Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 15/01165/F for the erection of 6 no. Dwellings with associated means of access, car parking and landscaping.

Guy Siragher, representing the applicant, addressed the committee in support of the application.

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

Resolved

That application 15/01165/F be approved, subject to:

a)    The applicants entering into an appropriate legal agreement to the satisfaction of the District Council to secure financial contributions as outlined in paragraph 5.39 and 5.40,

b)    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 application shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Application forms, Site Location Plan (063-1000), Existing Site Layout (063-1001), Proposed Site Layout (063-1010A), Plot 1 & Plot 4 (063-1101A), Plots 2 & 3 (063-1102), Plot 5 (063-1103), Plot 6 (063-1104), Planning Statement, Design and Access Statement, Tree Protection Plan (HILL/19532/03a), Landscape Proposals (HILL/19532/11a), Arboricultural Impact Assessment (HILL19532aiaA), Preliminary Ecological Assessment (Nov 2014), Flood Risk Assessment (June 2015),

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, a plan showing the details of the finished floor levels of the proposed dwellings in relation to existing ground levels on the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

5.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, 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. The approved surface water drainage scheme shall be carried out prior to commencement of any building works on the site and the approved foul sewage drainage scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of any building to which this scheme relates. All drainage works shall be laid out and constructed in accordance with the Water Authorities Associations current edition ‘sewers for adoption’

6.            All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved Landscaping Proposals and Specification 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.

7.            Notwithstanding the details submitted in the approved Landscaping Plan, prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a landscaping scheme for the proposed buffer to Plot 1 (as indicated in plan 063-1010A) 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.

8.            The development hereby approved shall be carried out strictly in accordance with recommendations R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 set out in Section 6 of the Preliminary Ecological Assessment submitted with the application, which was prepared by Middlemarch Environmental dated November 2014.

9.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a Landscape and Ecology Management Plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the LEMP shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

10.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any demolition, and any works of site clearance, a method statement for enhancing the biodiversity on the 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.

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

12.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a lighting scheme will 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 details of the access vision splays, including layout and construction shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the dwellings the vision splays shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details and the land and vegetation within the vision splays shall not be raised or allowed to grow above a maximum height of 0.6m above carriageway level.

14.         Other than the approved access(s) no other means of access whatsoever shall be formed or used between the land and the highway.

15.         The delivery bay adjacent to the LPG tanks shall be kept free of obstructions at all times and used only for the specified purpose.

16.         Prior to the first occupation of any of the dwellings hereby approved, all of the estate roads and footpaths (except for the final surfacing thereof) shall be laid out, constructed, lit and drained in accordance with Oxfordshire County Council's ‘Conditions and Specifications for the Construction of Roads’ and its subsequent amendments.

17.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full specification details of the vehicular accesses, driveways and turning areas to serve the dwellings, which shall include construction, layout, surfacing and drainage, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter and prior to the first occupation of any of the dwellings, the access, driveways and turning areas shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details.

18.         That the garage accommodation shall be retained as such and shall not be adapted for living purposes unless planning permission has first been granted by the Local Planning Authority on a formal application.

19.         A final drainage design plan and full drainage calculation need to be submitted and approved by Oxfordshire County Council prior to the development commencing on site.

20.         The proposed buffer planting within the curtilages of Plots 1, 5 and 6 shall be fenced from the remainder of the garden areas by post and rail fencing, and such fencing shall be retained thereafter.