Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 15/00480/REM for reserved matters to the previously approved application 13/00621/OUT - Appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 45 dwellings - (Amended Plans - Amended design and layout of buildings and road layout, together with alterations to landscaping and site enclosures) at Ambrosden Court, Merton Road, Ambrosden for Croudace Homes.

 

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

 

Resolved

 

That application 15/00480/REM be approved, subject to the following conditions:

 

1          Except where otherwise stipulated by condition, for the purposes of the layout, scale, external appearance and landscaping of the approved development, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and drawings in addition to those approved with respect to matters of access as part of the original outline consent:

            Site Layout: DES/023/100G

            Storey Heights Layout: DES/023/102F

            Materials Layout: DES/023/101G

            Affordable Housing Layout: DES/023/105F

            Enclosure Layout: DES/023/103F

            Lighting Strategy: DES/023/107F

            Refuse and Cycle Storage Layout: DES/023/106F

            Parking Strategy Layout: DES/023/104F

            Drainage Strategy: DES/023/108F

            Plots 1-3: DES/023/200 E

            Plots 4-6: DES/023/201 A

            Plot 7: DES/023/202 B

            Plots 8 _ 9: DES/023/203 B

            Plots 10 _ 17: DES/023/204 B

            Plot 11: DES/023/205 B

            Plot 12: DES/023/206 B

            Plot 13: DES/023/207 B

            Plots 14 _ 19: DES/023/208 B

            Plots 15 _ 16: DES/023/209 C

            Plots 18 _ 31: DES/023/211 A

            Plots 24 _ 25: DES/023/212

            Plots 26-30: DES/023/213 B

            Plots 32: DES/023/219 B

            Plots 33-36: DES/023/214 E

            Plots 37-39: DES/023/216 B

            Plot 40: DES/023/216 B

            Plots 41 _ 42: DES/023/217 A

            Plots 43-45: DES/023/218 E

            Garages 1: DES/023/220 A

            Garages 2: DES/023/221 A

            Garages 3: DES/023/222 A

            Car Ports: DES/023/223 C

            Street Scenes Sheet 1: DES/023/300 E

            Street Scenes Sheet 2: DES/023/301 D

 

 2         Prior to the commencement of any works of construction as part of the development hereby approved, a stone sample panel (minimum 1m2 in size) of natural rubble stone shall be constructed on site and then inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the external walls of the buildings shown to be constructed in stone on the approved materials layout plan (ref: DES/023/101 G) shall be laid, dressed, coursed and pointed in strict accordance with the approved stone sample panel.

           

 3         Prior to the commencement of any works of construction in connection with the carrying out of the development hereby approved, samples of the brick types to be used in the construction of the external walls of the development as well as samples of all types of external roof coverings to be used 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 samples so as to accord with the specifications set out in the approved Materials Plan (ref: DES/023/101 G).

           

 4         Prior to the construction of any building above slab level, full details of the proposed doors and windows to be used at 1:20 scale including a cross section, cill, lintel and recess detail and colour/finish, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the doors and windows shall be installed within the building in accordance with the approved details.

           

 5         Prior to the commencement of any works of construction in connection with the carrying out of the approved development, 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 the dwellings, the refuse bin storage area shall be provided in accordance with the approved details and retained unobstructed except for the storage of refuse bins.

 

 6         Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the appropriate number of refuse bins required in relation to each dwelling shall be provided to accord with the current standards of Cherwell District Council.

           

 7         Prior to the construction of any new site boundary wall, a sample panel of natural stone walling for use in the construction of the walls shall be erected on site and approved in writing by the local planning authority. All new stone boundary walls shown in plan no. DES/023/103 F shall be erected in accordance with the approved sample panel and such boundary walls shall in turn be fully constructed prior to first occupation of any of the approved dwellings.

                                   

 8         Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling, the car parking, garages, car ports and manoeuvring areas serving it shall be provided in accordance with that shown in plan ref. DES/023/104 F and shall be constructed from porous materials or with provision made to direct run-off water from the hard surface to a permeable or porous area or surface within the curtilage of the site. Thereafter, the car parking, garages, car ports and manoeuvring area shall be retained in accordance with this condition and shall be unobstructed at all times except where used for the parking and manoeuvring of motor vehicles.

           

9          Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling within the development hereby permitted, covered and secure cycle parking facilities shall first be provided to serve that dwelling in accordance with details set out in plan ref. DES/023/106 F. Thereafter, the cycle parking facilities shall be permanently retained and maintained for the parking of cycles in connection with the dwelling.

           

10        The garage(s) shown on the approved plans (ref. DES/023/104 F) shall be laid out such that they are available for the parking of motor vehicles at any time and shall not be converted to any other purpose (including to provide living accommodation) without the prior express planning consent of the Local Planning Authority.

           

11        Notwithstanding the provisions of Class A of Part 2, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 and its subsequent amendments, no gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure shall be erected, constructed or placed between the principal elevations of dwellings identified as Plots 1-3, 33-36 and 43-45 and Merton Road other than that shown on the approved "Enclosure Plan"  ref. DES/023/103 F without the prior express planning consent of the Local Planning Authority.

           

12        Notwithstanding the provisions of Classes A, B and C of Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 and its subsequent amendments, no new windows or other openings, other than those shown on the approved plans, shall be inserted in the walls or roof of the approved dwellings referred to as Plots 36, 37 and 43 in approved plan ref. DES/023/100 G without the prior express planning consent of the Local Planning Authority.

 

13        Notwithstanding the provisions of Classes A, B and E (inc.) of Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 and its subsequent amendments, the approved dwellings shall not be extended, nor shall any structures be erected within the curtilage of the dwellings without the prior express planning consent of the Local Planning Authority.

 

14        Prior to the carrying out of any works of construction on the site in connection with the approved development, the proposed means of enclosure surrounding the boundaries of the existing curtilage of the dwelling known as Roman Way as shown in plan ref. DES/023/103 F shall be fully laid out and, where this involves construction of new stone walling, this shall be in accordance with the approved sample panel of boundary walling as specified in condition 7.

           

15        Prior to the commencement of the development, a Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP), which shall include details of the measures to be taken to ensure construction works do not adversely affect surrounding residential properties together with details of the consultation and communication to be carried out with local residents shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with approved CEMP.

 

16        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 positions, 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 at 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 areas, including pavements, pedestrian areas, reduced-dig areas, crossing points and steps.

 

17        All hard and soft landscaping set out in the approved landscape scheme shall be carried out in accordance with BS 4428:1989 Code of Practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces) by the end of the first planting and seeding seasons following the first occupation of the development or on substantial 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.

 

18        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 that details methods for the protection of retained trees during construction 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.

           

19        The development approved shall only be carried out in accordance with the lighting strategy set out in plan no. DES/023/107 F. No other external lighting in public areas shall be used without the prior written consent of the local planning authority.

 

20        Prior to the first occupation of any of Plots 33-36 (inclusive), the 1m post and rail fence shown in plan no. DES/023/103 F shall be erected in full in the position shown in the approved plan and retained as such thereafter.