129 affordable homes at Land At New Park Road, London SW2

“↑ To contents 1. Summary of application 1.1 Executive summary 1.1.1 Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd submitted an application for full planning permission for the erection of four buildings rising from 4 to 6 storeys in height to provide 129 homes (Use Class C3) together with associated landscaping, Blue Badge car parking and cycle parking structures.”

“All the proposed housing would be affordable, comprising 45 social rent units and 84 intermediate units (London Living Rent or Shared Ownership). The development meets the minimum requirement of 50% affordable housing with the policy compliant tenure 70:30 split but includes additional intermediate housing to achieve 100% affordable housing overall.”

“↑ To contents 2. Site context and proposal 2.1 Site description 2.1.1 The application site (“Site”) is located on the east side of New Park Road. It is 0.67 ha. in area and is clear of any development. It was previously occupied by two residential buildings, Aspinall House, which was 3 to 4-storeys and Parsons House, which was 6-storeys. These buildings were demolished in 2016 and since then the site has been covered extensively by self-seeded vegetation (See Figure 2).”

“Development in the wider area is mostly residential with a general pattern of blocks of flats to the north and west and semi-detached and terraced houses to the south. The Brixton Hill/New Park Road Local Centre is nearby to the north. The Site is not in a conservation area and does not contain any listed buildings. The Baptist Chapel and Church Hall immediately opposite the Site are Locally Listed.”

“The submitted drawings and documents for the application can be found at this link: 25/02125/FUL | Erection of four buildings 4 to 6 storeys in height to provide residential units (Use Class C3) together with associated landscaping, Blue Badge car parking, cycle parking structures. Please note for consultation purposes the number of residential units to be provided is 129 units.”

“The 2008 outline permission envisaged a primary school which would have been within a six storey building with the school on the ground and first floors with 36 residential units on the upper floors (see Figure 7 and Figure 8). Any school proposed on the site would have required a separate reserved matters application to confirm the detailed design for approval. No such reserved matters application has been approved. .”

“No objection subject to conditions: • Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan • Detailed landscaping Scheme • Biodiversity Net Gain Strategy • Five Year Maintenance and replacement • Utilities and services coordination plan See conditions 6, 7 and 10, Conservation and Urban Design…”

“No objection subject s106 obligation securing: • A financial contribution of £83,850 • Employment and Skills Plan for construction phase of development • Employment and Skills Plan for occupation phase of development • Adherence to Lambeth Council monitoring processes and ‘in-lieu’ compliance payments • Agreed Employment and Skills Plans will set out targets and methodology for delivery of employment and skills outcomes for Lambeth residents.”

“To grant conditional planning permission subject to the completion of a satisfactory deed 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 a satisfactory Section 106 deed is not completed within six months of the date of the Committee meeting, delegated authority is given to the Director of Planning and Sustainability to refuse planning permission for failure to enter into a Section 106 deed securing the obligations considered necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms as identified in this report, addenda and/or the PAC minutes.”