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Land bound by Waterloo Road to the east; the Great Eastern M Cotleigh Road to the west; and London Road to the north Romford
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Council sourceApplication for a non-material amendment to planning permission Ref: P0761.20 dated 30/11/2021 to revise the wording of Condition 8 (Design Code). The wording of condition 8 of the planning permission P0761.20 shall be revised as follows: Notwithstanding the principles set out in the submitted Design Code - Outline Masterplan (Ref: WAQ-CPL-XX-XX-RP-A-9309-PL-L1), prior to the submission of the second reserved matters application a revised Design Code is to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The revised Design Code shall include the following: * A commitment to achieving compliance with London Plan guidance to avoid single aspect north facing and limit the number of units per core with exceptions only in specified circumstances which are justified in the code; * A commitment to achieving minimum daylight standards in line with BRE guidance as far as reasonably practicable; * A commitment to achieving access to podium landscaped areas for all cores; * A commitment to avoiding overlooking and privacy issues, in particular window to window, window to balcony and balcony to balcony relationships; relationships between podium landscaped areas and private terraces around the podium; and * The revised Design Code should also signpost to the urban design principles contained within the Design and Access Statement for the Outline Scheme. Specifically, this should include (but not limited to) signposting principles for layout, massing, relationships, typology, entrances and accesses, podiums, cores, cycle parking, streets, parking, planting, waste, relationship between blocks and streets (defensible spaces), relationships between units and podium landscapes (buffer zones), urban greening factor, landscaping, public realm, open space and play space. Each reserved matters submission of each relevant phase shall demonstrate how the proposed design of the development complies with the principles of the approved revised Design Code.
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Decision Notice - havpdeca2Decision Notice - havpdeca2 | 14 Feb 2025 | View |
| APPLICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTAPPLICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 8 Jan 2025 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form | 10 Dec 2024 | View |
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