Planning applications in Brent, May 2011

Land site of Shubette House, 5 Olympic Way, Wembley

Proposed variation of condition 2 (approved drawings and documents) of Planning Permission reference 08/3009, dated 14 February 2011 for demolition of existing buildings and erection of 4-, 7-, 11- and 20-storey building, incorporating 158 self-contained residential units, hotel (225-bedroom and 12 apart-hotel rooms), business (Use Class B1) and food and drink (Use Class A3/A4) uses, conferencing facilities, roof terraces, courtyard, basement parking, cycle storage and associated landscaping (parking-permit-restricted scheme) and subject to a Deed of Agreement dated 30th March 2012 under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended The proposed variation of condition would allow the following minor material amendments to the approved scheme: Relocation of west wall of basement; Alteration to basement parking layout; Reduction in the level of basement car parking from 129 to 127 spaces; Extension at north-western corner of courtyard; Rearrangement of 6 residential units in tower/block D to Fulton Road and associated replacement of 6 3-bedroom units with 6 2-bedroom units; Relocation of wheelchair accessible units on upper levels of tower block D so that they are adjacent to the wheelchair accessible units on the lower levels of tower block D; Central unit in North East Block E enlarged to include the previously recessed balcony space with balcony space now cantilevered over courtyard; Elements of balconies over sailing Fulton Road footway replaced with "winter gardens"; Floor levels increased at ground and mezzanine levels and a corresponding reduction in floor-to-floor heights for upper levels, revised and reduced parapet detail for the tower and revised roof detail for Hotel Block B; Areas of void at 10th floor level replaced with areas of flat roof in "dormer" type of arrangement; Stack of Oriel features at south west corner of Block B omitted, with extra windows in angled wall at upper levels; Screened external plant compound introduced at roof level of lower Hotel North Block A; Vertical feature cladding introduced adjacent to main Hotel Block B; Omission of aluminium channel break-up of render finish to Hotel courtyard elevation.