Decision Maker: Planning Board

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: December 2, 2025

Purpose:

Content: Resolved that Full Planning Permission be GRANTED for the demolition of existing structures, alongside the partial demolition, refurbishment and extension of the Electric Works building, for the erection of a residential led mixed use development comprising residential accommodation (Class C3), shared living accommodation (Sui Generis) and student accommodation (Sui Generis), alongside commercial (Class E), community (Class F) and replacement Market Pound (Sui Generis) with associated public realm, blue-badge and cycle parking, open space, hard and soft landscaping and other works incidental to the proposed development.   Consent subject to: (i)       Referral of the application to the Mayor of London as required under the terms of The Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008.   (ii)      The conditions at Appendix 2 of the main report and its addendums to be detailed in the notice of determination.   (iii)    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 29.0).   (iv)    A statement being placed on the Statutory Register confirming the main reasons and consideration on which the decision was based were those set out in the report of the Director of Planning and Growth as required by Regulation 30 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.   That the Assistant Director (Planning & Building Control) be authorised  to: (i)       Make any minor changes to the detailed wording of the recommended conditions as set out at Appendix 2 of the main report, 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 29.0), 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 (Planning & Building Control) considers it appropriate, to determine the application with reasons for refusal which will include the following: ·        In the absence of a legal agreement securing Affordable Housing and financial and non-financial contributions, including provisions for Employment, Skills and Training, Highways, and Carbon Offsetting, the proposed development fails to maximise the delivery of affordable housing and adequately mitigate its impact on local services, amenities, and infrastructure. Consequently, the proposal is contrary to London Plan policies SD1, H4, H5, H6, H10, E2, E11, D13, G7, T1, SI2, and DF1, as well as policies H3, E1, E2, EA(c), OS(c), IM1, IM4, IM(a), and IM(b) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014), and the Planning Obligations (S106) Guidance SPD (2015).