Planning applications in Brent, June 2010

Ark Academy, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

Details pursuant to condition No 13 (Site Investigation), and 21 (verification report confirming remediation works) of Deemed (Reg4 Councils Other Development) reference 08/2842 dated 4 June, 2009, for New school academy (6 forms of entry secondary school, 2 forms of entry primary school & nursery) comprising 2-, 3- and 4-storey main school building, 2-storey sports/drama hall with changing facilities, 3 hard play areas, all-weather, floodlit sports pitch, smaller floodlit sports pitch, outdoor play areas, soft play/natural habitat landscaped area, 45 staff-parking spaces, 3 disabled-parking spaces, 102 cycle-parking spaces and associated landscaping with access from Forty Avenue and Bridge Road, HA9 (as accompanied by: Revised Design and Access Statement dated February 2009; Untitled 3D visualisation drawings received 28 January 2009; Revised Transport Assessment by TPC dated March 2009; Statement of Community involvement in the process of establishing Ark Academy; Flood Risk Assessment Revision A by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Calculations confirming the proposed academy will discharge less than half the foul plus surface water drainage into the existing sewer system, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Additional calculations, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Flood Risk Assessment calculation sent by Smith Construction dated 24 March 2009; Energy Statement by Faber Maunsell dated 15 October 2008; Faber Maunsell letter dated 6 February 2009; Faber Maunsell Technical Note dated February 2009; Faber Maunsell document - Issue 2 - October 2008; Faber Maunsell Heat Loss and Overheating Analysis - January 2009; Desk Study and Preliminary Ground Investigation by Soil Consultants dated 14 January 2008; Draft Landscape Management Plan for Wembley Academy Natural Habitat Area along Forty Avenue Site Boundary, by Form Associates dated October 2008; Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Protected Species Assessment, by ecology consultancy dated January 2008; Tree Survey and Arboricultural Report by Challice Consulting Ltd dated 21 July 2008; Willmott Dixon Sport England Response issued 5 February 2009; 'Paper 1' - Educational need for a new secondary school with 2 form entry feeder primary; 'Paper 2' - Site selection for a new school; 'Paper 3' - Open Space Assessment; Ark Academy Access Statement by Jane Simpson Access; Ark Academy Design Challenger/ Advisor Comments dated 23.02.09; Wilmott Dixon response to GLA Stage 1 comments dated 28 January 2009; Wilmott Dixon response to Sport England comments dated 5 February 2009; Council's Screening Opinion and checklist dated 5 June 2008; Report to Executive 'School Places - follow up review of sites and pupil number forecasts - 15 January 2007'; Report to Scrutiny Committee 'Primary and Secondary Places Update' - 26 November 2008; Report to Executive 'A Strategy for the Development of Primary and Secondary Schools - Options for Delivering Additional School Places' - 13 November 2006; Approved Admissions Arrangements for Ark Academy (Primary - 2009/10 school year))