Agenda and minutes

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds

Contact: John Grieve , 0113 37 88662  Email: john.grieve@leeds.gov.uk

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21.

Appeals Against Refusal of Inspection of Documents

 

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded)

 

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

 

Minutes:

There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents

 

22.

Exempt Information - Possible Exclusion of Press and Public

1  To highlight reports or appendices which officers have identified as containing exempt information, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

 

2  To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

 

3  If so, to formally pass the following resolution:-

 

  RESOLVED – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information, as follows:-

 

 

 

Minutes:

There were no items identified where it was considered necessary to exclude the press or public from the meeting due to the nature of the business to be considered.

 

23.

Late Items

 

To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration

 

(The special circumstances shall be specified in the minutes)

 

Minutes:

There were no late items of business.

 

24.

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

 

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-16 of the Members’ Code of Conduct. 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of any disclosable pecuniary interests made at the meeting.

25.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors: C Campbell, R Procter, B Selby and N Walshaw

 

Councillors: B Anderson, B Cleasby, S Hamilton and C Towler were in attendance as substitutes.

 

 

 

26.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 67 KB

To consider and approve the Minutes of the previous meeting held on 20th July 2017.

 

(Copy attached)

Minutes:

With reference to Minute No.17 Councillor T Leadley requested a minor amendment to the wording of the final sentence to read:

 

“The appeal site would account for the equivalent of 18% of the total housing site allocations for the Outer South West HMCA

 

In respect of Minute No. 19 the Chief Planning Officer requested a minor amendment to the third bullet point to read as follows:

 

·  Thorp Arch Estate was partly allocated for employment on the Site Allocation Plan

 

RESOLVED - With the inclusion of the above, the minutes of the previous meeting held on 20th July 2017, were accepted as a true and correct record.

27.

Matters Arising

Minutes:

There were no matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting.

28.

Application No. 17/02677/FU : Proposed New Creative Arts Building for Leeds Beckett University, Portland Way and Calverley Street, Leeds 1 pdf icon PDF 481 KB

To consider a report by the Chief Planning Officer which sets out details of an application for a proposed new creative arts building for Leeds Beckett University at Portland Way and Calverley Street, Leeds 1

 

(Report attached)

Minutes:

The Chief Planning Officer submitted a report which sets out details of an application for a proposed new creative arts building for Leeds Beckett University at Portland Way and Calverley Street, Leeds 1.

 

Site photographs and plans were displayed and referred to throughout the discussion of the application.

 

The Chief Planning Officer together with the applicant’s representatives addressed the Panel, speaking in detail about the proposal and highlighted the following:

 

·  The building would be situated parallel to the recently completed student accommodation buildings 13.5m to the north-west and at a right angle to the Leeds Beckett University Portland Building 7.5m to the north east.

·   The north eastern end of the building would abut the recently opened footway linking Portland Way and the centre of the campus on the same alignment as the most recently constructed student accommodation buildings to the north-west.

·  At ground floor the south western face of the building would be set back approximately 5 metres from Calverley Street at its closest point whilst the most easterly elevation would follow the same building line established by the university’s Woodhouse Building on Portland Way.

·  The building would comprise a series of interlocking volumes situated above a part two, part three, storey basement.

·  The element of the building closest to Portland Way, the “slip block”, would rise to 5-6 storeys above ground, slightly lower than the height of the glazed hub of the Rose Bowl to the east.

·  The main body of the building would rise to 9 storeys, a similar height to the closest new student building to the west and 10m lower than the Portland Building. The south-eastern facade of this taller element would be aligned with the gable end of the Portland Building. The front 15m of this part of the building, the “Calverley Cube”, would step down to equivalent to 6 storeys, the same height as the front section of the neighbouring buildings facing Calverley Street. This part of the building, facing Calverley Street, would be cantilevered above the lower and upper ground floors.

