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was proposed by the applicant that the facility would open until 11pm on Sundays to
Thursdays and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. However, officers consider that
a midnight opening for a bar within the park is not appropriate and the closing hours for
the pavilion have been amended to 11pm on Mondays-Saturdays, and 10pm on
Sundays; and for the bar no customers shall be on the premises after 11pm (10pm on
Sundays). These hours would be conditioned (Conditions 31 and 32). It is noted that a
nearby public house on South Africa Road, the 'Springbok', has a licence to open until
2am and is immediately adjacent to residential properties. Although the proposed facility
in this instance is relatively small and is separated from the nearest residential
properties by some distance, given the bar's location within the park boundaries, it is
considered that later opening hours would have the potential for the creation of further
noise and disturbance. It is therefore considered that the conditioned hours are
appropriate for this facility. Given the limited number of parking spaces and that most
people would be expected to walk or cycle to the new facilities, but at staggered times, it
is not considered that comings and goings would result in unacceptable noise
conditions for residents.
3.28 Subject to the above conditions, it is considered that a reasonable environment for
the occupiers of neighbouring properties would be preserved in terms of noise, and the
development would thus comply with Policy DM H9 of the Local Plan.
HIGHWAYS MATTERS
3.29 The proposal would involve the creation of a car park with 20 spaces for use by
staff and visitors (Five full time staff are proposed). The site is within Controlled Parking
Zone O, which operates restricted parking Monday to Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm. The
site has a public transport accessibility level of 6a using Transport for London's
methodology, indicating that it is extremely accessible by public transport.
3.30 Pedestrian access to the football facility would be via a new pedestrian gate and
access way off South Africa Road in the western corner of the site and via a pedestrian
entrance from Hammersmith Park on the south-western boundary of the site. These are
considered adequate for the proposed use. It would be envisaged, given the proximity
to transport routes and the surrounding housing estates, that the majority of people
would access the site from South Africa Road rather than though the park.
3.31 There is currently one vehicle crossover serving the site, which would become
redundant. A new 5.5m wide vehicle crossover is proposed between the existing
crossover and a pedestrian refuge island. This would allow vehicles to enter and exit the
site simultaneously and would reduce the possibility of vehicles queuing on the public
highway. The redundant crossover would need to be reinstated to footway and the
proposed crossover constructed to Streetsmart standards. This development, along with
associated works such as the relocation of lamp columns, other street furniture and
relocation of the pedestrian refuge island, would be undertaken by the Council's
contractors and funded by the applicant, and this funding would be secured within the
S106 agreement.
Traffic Generation
3.31 The Transport Statement submitted includes an estimate of traffic the proposal is
likely to generate based on the TRICS database. This database's outputs are multimodal
and indicate person trips. However, due to the high PTAL of the site and the fact
that it is likely a high proportion of visitors to the facility during the evening would be
linked-trips (eg people on their way home from work), census data for the surrounding