Agenda item

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

The committee considered application 15/01024/F for the demolition of existing buildings and change of use from D1 non-residential to C3 dwelling houses comprising 78 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom  extra care residential apartments with associated ancillary accommodation and 39 car parking spaces at Oxford and Cherwell College, Broughton Road, Banbury for Bromford Homes Ownership Ltd. And Activate Learning.

Consideration of the application had been deferred at the previous meeting of the Committee to allow for a formal site visit.

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

Resolved

That application 15/01024/F be approved subject to:

(i)               The applicants first entering into a legal agreement to secure off-site infrastructure (if confirmed acceptable) and to secure affordable housing and nomination rights.

(ii)             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 development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Application forms Design and Access Statement and drawings contained in drawing issue sheet 1413 dated …..and other documents set out in Walker Troup Architects letter dated 3.6.15

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, full details of the doors and windows hereby approved, at a scale of 1:20 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 the development hereby approved, 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, a plan showing full details of the finished floor levels in relation to existing ground levels on the site for the proposed buildings 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 finished floor levels plan.

7.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, all of the buildings and structures on the site at the date of this permission shall be demolished and the debris and materials removed from the site

8.               Prior to the commencement of the development full details of the enclosures along all boundaries of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the approved means of enclosure shall be erected, in accordance with the approved details, prior to the first occupation of any of the units.

9.               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.

10.            All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of 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.

11.            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

12.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of all service trenches, pipe runs or drains and any other excavation, earth movement or mounding required in connection with the development, including the identification and location of all existing and proposed trees, shrubs and hedgerows within influencing distance of such services, 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 details.

13.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full specification details (including construction, layout, surfacing and drainage) of the turning area and [insert] parking spaces within the curtilage of the site, arranged so that motor vehicles may enter, turn round and leave in a forward direction and vehicles may park off the highway, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development.  Thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the development, the turning area and car parking spaces shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times thereafter.

14.            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 Association's current edition "Sewers for Adoption".

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 residential properties on, adjacent to or surrounding the site 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, including any demolition and any works of site clearance, a mitigation strategy for bats, which shall include timing of works, and the location, design and timing of any alternative roosts to be provided, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the mitigation works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

17.            The Extra Care building hereby approved shall not be occupied until details have been submitted to and agreed in writing for a work of public art to be placed on site. The details shall including the size, design and siting of the work of art and the design process for it. The development shall be undertaken in accordance with the details so approved and provided on site prior to the first occupation of the building.

18.            Prior to the first occupation of the flats precise details of the pedestrian gateway to People’s Park , including its locking arrangements shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority , and the gateway shall thereafter be operated in the manner agreed.

19.            Prior to the first use or occupation of the development hereby permitted, covered cycle parking facilities shall be provided on the site in accordance with details which shall be firstly submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Thereafter, the covered cycle parking facilities shall be permanently retained and maintained for the parking of cycles in connection with the development

20.            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” and its subsequent amendments, 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.