Issue - meetings

To consider the Variation of condition number 2 (approved plans) attached to planning permission reference number 23/00239/FPM to alter the position of the stair and lifts cores to ensure maximum travel distance for means of escape are improved.

It was RESOLVED: That the application 23/00655/FPM be GRANTED planning permission subject to the conditions and reasons set out in the report.

The Committee considered a report in respect of application 23/00655/FPM seeking a variation of condition number 2 (approved plans) attaching to planning permission reference number 23/00239/FPM to alter the position of the stair and lift cores to ensure maximum travel distance for means of escape are improved.

The Principal Planning Officer informed the Committee that this application was an amendment for an approved scheme to comply with new fire safety regulations and was similar to a previous application for the same site that came to the Committee. The new regulations stated that buildings over 18m in height needed to have two stair and lift cores, which affected blocks 2, 5, and 7 in this development. There were no other changes other than the additional stair and lift cores.

The additional stair and lift cores couldn’t be within the original space to keep the size of the flats the same so the blocks had to be extended and altered slightly but were similar to what had already been approved. Blocks 2 and 5 remained the same in length and height, but the depth of the buildings had increased but over 1m. Block 7 remained the same in depth and height, but the length had increase to 240m.

A Member asked whether the size of the flats would increase. It was advised that the stair and lift cores were just being added, there were no changes to the flat sizes.

Another Member asked why it was only three blocks and whether this could be done to all the blocks. It was advised that because they were over 18m high they were required by the new safety laws to include this. There was a similar amendment in May which added the stair and lift cores into the other blocks.

A Member asked whether there were solar panels and what solar gains meant. The Assistant Director (Planning & Regulatory) advised that they were unsure if solar panels were being added, but it was not a requirement if they didn’t have it in their application before. Passive solar gain was the heat of the building from the sun or outside temperatures.

It was RESOLVED: That the application 23/00655/FPM be GRANTED planning permission subject to the conditions and reasons set out in the report.

Conditions:

1.    The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than 3 years from the date of the appeal decision APP/K1935/W/20/3255692 whereby planning permission was granted on 15th July 2022.

2.    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 16-019 D – 050 C01; ICON-2-PS-200 – Site Plan; 502686-IWD-XX-XX-DR-A-2320_P1 A3 - Proposed Site Elevations ICON-PS-1-100 - Proposed GA Plan - Level 00 – RevB; ICON-PS- 1-101 - Proposed GA Plan - Level 01, 03,05 – RevB; ICON-PS-1-102 - Proposed GA Plan - Level 02,04 – RevB; ICON-PS-1-103 - Proposed GA Plan - Level 06,08,10 – RevB; ICONPS- 1-104 - Proposed GA Plan - Level 07,09 – RevB; ICON-PS-1-105 - Proposed GA Plan - Level 11  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5