Agenda item

Approved, subject to various requirements (exact wording delegated to officers) to be set out in the minutes

The Committee considered application 15/00418/F for the erection of B1 (Class 2) leased office accommodation – provision of two storey office accommodation, parking and landscaped at Bloxham Mill, Barford Road, Bloxham, Banbury for Bloxham Mill Ltd.

Ray Avery, Managing Director, Bloxham Mill Business Centre, address the Committee in support of the application.

Councillor Heath proposed that the application be approved, subject to appropriate conditions, with authority for the exact wording delegated to the Head of Development Management. Councillor Pickford seconded the proposal.

In reaching their decision the Committee considered the officers’ report, written update and presentation and the address of the public speaker.

Resolved

That application 15/00418/F be approved, subject to appropriate conditions with the exact wording delegated to the Head of Development Management.

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 form, drg nos. 6117.01A, 03A, 04A

3.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a schedule of materials and finishes for the external walls and roof(s) of the development hereby approved shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved schedule.

4.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the timber boarded screening to be used in construction of the 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.

5.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a plan showing full details of the external lighting shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the lighting shall be carried out and retained in accordance with the approved details.

6.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of the refuse bin storage for the site, including location and compound enclosure details, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter and prior to the first occupation of building the refuse bin storage area and appropriate number of refuse bins required in relation the building shall be provided in accordance with the approved details and, other than on the day of refuse collection, the refuse bins shall be stored at all times in the approved location.

7.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a landscaping scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme for landscaping the site shall include:-

            (a)       Details of the proposed tree and shrub planting including their species, number, sizes and position, together with grass seeded/turfed areas.

            (b)       Details of the existing trees and hedgerows to be retained as well as those to be felled, including existing and proposed soil levels as the base of each tree/hedgerow and the minimum distance between the base of the tree and the nearest edge of any excavation.

            (c)        Details of the hard surface area, including pavements, pedestrian areas, reduced-dig areas, crossing points and steps.

8.    All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of the landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with BS 4428:1989 Code of Practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces), or the most up to date and current British Standard, in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the building(s) or on the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner. Any trees, herbaceous planting and shrubs which, within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the current/next planting season with others of similar size and species.

9.    Within the first available planting season following the occupation of the building, or on the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner, the existing hedgerow along the northern boundary shall be reinforced by additional planting in accordance with a detailed scheme which shall firstly be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, any plant/tree within the hedgerow which, within a period of five years from the completion of the development dies, is removed or becomes seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the current/next planting season with others of similar size and species in accordance with BS 4428:1989 Code of practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces) or the most up to date and current British Standard). Thereafter the new planting shall be properly maintained in accordance with this condition.

10. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full specification details of the parking/turning area including construction, surfacing, layout, drainage and road markings, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter and prior to the first occupation of the development shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details.

11. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a detailed scheme for the surface water and foul sewage drainage of the development shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the commencement of any building works on the site the approved surface water drainage scheme shall be carried out and prior to the first occupation of any building to which the scheme relates the approved foul sewage drainage scheme shall be implemented. All drainage works shall be laid out and constructed in accordance with the Water Authorities Associations current edition "Sewers for Adoption".

12. The premises shall be used only for purposes falling within Class B1 specified in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2005 and for no other purpose(s) whatsoever.

13. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any demolition, and any works of site clearance, a method statement for enhancing biodiversity on site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the biodiversity enhancement measures shall be carried out and retained in accordance with the approved details.

14. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, an Arboriculture 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.

15. Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, a Travel Plan, prepared in accordance with the Department of Transport's Best Practice Guidance Note "Using the Planning Process to Secure Travel Plans", shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the approved Travel plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.