Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 15/01340/F to alter the height of and replace front elevation windows and replace one of the windows with a door, to pave and fence off an existing recessed external area to create courtyard/garden at The Plough Inn, 63 North Street, Bicester, OX26 6NB for Green King PLC.

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

Resolved

That application 15/01340/F be approved, subject to the following conditions:

1.            The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this consent.

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:  Application Form and Drawing No’s: 1662-PL0, 1662 02 Rev E, 1662-03 Rev C and 1622-SK01 RevA.

3.            Any remedial stonework necessary for the repair or making good of the walls shall be carried out in natural stone of the same type, texture, colour and appearance as the stone on the existing building and shall be laid, dressed, coursed and pointed to match that of the existing building.

4.            Prior to the installation of any doors and windows, 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 installation of the railings hereby permitted, full details of the railings, including a cross section, material and colour/finish, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the railings shall be installed within the building in accordance with the approved details.

6.            Prior to the first use of the outdoor area shown to be enclosed by railings and planting on the approved plan (1662-03C), 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 hard surface areas, including pavements, pedestrian areas, reduced-dig areas, crossing points and steps.

7.            All planting 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.

8.            The outdoor area shown to be enclosed by railings and planting on the approved plan (1662-03C) shall not be used as an outdoor seating, drinking or smoking area after 22:00hrs on any day.