Hotel and public house at 7 Mawbey Street, South Lambeth, London SW8

“↑ To contents 1. Summary of application 1.1 Executive summary 1.1.1 The application site (“the Site”) is comprised of a 2 storey public house with an enclosed beer garden to its east curtilage. The building is located on the northern side of Mawbey Street at the junction with the entrance to former Brough Street which part now forms the pub’s side beer garden. The public house is locally listed and has been vacant since 2017. Planning permission (ref.”

“Proposal description 2.2.1 Full planning permission is sought for the phased redevelopment and change of use from Public House (Sui Generis) to both a Hotel (Use Class C1) and Public House (Sui Generis) including retention of facade, demolition to rear of existing building, new rear and side buildings and associated works.”

“↑ To contents 2. Site context and proposal 2.1 Site description 2.1.1 The application site (“the Site”) is comprised of a 2 storey public house with an enclosed beer garden to its east curtilage. The building is located on the northern side of Mawbey Street at the junction with the entrance to former Brough Street which part now forms the pub’s side beer garden and was part of the historic estate.”

“The proposed reprovision of the public house use is welcomed and would meet policy requirements. The proposed hotel use is considered acceptable in this location. A Hotel Sequential and Needs Assessment has been submitted and independently assessed. It was concluded that there are no other suitable and available sites within the area of search. The report sets out the hotel use is required to enable the reprovision of the public house.”

“Whilst the Urban Greening Factor (UGF) fails to meet the policy requirements, the applicant has committed to an off-site contribution which would be used to improve the amenity, horticultural, and biodiversity value of the road verge beds on Lansdowne Avenue. This would provide an off-site UGF of 0.66. The Site is located within an area of very good public transport accessibility.”

“The AQ assessment also confirms that the heat and hot water will be provided by electrically driven systems which are AQ neutral by default. Noted. Condition 11 requires the development to be carried out in accordance with the approved Air Quality Assessment Conservation and Urban Design No objection subject to conditions. Overall, the proposals preserve the significance of the locally listed pub and as such accord with LLP Q23 and NPPF para. Noted.”

“In line with LLP Policy ED9(A) and despite the proposal involves the loss of approximately 105 sqm GIA of public house floorspace, the reprovision of the existing public house is welcomed Noted Transport No objection subject to conditions and S106, following further information submitted regarding cycle parking Noted, conditions 8 and 18 are recommended, along with measures secured in the Heads of Terms Waste Contractor (Serco) The bin storage area is approved with the…”

“25/00001/FUL It was MOVED by Councillor Malcolm Clark and SECONDED by Councillor Scott Ainslie…”

“And RESOLVED With six votes For, and one Against…”

“To grant conditional planning permission subject to the completion of an agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 containing the planning obligations as set out in this report, addenda and/or PAC minutes.”

“In the event that the Section 106 Agreement is not completed within six months of the date of the Committee meeting, delegated authority is given to the Director of Climate Change, Planning and Transport to refuse planning permission for failure to enter into a Section 106 agreement providing for the obligations considered necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms as identified in this report, addenda and/or the PAC minutes.”