Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Christopher Hayward, Gregory Jones QC, Alderman Sir David Lewis, Jeremy Simons and Tom Sleigh.

There were no declarations of interest.

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 4 June 2013.

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting held on 4 June 2013 be approved as a correct record subject to the following –

5.3 – St Bartholomew’s Hospital North Block – paragraph 5.

Insertion of an additional paragraph after paragraph 5 to read as follows:

“In addition, Members made, inter alia, the following comments:

• Reverend Dudley commented that the application appeared to be half an application as it did not deal with the whole of the building.
• Marion Fredericks commented that there was no analysis of the impacts on the listed buildings other than the North Block and did not consider the effects on the Church, the Screen Wall, the Lucas Block or the East and West Blocks, which are all listed
• Gregory Jones QC drew attention to the English Heritage letter regarding landscaping proposals indicating that they would not approve them, and commented that the statutory duties to pay special attention to the desirability of preserving the listed building or its setting and the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of the conservation area had not been met and he referred to a High Court decision on the issue”

5.4 - St Bartholomew’s Hospital North Block – Listen Building Consent

“RESOLVED – That further to the refusal of planning permission, this item be refused.”

5.5 - St Bartholomew’s Hospital North Block – Conservation Area Consent

“RESOLVED – That further to the refusal of planning permission, this item be refused.”

MATTERS ARISING –

Item 5.1 (Land at Moor Lane, Barbican) – With regard to the removal of the pavilion, Members were informed that some destruction work had taken place, however the deadline for complete removal of 30 June would not be met.

Item 8 (Millennium Bridge Inclinator) – Members were informed that the replacement

Report of the City Planning Officer relative to development and advertisement applications dealt with under delegated authority.

The Committee received a report of the City Planning Officer relative to development and advertisement applications that he had dealt with using his delegated authority since the previous meeting.

RECEIVED.

Consideration was given to a report of the City Planning Officer relative to a planning application which was considered at the 4 June 2013 meeting in respect of a proposal for a Maggie’s Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Members noted that at the last meeting of this Committee it was resolved to refuse all three planning applications subject to reasons for refusal being brought back to the Committee.  This report was to inform the Committee that the applicant had now withdrawn the applications prior to their determination and there was therefore no decision that needed to be made.

The City Planning Officer informed the Committee that a decision remained live until a decision notice had been issued.

RECEIVED.

Report of the City Planning Officer.

Consideration was given to a report of the City Planning Officer which sought agreement of the draft Golden Lane Estate Listed Building Management Guidelines Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to be issued for formal public consultation prior to its adoption as a SPD.

RESOLVED – That the draft text of the Golden Lane Estate Listed Building Management Guidelines Draft SPD be approved for public consultation in July 2013.

Consideration was given to a report of the Director of the Built Environment in respect of the 20mph speed limit benefits and dis-benefits investigation.

During discussion, reference was made to ensuring there was adequate technology to enforce speeding, improving safety figures and CCTV arrangements.

Upon being put to a vote Members supported the report with the exception of one Member abstaining and one Member voting against.

RESOLVED – That,

a)     subject to the agreement of the Court of Common Council, public notice of the City’s intention to make an order prohibiting the driving of motor vehicles on all streets in the City of London for which the City is the local traffic authority at more than 20mph be given;

b)     any objections that are made to the making of that order be reported to your Planning and Transportation Committee for consideration; and

c)     the costs of implementing a 20mph limit be met through Local Implementation Programme funding with approval being sought to utilise the ‘on street parking reserve’ in the event of any shortfall.

Consideration was given to a report of the Director of the Built Environment which proposed that the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule and supporting material be approved for public consultation.

RESOLVED – That,

a)     the proposed City CIL Draft Charging Schedule and supporting material be approved for public consultation and, following the consultation, be submitted for public examination; and

b)     Officers be authorised to make any further, non-material, changes to the CIL documentation, prior to public consultation.

Consideration was given to a report of the Director of the Built Environment which provided an update on the introduction of mobile phone payment technology (credit and debit card payment using mobile phone), which was introduced in the City for on-street parking on 28 November 2011.

RESOLVED – That,

a)     the take up of the new service to date be noted;

b)     the removal of pay and display machines to reflect the fall in usage by coin, debit and credit card payments at the P&D machine be approved;

c)     the possible introduction of extending the service by PaybyPhone  in those car parks managed by the Department of the Built Environment, as an interim measure to replacing the existing pay on foot equipment be approved;

d)     the PaybyPhone with Verrus UK Ltd trading as PaybyPhone contract by 12 months to 27 November 2014 be extended; and

e)     the introduction of a free one-hour parking trial for three months to encourage greater up take of the service provided by PaybyPhone subject to a review at three-months be approved.

Consideration was given to a progress report of the Director of the Built Environment regarding the Road Danger Reduction Plan for 2013.

RESOLVED – That the delivery plan and funding arrangements for the short term RDRP actions (up to December 2014) as set out in the table in paragraph 5 of the report.

Consideration was given to a report of the Director of the Built Environment which set out the progress against the 2012/13 Business Plan and the Financial Outturn Report for the Department.

RECEIVED.

There were questions from the Committee in respect of the following –

Former Midland Bank- Further to a question, the City Planning Officer advised that this building was now under new ownership and he was anticipating a planning application on the site in the near future.  In addition, the City Planning Officer agreed to speak to the owners in respect of improving the appearance of the building.

Residents Car Parking – One Member queried as to whether there was scope to introduce a scheme for resident’s car parking in the City.  The City Planning Officer advised that there was no provision for this type of parking as the City was not a residential area, however as part of a project to re-examine parking in the City, this could be considered. 

Phone payment technology for parking – Further to question, Members were informed that the possibility of using the internet to pay for parking could be considered as a possibility in the future.

Farringdon Street Bridge – The City Surveyor informed the Committee that this project required urgent authorisation of additional payments. 

RESOLVED – That authority be delegated to the Town Clerk, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Projects Sub Committee in respect of Farringdon Street Bridge in respect of authorisation of additional payments.

Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation - The Chairman was delighted to announce the ‘CIHT/Enterprise Mouchel Streets’ Award given to the City of London for the Cheapside scheme.  The judges had considered the scheme to be outstanding and addressed the balance between movement and place as well as by the use of high quality materials.

Further, the Chairman expressed congratulations to Annie Hampson, Planning Services & Development Director who had recently undertook a cycle ride in Holland in aid of charity.

MOTION – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

RESOLVED:– That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

Report of the Director of the Built Environment.

Consideration was given to a report of the Director of the Built Environment in respect of debt arrears for the period ending 31 March 2013.

RECEIVED.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.