This meeting of the Planning Applications Committee will include the confirmation of the minutes of two prior meetings, and will consider a planning application for the installation of temporary office buildings in Cressingham Gardens.

Cressingham Gardens

The report pack contains a planning application for the installation of two 2.4m high temporary office buildings at Cressingham Gardens. They are intended to provide office space for the estate's Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) for a period of three years. The application site is not in a conservation area. The officer's report, which is included in the report pack, recommends that planning permission be granted. The report notes that the application has been referred to the committee because it was made by Lambeth Council.

2.5.6 – Application made by the Council, or by a third party, in relation to land in the Council’s ownership and in respect of which the Council intends to grant to a third party any form any form of right or interest over that land No objections to the application were received during the consultation period. The report describes the proposal's impact on the local area in terms of its design, the impact on the amenity of the area, and transport. The report pack contains a summary of the responses from the council's Transport Team to the application. They did not object to the application subject to confirmation that it would not displace parking stress to surrounding streets. The report says that the applicant has confirmed that this will not be the case. Applicant confirmed that parking permits are issued by the housing team, and any marked bay on the estate can be used, and are not allocated to any individual, and come on a first come first serve basis. Applicant has also confirmed that parking stress is not an issue on the Site.

Minutes of previous meetings

The report pack for the meeting also contains the minutes for the meetings of the Planning Applications Committee on the 14th of January 2025 and the 4th of February 2025. The minutes for the meeting on 14 January 2025 show that the committee considered an application for the change of use of public conveniences to a cafe in Agnes Riley Gardens. The minutes record that Councillors Verity McGivern and Martin Tiedemann, the ward councillors for the area, spoke in favour of the application at the meeting. The minutes also show that the applicant for that application was given permission to address the committee. The minutes record that the committee resolved to grant planning permission for the cafe subject to several conditions. The minutes for the meeting on 4 February 2025 record that the committee considered an application for development at 180 Kennington Lane, which is a listed building. The minutes record that Councillor Martin Bailey, one of the ward councillors for the area, indicated that he lived on the same road as the development, but said that he would approach the application with an open mind. The minutes also show that the committee agreed to forgo the officer's presentation on the application. The minutes record that the committee resolved to grant both planning permission and listed building consent for the application subject to an agreement being made with the developer, and subject to conditions.