·  The building would contain: TV studio, acoustic testing lab, two theatres, prop stores and workshops, black box studio, recording studios, fashion studios, performance studios and film studios, ensemble rooms and production offices, Social learning and café,216 seat cinema, teaching space, academic and staff offices and computer labs

 

In response to Members questions, the following were discussed:

 

·  Clarification was sought on the location of the TV studio within the complex

·  Did the building include energy efficiency measures

·  Was there satisfactory egress arrangements given the fact that there was a 216 seat cinema located within the complex

·  Would there be public use of the cinema complex

·  Would the external materials discolour over time

·  Was the rainscreen system fire resistant

·  More refinement to the landscaping scheme was required, a suggestion that hedges be incorporated within the scheme was also made

·  It was suggested that the financial obligations contained within the Section 106 Agreement appeared to be low

·  Could the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 28.

29.

PREAPP/17/00261 - Pre-application Presentation for the erection of 515 apartments in two buildings between 8 and 17 storeys with associated landscaping, open space areas, public routes and basement car parking, to be located on the northern side of Quarry Hill, Leeds pdf icon PDF 530 KB

To consider a report by the Chief Planning Officer which sets out details of a Pre-application Presentation (PREAPP/17/00261) for the erection of 515 apartments in two buildings between 8 and 17 storeys with associated landscaping, open space areas, public routes and basement car parking, to be located on the northern side of Quarry Hill, Leeds

 

(Report attached)

Minutes:

The Chief Planning Officer submitted a report which sets out details of a

Pre-application proposal for the erection of 515 apartments in two buildings between 8 and 17 storeys with associated landscaping, open space areas, public routes and basement car parking to be located on the northern side of Quarry Hill, Leeds 1.

 

Site photographs and plans were displayed and referred to throughout the discussion of the application.

 

The Chief Planning Officer together with the applicant’s representatives addressed the Panel, speaking in detail about the proposal and highlighted the following:

 

·  The proposed development runs through the centre of the Quarry Hill site, linking Eastgate roundabout to Quarry House. It currently consists of a mix of hard and soft landscaped areas with a central pathway containing steps and ramps with vacant and cleared sites to either side. The sites have vehicular access from the A64 York Rd/Inner Ring Road to the north and from York Street to the south. The sites are currently used as surface car parking with approximately 417 car parking spaces available.

·  To the west is the West Yorkshire Play House (WYPH) and to the south are the Leeds College of Music (LCM) and its associated student residential tower and the Northern Ballet HQ. Pedestrian access is gained from the west using the existing set of pedestrian steps and ramp arrangement to Eastgate roundabout which is outside the application site. A pedestrian bridge across the A64 to Mabgate is accessed from the north-eastern corner of Quarry Hill.

·  This proposed design amendment relates to a part of the wider Quarry Hill outline planning application site, and is located on the northern side of the east/west route from Eastgate to Quarry House. As part of the outline proposal this was to be occupied by 2 buildings (Building E to the east and Building F to the west) both of 8 storeys fronting the main route and rising to 14 storeys at the rear, to the north. They were proposed to contain approximately 428 no. residential units. These buildings, which were both U-shaped in plan, created a central courtyard space with a route running north/south between them. The current proposal retains this basic format but with the following amendments:

 

·  An increase in the width of the space between building E and F from 10.6m to 13m

·  An increase in the height of the northern part of both buildings from 14 storeys, in the case of Building F to 16 storeys and in the case of Building E to 17 storeys – an increase of between 6m and 9m. Also an increase in the height of the side wings by up to 2m

·  An increase in the number of residential units from 428 to 515.

·  A rationalisation of the ground floor plan to remove original corner recesses and reveals

·  Modification of the colonnade height frontage to the east/west route, from 7m down to 6m

·  Redesigned landscape to the central route to integrate all changes of levels into a fully accessible design, including  ...  view the full minutes text for item 29.

30.

Date and Time of Next Meeting

To note that the next meeting will take place on Thursday 31st August 2017 at 1.30pm in the Civic Hall, Leeds.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – To note that the next meeting will take place on Thursday 31st August 2017 at 1.30pm in the Civic Hall, Leeds.