Agenda item

The report relates to a variation of condition application under section 73 (S73) of the Town and Country Planning Act (TCPA) 1990, which seeks to amend conditions 16 (approved drawings), 64 (cycle parking), and 65 (car parking) of application 21/00772/OUT which was allowed on appeal as follows:

 

·      Amendment the design of Building 3 to facilitate the provision of lab space.

·      Provision of amenities within the Multi-Storey Car Park (MSCP).

·      Design amendments to Building 3 and the MSCP to alter their appearance. The height and footprint of the buildings are unchanged.

·      Amendments to the landscape design to coordinate with the revised building design

·      A reduction in car parking provision

·      An increase in cycle parking provision

The Principal Planner updated their report by referring to the amendments contained within the Amendment Sheet summarised as follows:

 

Amendments To Text:

 

Amendment to the title of three of the plans referenced in condition 16 in Section 25 of the report to rectify errors: 16. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

 

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Condition 72 listed in section 25 is proposed to be removed as it is not required:

 

Linking condition

72. Conditions 1-15, 17 - 63 and 66 - 71 of planning permission 21/00772/OUT (as set out above) shall continue to apply to this permission. Where such conditions pertaining to 21/00772/OUT have been discharged, the development of planning permission 23/03182/S73 shall be carried out in accordance with the terms of discharge and those conditions shall be deemed to be discharged for this permission also. Reason: To define the terms of the application.

 

Orestis Tzortzoglou (Applicant)) addressed the Committee in support of the application.

 

The Principal Planner and the Delivery Manager said the following in response to Members’ questions:

 

      i.         The proposed use of the building would be flexible. The amended proposals show a 60/40 split between laboratory and office use floorspace although this can be amended without the need for planning permission as the original consent is suitably flexible. This would result in a reduction in the number of employees by approximately 500. There would be a reduction of car parking spaces of 107. This results in the ratio of employees to car parking spaces remaining the same, which is 1 space per 5.18 staff members.

    ii.         Provisions for car sharing would need to be a part of the travel plan. There would be further travel plans during later phases of development.

   iii.         Cyclists would access the building at the front of the building.

  iv.         Would need to investigate whether any disabled parking bays had EV charging points. Could suggest an informative to recommend that.

The Delivery Manager offered the following summary of amendments to the Officer’s recommendation for both planning applications reflecting Members’ debate during the meeting:

 

      i.         the amendments detailed in the Amendment Sheet;

    ii.         an additional informative to ask developer to provide proportionate element of EV charging for the disabled parking provision.

Resolved (Unanimously) to grant the S73 application in accordance with the Officer recommendation, for the reasons set out in the Officer’s report (with delegated authority to Officers to make minor amendments to the conditions as drafted), subject to:

 

      i.         the amendments detailed in the Amendment Sheet;

    ii.         the conditions and informatives set in the Officers report;

   iii.         the amendments detailed in the Amendment Sheet;

  iv.         an additional informative to ask developer to provide proportionate element of EV charging for the disabled parking provision.