planning report D&P/0051c/12 26 February 2015
Convoys Wharf, Deptford in the London Borough of Lewisham planning application no. DC/13/83358
Planning consent Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended); Greater London Authority Acts 1999 and 2007; Town & Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008.
Strategic issue Whilst the Mayor has delegated authority to GLA officers to negotiate and execute the section 106 legal agreement, GLA officers seek endorsement of the proposed drafting of the section 106 agreement in terms of provisions related to community projects. In particular, GLA officers seek the Mayor’s confirmation that the obligations proposed to be secured in respect of the Sayes Court Garden Project and The Lenox Project accord with the provisions that the Mayor sought to secure when he decided to approve the Convoys Wharf outline application on 31 March 2014.
Recommendation That the Mayor agrees that the drafting of the section 106 agreement accords with the provisions that the Mayor sought to secure when making his decision to approve the Convoys Wharf outline application at the Representation Hearing on 31 March 2014.
Context 1 On 31 March 2014 the Mayor of London, acting as local planning authority, resolved to grant conditional planning permission in respect of Lewisham planning application DC/13/83358 subject to the prior completion of a section 106 legal agreement. As part of his decision to approve the scheme the Mayor sought to secure a number of additional section 106 provisions for the Sayes Court Garden Project and The Lenox Project. A full transcript from the Convoys Wharf Representation Hearing of 31 March 2014 is available on the GLA website, however, a summary of the Mayor’s conclusions given at the Representation Hearing for these community projects is set out below. Sayes Court Garden Project 2 GLA officers should work with Lewisham Council and the applicant to seek to use open space at Sayes Court Park, and at the Convoys Wharf site in general, in order to secure a viable and deliverable project. The Lenox Project 3 The feasibility study should be concluded as soon as possible to produce clear options for the project, and the applicant should contribute towards whichever option is the most feasible.
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