Quintain presented an overview of their proposals for the Wembley Stadium Green Car Park at Brent Planning Committee last night ahead of any formal planning application.
Sarah Marquis, the Chair of the Planning Committee said she had an interest in this item and removed herself from the room while it was being discussed.
Quintain said they were working with officers on detailed design and negotiations on Section 106 were in process and close to being signed.
The plans were displayed on slides with no paper copies available to the public. No public representations were allowed.
Seven buildings were planned with a 'signature' building of 26 storeys to the north of the plot and six lower blocks.
There will be 743 dwellings ranging from studios to 3 bedrooms. Residents of the tallest block would have access to a roof top terrace as well as long views of a proposed 7 acre park and the stadium.
Quintain claimed that 50% of the dwellings would be affordable but Mike Kiely Interim Head of Planning said they were not affordable in the strictly statutory sense. The proposal was for 'discounted rent' at 80% of market rent and that for only 7 years although Quintain said that was in 'theory' and it would not be a case of 'time's up - it's time to go'. These would be in addition to the 27% affordable dwellings Quintain were providing.
There was little detail of the park except that it would include tree planting and seating with hard landscaping. Family units would be sited around the park.
There was concern from councillors about the affordability issue as well as plans for a covered coach park that would accommodate 91 vehicles. The latter was mainly about the impact of coach passengers on the area as they left their coaches or waited at the end of events to join them. Coaches would arrive from the south and leave from the north of the site. There would be residential gardens on the roof of the coach park with natural ventiliation to cut down on fumes. The coach park might be available for 'meanwhile' uses on non-event days.
Councillors were assured that there would be no 'poor doors' and no difference in quality between the 'affordable' and 'market' properties.
At the ground floor level there would be a mix of business and community uses although the proportions of both had not yet been decided.
Quintain waxed lyrical about how wonderful their consultations on the Wembley Master Plan had been but were unable to give examples (except for the coach park) to changes they had made as a result of consultees comments.
Sarah Marquis, the Chair of the Planning Committee said she had an interest in this item and removed herself from the room while it was being discussed.
Quintain said they were working with officers on detailed design and negotiations on Section 106 were in process and close to being signed.
The plans were displayed on slides with no paper copies available to the public. No public representations were allowed.
Seven buildings were planned with a 'signature' building of 26 storeys to the north of the plot and six lower blocks.
There will be 743 dwellings ranging from studios to 3 bedrooms. Residents of the tallest block would have access to a roof top terrace as well as long views of a proposed 7 acre park and the stadium.
Quintain claimed that 50% of the dwellings would be affordable but Mike Kiely Interim Head of Planning said they were not affordable in the strictly statutory sense. The proposal was for 'discounted rent' at 80% of market rent and that for only 7 years although Quintain said that was in 'theory' and it would not be a case of 'time's up - it's time to go'. These would be in addition to the 27% affordable dwellings Quintain were providing.
There was little detail of the park except that it would include tree planting and seating with hard landscaping. Family units would be sited around the park.
There was concern from councillors about the affordability issue as well as plans for a covered coach park that would accommodate 91 vehicles. The latter was mainly about the impact of coach passengers on the area as they left their coaches or waited at the end of events to join them. Coaches would arrive from the south and leave from the north of the site. There would be residential gardens on the roof of the coach park with natural ventiliation to cut down on fumes. The coach park might be available for 'meanwhile' uses on non-event days.
Councillors were assured that there would be no 'poor doors' and no difference in quality between the 'affordable' and 'market' properties.
At the ground floor level there would be a mix of business and community uses although the proportions of both had not yet been decided.
Quintain waxed lyrical about how wonderful their consultations on the Wembley Master Plan had been but were unable to give examples (except for the coach park) to changes they had made as a result of consultees comments.
2 comments:
" Sarah Marquis, the Chair of the Planning Committee said she had an interest in [the Stadium Green Car Park] and removed herself from the room while it was being discussed."
It might be more transparent for her to announce precisely what that 'interest' was and whether it might actually extend to her whole involvement in Planning Committee affairs regarding Quintain.
"The plans were displayed on slides with no paper copies available to the public. No public representations were allowed."
I am reminded of attendances at jobcentre contracted 'training' involvements etc, where contractual paperwork between 'scheme participants' and host organisations are deemed 'too confidential' for the 'scheme participant' to take home. There may be disability access issues of varying sorts involved with this type of omission.
Was the use of presentation attenders' cameras banned?
Family units would be sited around the park.that is good!
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