Decision

Resolved - That full planning permission be GRANTED for:

A. The Erection of industrial warehouse buildings for flexible uses within Use Classes E(g)(iii), B2 and B8 with ancillary offices, access and servicing arrangements, vehicle and cycle parking, landscaping, external amenity area, roof mounted photovoltaic array, measure of enclosure including secure fencing and gates, substation, bin stores and associated works.

Subject to:

(i)            The conditions (Appendix 2) to be detailed in the notice of determination.

(ii)           The prior completion of an agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, containing the planning obligations summarised in the heads of terms as set out in the report (Section 22.0).

B.  To authorise the Assistant Director (Planning & Building Control) to:

(i)            Make any minor changes to the detailed wording of the recommended conditions as set out in the report (Appendix 2), its addendums and the minutes of this Planning Board meeting, where the Assistant Director (Planning & Building Control) considers it appropriate, before issuing the final decision notice.

(ii)           Finalise the detailed terms of the section 106 agreement and form of the planning obligations as set out in this report (Section 22.0), its addendums and the minutes of this Planning Board meeting.

(iii)         Consider, in the event that the Section 106 Agreement is not completed within three (3) months of the date of this Planning Board resolution, whether consent should be refused on the grounds that the agreement has not been completed within the appropriate timescale, and that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence of the recommended planning obligations; and if the Assistant Director (Planning & Building Control) considers it appropriate, to determine the application with reasons for refusal which will include the following:

a)    In the absence of a legal agreement to secure financial and non-financial contributions towards Transport infrastructure, Highways works, Employment and Training initiatives, a Carbon Offset Review Mechanism, and a Five-Year Low-Carbon and Renewable Energy Monitoring Strategy, the development fails to mitigate its local impacts and is contrary to Policies SI 2, SI 3, and SI 4 of the London Plan (2021), Policies E1, EA1, EA(c), IM1, IM4, and IM(c) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014), and the Planning Obligations (s106) Guidance SPD (2015).