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RESOLVED
 
Unanimously
 
To REFUSE
planning permission for the
following reasons:

The proposed development, due to
the absence of a legal agreement, would fail to secure:

a.                
Early-stage and late-stage
viability reviews necessary to ensure that the development delivers
the maximum viable contribution to affordable housing detracting
from the Council’s aim to provide mixed, inclusive and
balanced communities, contrary to paragraph 66 of the National
Planning Policy Framework (2024), Policies H1, H5 and H7 of the
London Plan (March 2021) and Policy HO1 and HO3 of the Lewisham
Local Plan (July 2025).

b.                
financial contributions in
relation to:

i.              
carbon offsetting thereby failing
to deliver a net carbon-zero development detracting from the
strategic objective for London to become a zero-carbon city by
2050, contrary to paragraph 161 of the National Planning Policy
Framework (2024), Policy SI 2 of the London Plan (March 2021) and
Policy SD3 of the Lewisham Local Plan (July 2025)..

ii.              
off-site children’s
playspace necessary to ensure that there is adequate provision of
informal recreation for young people in Lewisham detracting from
the aim to promote physical and mental health and wellbeing for
young people, contrary to paragraph 103 of the National
Planning Policy Framework (2024), Policy S4 of the London Plan
(March 2021) and Policy CI3 of the Lewisham Local Plan (July
2025).

iii.              
local labour initiatives
necessary
to promote workplace training and skills development within
Lewisham resulting in harm to the local economy, contrary to
paragraph 86 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024),
Policy E11 of the London Plan (March 2021) and Policy EC10 of the
Lewisham Local Plan (July 2025).

iv.              
off-site tree provision necessary
to off-set the loss of trees on-site resulting in harm to
London’s urban forest and its contribution to visual amenity,
biodiversity, air quality and carbon reduction, contrary to
paragraph 136 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024),
Policy G7 of the London Plan (March 2021) and Policy GR5 of the
Lewisham Local Plan (July 2025).

c.                 
car club membership for residents
for a period of three years as required to
discourage private vehicle ownership resulting in a detrimental
impact to the aim of reducing car dependency, contrary to paragraph 115 of the National
Planning Policy Framework (2024), Policies T6 and T6.1 of the
London Plan (March 2021) and Policy TR4 of the Lewisham Local Plan
(July 2025).

d.                
participation within the
Council’s Local Labour and Business scheme thereby failing to
promote workplace training and skills development within Lewisham
resulting in harm to the local economy, contrary to paragraph 86 of
the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), Policy E11 of the
London Plan (March 2021) and Policy EC10 of the Lewisham Local Plan
(July 2025).

e.                
a highways agreement required to
secure improvements to the pedestrian environment in the local area
thereby failing to promote walking and detracting for the aim of
delivering accessible, inclusive, safe and healthy streets,
contrary to paragraph 115 and 117 of the National Planning Policy
Framework (2024), Policy T2 of the London Plan (March 2021) and
Policy TR3 of the Lewisham Local Plan (July 2025).

f.                   
prevention of future occupiers of
the residential accommodation from securing parking permits for the
local CPZ as required to discourage private vehicle ownership
resulting in a detrimental impact to the aim of reducing car
dependency and delivering car-free development, contrary to
paragraph 115 of the National Planning Policy Framework
(2024) Policies T6 and T6.1 of the London Plan (March
2021) and Policy TR4 of the Lewisham Local Plan (July
2025).

g.                
appropriate phasing of the works
required to ensure the completion of the restoration works to the
Grade II Listed Building necessary to safeguard the long-term
future of the building thereby failing to preserve the significance
of the designated heritage asset, contrary to Chapter 16 of the
National Planning Policy Framework (2024), Policy HC1 of the
London Plan (March 2021) and Policies HE1 and HE2 of the Lewisham
Local Plan (July 2025).