Around 40 people attended a meeting of the Planning Committee on Tuesday, April 22 to object to build 19 floors in four blocks and a four -bedroom house on the disuse garage site next to a railway line.
The residents, who cheered after the approval of the decision, had warned about the loss of privacy and the increase in parking pressures in the scheme, located at the ends of Beech Road and Goring Road, Bowes Park.
The president of the Labor Committee, Cllr Mahym Bedekova, declared that the plan was “too close” of neighboring houses and would become “too crowded.”
The member of the CLLR Michael Rye Conservative Committee agreed. He said: “It is a survival for the site, the car -free element cannot be justified that there is no controlled parking area (CPZ) instead. This will add parking stress, which is a road problem.
“Problems with the view have been identified and we must take into account the loss of daylight and sunlight to the closest properties.”
The Committee made a visit to the site this month after deferring its decision at a previous planning meeting in February.
Duration The meeting, member of the work committee, CLLR Josh Abey, asked if the area with conditions for a CPZ that, if implemented, would relieve parking pressures.
Karen Page, the chief of planning of the council, said he did not do so and added that the area was “well served” by public transport. She said that while parking pressures “would increase”, it was up to a degree that would justify rejecting the request.
Mrs. Page said: “Yes, someone who moves to this development could have a car and that could have an impact on the surrounding street, but that must be weighed in the balance with all the Otheon material in consideration, such as the Hou scheme.” ”
The member of the Tory Committee, Cllr Lee Chamberlain, said the road was “densely parked” and that turning was difficult and asked how the plan would overcome it. Hello, he also said that construction work would cause interruption.
Case officer Karolina Grebowiec-Hall said there was a pavement area at the end of Beech Road where the vehicles had observed the leg making three points.
She said: “The officers have explored the brands at the end of that road cleaner and more explicit in regard to the way it can be used to make this turn.”
Karolina also said that more signage was an option to reinforce this. She added that construction vehicles would also have to show that they could maneuver all vehicles and leave materials before any work.
However, the members concluded that the impact and disturbance on neighboring properties, as well as traffic problems were unacceptable and rejected the scheme.
The four conservative members of the Committee voted against the plans, along with the independent member Thomas Fawns. George Savva and Suna Hurman of the Labor voted in favor while the removable Labor members expect Nelly Gyosheva to be absent, abstered, which raised the total number of abstentions to four.
