currently two vacancies on the Committee – one in the room of the Ward of Vintry who had chosen not to appoint this year and one in the room of the Ward of Coleman Street following the resignation of Sophie Fernandes from this Committee shortly after the July Court of Common Council meeting. Members were informed that these Page 2 vacancies would now be advertised to the full Court until such time as they were filled. RECEIVED. 4. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN The Committee proceeded to elect a Chairman in accordance with Standing Order No. 29. A list of Members who had expressed an interest in and were eligible to stand was read by the Town Clerk and Deputy Alastair Moss being the only Member expressing willingness to serve was duly elected Chairman for the ensuing year and took the Chair. Deputy Moss thanked the Committee for their continued support stating that he was very aware that there were now huge challenges ahead and that it was important to continue to work collaboratively both internally and externally in the face of this continuing and unprecedented crisis. He added that the work of this Committee and its responsibility for the entirety of the built environment for the City was being closely scrutinised both regionally and nationally in terms of how policies were being applied and how the message that the City was still open for business was being promoted. The Chair went on to offer his thanks to those Members who had recently left the Committee – Rehana Ameer, Adrian Bastow, Sophie Fernandes and Alderman Prem Goyal. He also welcomed a new member – Alderwoman Susan Langley - and congratulated Barbara Newman, a former Chairman of this Committee, on her reappointment after a short period of absence. Finally, the Chair thanked Sheriff Christopher Hayward for his support as his Deputy Chairman over the past year where he had had major input into the work of the Committee and added that he very much looked forward to working alongside a newly appointed Deputy Chair. 5. ELECTION OF DEPUTY CHAIRMAN The Committee proceeded to elect a Deputy Chairman in accordance with Standing Order No. 30. A list of Members who had expressed an interest in and were eligible to stand was read by the Town Clerk.