Institute of Technology conditions at Crawley College, College Road, Three Bridges, Crawley

What was proposed

The application sought to vary the drainage and fire-hydrant conditions for the approved Institute of Technology building, without changing its building, layout, parking or landscaping.

“Planning permission was granted in July 2024 for a new four storey Sussex and Surrey Institute of Technology building, the reconfiguration of the car parking layout with associated hard and soft landscaping and a new substation. The building has now been erected and was occupied on 10 th…”

“Condition 25 Prior to the occupation of the building hereby permitted, the proposed fire hydrant as shown on External Services drawing IOT-EDP-XX-GF-DR-ME-8000 Rev P02 shall be installed in the approved location to BS750 Fire Standards for stored water supply and arrange for the connection to a water supply which is appropriate in terms of both pressure and volume for the purposes of firefighting.”

Officer report

The site

The application site was within the existing college car park, between college buildings, with residential flats beyond a footpath to the east.

“The current application site lies towards the southern end of the campus, within the existing car park between the STEM and ATC buildings to the north and the Longleys building to the south. It contains the newly constructed Institute of Technology building. The site is located in relative proximity to the entrance of the site from the Haslett Avenue East and Three Bridges Road roundabout, but it is also…”

“There are metal railings along the majority of the boundary frontage to College Road. There are also mature trees and grass verges along the boundaries. Within the application site, there is a belt of mature trees which runs across the campus from the west to the east. A recent Tree Preservation Order (ref. 02/2024) protects three individual oak trees and a group containing four oak trees within this tree belt.”

Officer report

Earlier permission and conditions

Permission for the four-storey building was granted in July 2024, and the building was occupied on 10 November 2025 before two conditions were discharged.

“November 2025. Several conditions were placed on the planning approval which required further details to be submitted and approved by the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of the building. However, two conditions were not submitted and discharged prior to the occupation of the building as required. These conditions were:”

Officer report

Who spoke

The Acting Principal Planning Officer gave a verbal summary of the application and its relevant planning considerations.

Members’ discussion

A committee member asked how this application differed from the earlier one, and officers explained that discharged conditions had been removed or reworded.

“The Acting Principal Planning Officer provided a verbal summation of the application. The applicant had sought a variation to two conditions on a previously-approved application at the site which resulted in material amendments to the development; a new application had therefore been submitted with the conditions varied or removed as appropriate. The officer then gave details of the various relevant planning considerations as set out in the report.”

“The Committee then considered the application. A Committee member sought further clarification on the differences between this application and the previous application at the site. Officers explained that, as well as the variation of two conditions, a number of conditions that had already been met had been removed from the application.”

Minutes

The vote

The recommendation was moved by the Chair and seconded by the Vice-Chair before the committee voted.

“The Committee then moved to a vote on the recommendation set out in the report. The recommendation was moved by Councillor Rana as the Chair and seconded by Councillor Bidwell as the Vice-Chair.”

Minutes

The decision

The committee permitted the application, subject to a deed of variation linking it to the earlier Section 106 agreement and the stated conditions.

“Permit, subject to the completion of a Deed of Variation to link this application to the Section 106 agreement completed for application CR/2023/0734/FUL, and subject to the conditions set out in report PES/503e.”

Minutes