Agenda item

Bicester Golf And Country Club, Akeman Street, Chesterton, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 1TE

Decision:

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

Minutes:

The Committee considered application 15/01068/F for the erection of a two storey extension to existing hotel to form 62 new bedrooms (60 net increase) at Bicester Golf And Country Club, Akeman Street, Chesterton, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 1TE for Bicester Hotel Golf And Spa.

 

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

 

Resolved

 

That application 15/01068/F be approved, subject to the receipt of no objections from OCC as Drainage authority and the following conditions:

 

1.               The development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than the expiration of 3 years beginning with the date of this permission

 

2.               Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Amended Location Plan received 20.08.2015; Site Plans SK.15-543-53 and SK.15-543-54; Pond Discharge Detail SK.15-543-57 received 08.10.2015; SK.15-A1-543-51 and SK.15-A1-543-52; SK.15-A1-543-55A and SK.15-A1-543-50B received 02.10 2015; Arboricultural Impact assessment dated September 2015; Ecology Report Ref 153312/JDT dated 29th September 2015; Planning Design and Access Statement received 20.08.2015; Sequential Test and Traffic information submitted as part of the application.

 

3.               The natural stone to be used on the walls of the extension shall be of the same type, texture, colour and appearance as the stone used on the existing building and shall be laid dressed, coursed and pointed to match that of the existing building

 

4.               The materials to be used for the roof of the extension hereby approved shall match in terms of colour, type and texture those used on the existing building

 

5.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any demolition and any works of site clearance, a method statement to avoid harm to amphibians or reptiles during construction shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the strategy shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

6.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of a scheme for the location of a minimum of three swift bricks/boxes on site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter and prior to the occupation of the development, the nesting provisions shall be installed on the site in accordance with the approved details and retained thereafter.

 

7.               All species used in planting proposals associated with the development shall be native species of UK provenance

 

8.               C1 Submit a landscaping scheme to include details for the replacement of the TPO trees which have been removed without consent

 

9.               C2 Carry out the landscaping

 

10.            C9 Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS)

 

11.            D20 Submission of a Travel Plan

 

12.            E2 Drainage

 

13.            The extension hereby permitted shall be used only for the purpose of hotel accommodation and for no other purpose whatsoever, including any other purpose in Class C1 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2005.

 

14.         C16      Arboricultural Site Supervision

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of a scheme of supervision for the arboricultural protection measures, to include the requirements set out in a) to e) below, and which is appropriate for the scale and duration of the development works, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the arboricultural protection measures shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

           

a)         Written confirmation of the contact details of the project arboriculturalist employed to undertake the supervisory role of relevant arboricultural issues.

 

b)         The relevant persons/contractors to be briefed by the project arboriculturalist on all on-site tree related matters

 

c)         The timing and methodology of scheduled site monitoring visits to be undertaken by the project arboriculturalist.

 

 

d)         The procedures for notifying and communicating with the Local Planning Authority when dealing with unforeseen variations to the agreed tree works and arboricultural incidents

 

e)         Details of appropriate supervision for the installation of load-bearing ‘structural cell’ planting pits and/or associated features such as irrigation systems, root barriers and surface requirements (e.g.: reduced dig systems, arboresin, tree grills)

 

(Councillor Clarke left the meeting at this point. Councillor Blackwell took the Chair)

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