Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 15/02077/F for a change of use of existing hotel accommodation to form 8 No. dwellings, at The Oxfordshire Inn, Heathfield, Kidlington, OX5 3DX for Investfront Limited. The application was a re-submission of 13/01278/F

In reaching its decision, the Committee considered the Officers’ report and presentation.

Resolved

That application 15/02077/F be approved, subject to 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 Design and Access Statement and drawings numbered: SK.12-536-16C, SK.12-536-16 C17B, SK.12-536-11, SK.12-536-24A, SK.12-536-09B, SK.12-536-15B, SK.12-536-11, SK.12-536-25 A, SK.14-622-117A, SK.14-622-116A, SK.14-622-114A and SK-14-622-115A.

3          The materials to be used for the works to the external walls hereby approved shall match in terms of colour, type, texture and appearance those used on the existing building.

4          Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling hereby approved, full details of the enclosures along all boundaries and within the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the approved means of enclosure, in respect of those dwellings which they are intended to screen, shall be erected in accordance with the approved details, prior to the first occupation of those dwellings.

5          Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, 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 occupation 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.

Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved landscaping scheme.

7          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.

8          Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a plan showing a car parking provision for 18 spaces to be accommodated within the site to include layout, surface details, and drainage, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the development, the parking spaces shall be laid out, surfaced, drained and completed in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained for the parking of vehicles at all times thereafter.

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

10       Notwithstanding the provisions of Class A of Part 2, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and its subsequent amendments, no gate, fence wall or other means of enclosure (except for those approved by this consent) shall be erected on the application site unless planning permission has first been granted by the Local Planning Authority.

11       Prior to the installation of any external lighting 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.