Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 16/00515/CDC for erection of single storey building to provide 5 one bed flats for adults with acquired brain injury, associated parking area, secured courtyard area, and staff and communal accommodation in an additional unit (six units in total).

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

Resolved

That application 16/00515/CDC 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, Site Location Plan, Ecological  Appraisal (Willmott Dixon Housing Ltd, February 2016), Tree Survey Report  (RGS, March 2016) and drawings numbered "17015-HANW-5-SK017",  "HW-MA-00-GF-DR-A-00111 P10", "HW-MA-00-R1-DR-A-00113 P04", "HW-MA-00-ZZ-DR-A-00102 P11", "HW-MA-00- ZZ-DR-A-00104  P09",  "HW-MA-00-ZZ-DR-A-00121  P06",  "HW-MA-00-ZZ-DR-A- 00122 P06" and "HW-MA-00-ZZ-DR-A-00123 P06".

3             Prior to the occupation of any dwellings an Energy Strategy shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. This strategy shall be in line with the mandatory requirements of Code 4 in respect of ENE1 2010 or otherwise agreed with the Local Planning Authority.

4             Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, samples of the brick to be used in the construction of the external walls  of  the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

5             Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, samples of the tile to be used in the construction of the roof of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

6             Notwithstanding the details submitted, no development shall commence above slab level until amended design details for  the front façade of the  building and the entrance  gates  have  been  submitted  to  and  approved  in  writing  by  the  Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved. with the samples so approved.

7             Prior to the construction of the development hereby approved above slab level, the proposed means of access between the land and the highway shall be improved to geometry as plans submitted, formed, laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with Oxfordshire County Council's specification and guidance.

8             Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, full specification details (including construction, layout, surfacing and drainage) of the parking and manoeuvring areas 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 and manoeuvring areas shall be provided on the site in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times thereafter.

9             No development shall take place above slab level until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme for landscaping the site which shall include:-

(a)       details of the proposed tree and shrub planting including their species (which shall be native species of UK provenance), 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)       the reinforcement of the existing hedgerow along the Western, Eastern and Southern boundaries

(d)       details of the hard surface areas, pavements, pedestrian areas,   crossing points and steps.

(e)       Details  of  the  minor  artefacts/structures  (ie.  surfaces,  benches,  fencing, walling etc) which comprise public art works

The hard landscaping elements shall be carried out fully in accordance with the details approved and shall be retained as such thereafter.

10          All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping on each phase identified in condition no. 6, shall be carried out 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; and that any trees  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 next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent for any variation.

11          a)        No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted, damaged or  destroyed, nor shall any retained tree be pruned in any manner, be it branches,  stems or roots, other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars, without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority. All tree works shall be carried out in accordance with BS3998: Recommendations for Tree Works.

b)        If any retained tree is cut down, uprooted, destroyed or dies, another tree shall be planted in the same place in the next planting season following the removal of that tree, full details of which shall be firstly submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

In this condition a "retained tree" is an existing tree which shall be retained in accordance with the approved plans and particulars; and paragraphs (a) and (b) shall have effect until the expiration of five years from the date of the decision.

12          Prior to the commencement of the development above slab level, full  details of existing and proposed ground and finished floor levels and all boundary treatments and means of enclosure 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 above slab level, an update to the mitigation strategy for badgers, which shall include details of a recent  survey (no older than six months on the date of the submission to the Local Planning Authority), whether  a  development  licence  is  required  and  the  location  and  timing  of  the provision  of  any  protective  fencing  around  setts/commuting   routes,  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.

14          Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the development hereby approved  shall be implemented fully in accordance with the Landscape and Ecology  Management Plan (LEMP) approved pursuant to Condition 27 of 12/01789/OUT.

15          Prior  to  the  commencement  of  the  development  above  slab  level,  a  method statement  for  biodiversity  enhancements  on  site  together  with  the  long  term maintenance 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.

16          Prior to the commencement of the development above slab level, details  of the proposed street lighting scheme to be installed, which shall include column height, luminaire type, positions,  aiming  angles and  cowl  and deflectors  to  direct  light sources,  to  demonstrate  that  there  is  no  light  spillage  from  the  site,  shall  be submitted  to  and  approved  in  writing  by  the  Local  Planning   Authority.  The development shall be carried out and thereafter maintained in accordance with the approved  details.    Once  installed  the  lighting scheme  shall  be  inspected by  a qualified lighting engineer and certified as being correctly installed prior to the first occupation of the development, the certificate shall then be submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

17          Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the development hereby approved  shall be implemented fully in accordance with the Construction Environment  Management Plan (CEMP) approved pursuant to Condition 42 of 12/01789/OUT.

18          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.