Agenda item

Approved, subject to various requirements to be set out in the minutes

The Committee considered application 14/02149/CDC for the redevelopment of former Banbury ambulance station site to provide 6 dwellings of shared accommodation including 2 self-contained units for staff and all associated parking and amenity space.

In reaching their decision, the committee considered the officers’ report and presentation.

Resolved

That application 14/02149/CDC be approved, subject to the following conditions:

1.            The development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

2.            Except where otherwise stipulated by condition, the application shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Application forms, Design and Access Statement, Phase 1 Geo-environmental Desk Study dated 05/09/2014, Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey dated 21st July 2014 and drawings numbered: C23-PL-01B, C23-PL-02B, C23-PL-03A, C23-PL-04B, C23-PL-05A and C23-PL-06B

3.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the brick to be used in the construction of the external walls of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

4.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the tile to be used in the construction of the roof of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

5.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, details of the external render, including type, texture and colour finish shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the render shall be finished and maintained in accordance with the approved scheme.

6.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of the enclosures along all boundaries and within the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the approved means of enclosure, in respect of those dwellings which they are intended to screen shall be erected, in accordance with the approved details, prior to the first occupation of those dwellings. 

7.            Prior to the construction of the dwellings hereby approved, the proposed means of access between the land and the highway shall be improved to geometry as plans submitted, formed, laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with Oxfordshire County Council’s specification and guidance.

8.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full specification details (including construction, layout, surfacing and drainage) of the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the development, the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be provided on the site in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times thereafter.

9.            a)         No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted, damaged or destroyed, nor shall any retained tree be pruned in any manner, be it branches, stems or roots, other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars, without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority. All tree works shall be carried out in accordance with BS3998: Recommendations for Tree Works.

b)         If any retained tree is cut down, uprooted, destroyed or dies, another tree shall be planted in the same place in the next planting season following the removal of that tree, full details of which shall be firstly submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

In this condition a “retained tree” is an existing tree which shall be retained in accordance with the approved plans and particulars; and paragraphs (a) and

(b) shall have effect until the expiration of five years from the date of the decision.

10.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, an Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS), undertaken in accordance with BS:5837:2012 and all subsequent amendments and revisions shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, all works on site shall be carried out in accordance with the approved AMS.

11.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a mitigation strategy for swifts, which shall include details of the location and design of alternative nest sites to be provided, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter and prior to the commencement of the development, the alternative nesting sites shall be provided in accordance with the approved document.

12.         When the proposed imported clean cover material is identified and prior to occupation, an assessment of the risk from arsenic and scheme of remediation to ensure the site is suitable for its proposed use shall be prepared by a competent person and in accordance with DEFRA and the Environment Agency's ‘Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination, CLR 11’ and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

13.         The development shall not be occupied until the remedial works have been carried out in accordance with the scheme approved under condition 12 A verification report that demonstrates the effectiveness of the remediation carried out must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

14.         If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site, no further development shall be carried out until full details of a remediation strategy detailing how the unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the remediation strategy shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.