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Recommendation A
– Ref: 24/3426/F
 
Resolved that
full planning permission be GRANTED for the Demolition of the former hotel conference
centre, restoration and upgrade of Grade II listed Devonport House
(Use Class F1) comprising: Restoration of Churchill Room, original
primary staircases, brick and mortar repair, chimney repair and
repair to roof (comprising removal, insulation and relaying
existing together with replacing damaged tiles and new dormers on
south side); Relocation of monument to garden fronting Devonport
House; Provision of linked services within basement of Cooper
Building (associated with energy strategy) comprising minor
internal and external alterations; and Erection of new build
extension of 3 stories (comprising education and ancillary use
including café under Use Class F1), physical connection to
Devonport House, new art wall building (accommodating bin store,
electrical sub-station and waste compactor) together with
landscaping and other works incidental to the development. That it
be noted the application was an EIA development and accompanied by
an Environmental Statement).
 
That consent be
subject to:
i.     
Referral of the application to the Secretary of
State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
as required under the terms of the Town and Country (Consultation)
(England) Direction 2024. 
ii.   
The satisfactory completion of a Section 106
(obligations set out in Section 24); and Conditions set out in
Appendix 2.
 
That the Assistant Director of
Planning & Building Control be authorised to:
 
i.       
make any minor changes to the detailed wording of
the recommended conditions as set out at Appendix 2 of the report
and the minutes of this Planning Board meeting, where the Assistant
Director of Planning & Building Control considers it
appropriate, before issuing the decision notice; and
ii.       
finalise the detailed terms of the planning
obligations pursuant to Section 106 as set out in Section 24 of the
report and the minutes of this Planning Board meeting.
iii.       
Consider, in the event that the Section 106 is not
completed within three (3) months of the date of this Planning
Board meeting, to authorise the Assistant Director of Planning
& Building Control to consider whether permission should be
refused on the grounds that the proposals are unacceptable in the
absence of the benefits which would have been secured, and if so,
to determine the application with reasons for refusal which will
include the following;
·       
In the absence of a legal agreement to secure
financial and non-financial contributions towards Transport,
Highways works, Employment and Training, Environmental
Sustainability and Community Uses the development is contrary to
Policy SI 2, SI 4, SI 5 of the London Plan (2021) and Policies CH1,
E1, IM1, IM4 and IM(c) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core
Strategy with Detailed Policies (Adopted July 2014) and the
Planning obligations (s106) Guidance SPD (adopted July
2015);

 
Recommendation B
– Ref: 24/3427/L
 
Resolved that
listed building consent be GRANTED for an application
submitted under Section 19 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and
Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (as amended) for Demolition of the
former hotel conference centre, restoration and upgrade of Grade II
listed Devonport House (Use Class F1) comprising: Restoration of
Churchill Room, original primary staircases, brick and mortar
repair, chimney repair and repair to roof (comprising removal,
insulation and relaying existing together with replacing damaged
tiles and new dormers on south side); Relocation of monument to
garden fronting Devonport House; Provision of linked services
within basement of Cooper Building (associated with energy
strategy) comprising minor internal and external alterations; and
Erection of new build extension of 3 stories (comprising education
and ancillary use including café under Use Class F1),
physical connection to Devonport House, new art wall building
(accommodating bin store, electrical sub-station and waste
compactor) together with landscaping and other works incidental to
the development.
 
That consent be subject to the
Conditions set out in Appendix 3 of the report.
 
That the Assistant Director
(Planning & Building Control) be authorised to make any minor
changes to the detailed wording of the recommended conditions as
set out in Appendix 3 of the report and the minutes of this
Planning Board meeting, where the Assistant Director (Planning
& Building Control) considers it appropriate, before issuing
the final decision notice.