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Approved in line with officer recommendation, subject to conditions (and any amendments as deemed necessary), details to be set out in the minutes.

The Committee considered application 25/01445/OUT, for outline planning permission with all matters reserved, apart from means of access, for the construction of eight light industrial (Class E(g)(iii) and general industrial (Class B2) industrial units and associated works including parking and landscaping and demolition of existing buildings, at Hornton Grounds Quarry, Street from Stratford Road to Hornton Grounds Quarry, Hornton, OX15 6HH, for FINSCO Property Company Ltd.

Roy Hammond, agent on behalf of the applicant, addressed the Committee in support of the application.

It was proposed by Councillor Webb and seconded by Councillor Chapman that application 25/01445/OUT be approved, in line with the officer recommendation.

In reaching its decision the Committee considered the officer’s report and presentation, public speakers and the written updates.

Resolved    

That, in line with the officer’s recommendation, authority be delegated to the Assistant Director for Planning and Development to grant permission for application 25/01445/OUT subject to the conditions set out below (and any amendments to those conditions as deemed necessary) as well as compliance with Planning Policy ESD 5.

CONDITIONS 

Time Limit 

1.              Application for approval of all the reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission and the development hereby permitted shall be begun either before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved whichever is the later. 

Reason: To comply with the provisions of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, and Article 5(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure (England)) Order 2015 (as amended). 

Reserved Matters 

2.              Details of the layout, scale, appearance, access and landscaping (hereafter referred to as 'the reserved matters') shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any development takes place and the development shall be carried out as approved. 

Reason: To comply with the provisions of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, and Article 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure (England)) Order 2015 (as amended). 

Compliance with Plans 

3.              Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the form and following approved plans: 

0318_00_000 rev 02 (Site Location Plan); 

0318_00_000 rev 01 (Existing Site Plan); 

0318_00_100 rev 02 (Proposed Site Plan); 

0318_00_101 rev 02 (Proposed Site Plan – Detailed); 

Phase 1 Land Contamination Assessment (Brown Fisher Environmental, 8 May 2025); 

Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (Philip Irving, March 2025); 

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (Ecology Solutions, May 2025); Transport Appraisal (Rev A, DTA Transport Planning Consultants); 

Flood Risk Assessment (Harban Redwood Consulting Engineers). 

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