Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 15/01446/F for a change of use for an extension to a mobile home park onto adjoining caravan site (Heyford Leys Camping Park) at Camping Site, Heyford Leys Farm, Heyford Leys, Upper Heyford, Bicester, OX25 5LU for Mr Liberty Durant.

Rachel Whaley, agent for the applicant, addressed the Committee in support of the application.

It was proposed by Councillor Wood that the application be approved subject to appropriate conditions (exact wording delegated to officers) that the application against the officer recommendation. Councillor Pickford seconded the proposal. 

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

Resolved

That application 15/01446/F be approved, subject to:

i.       The applicants first entering into a legal agreement to secure financial contributions towards provision of off-site infrastructure

ii.      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, Planning Statement, Phase 1 Environmental Assessment, Aboricultural Report, Ecological Survey, Transport Assessment, Flooding and Drainage Assessment and drawings numbered:

Site Plan received 14 June 2015

Site layout-proposed-2015-06- 501 B received 20 October 2015

The Cardigan Park Home

3.    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.

4.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, 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.

5.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, and notwithstanding the application details, full details of refuse, fire tender and pantechnicon turning within the site 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.

6.    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.

7.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a plan showing car parking provision for visitor's vehicles to be accommodated within the site, 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.

8.    Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, a Travel Plan, prepared in accordance with the Department of Transport's Best Practice Guidance Note "Using the Planning Process to Secure Travel Plans" and its subsequent amendments, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Thereafter, the approved Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

9.    Development shall not begin until a surface water drainage scheme for the site, based on sustainable drainage principles and an assessment of the hydrological and hydro-geological context of the development, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall subsequently be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the development is completed. The scheme shall also include:

·         Discharge Rates.

·         Discharge Volumes.

·         Maintenance and management of SUDS features, to include a maintenance and management plan for the lifetime of the development which shall include the arrangements for adoption by a statutory undertaker, management and maintenance by a Residents' Management Company or any other arrangements to secure the operation of the sustainable drainage scheme throughout its lifetime.

·         Sizing of features - attenuation volume.

·         Infiltration in accordance with BRE365.

·         Detailed drainage layout with pipe numbers.

·         Network drainage calculations.

·         Phasing.

10. Prior to the commencement 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.

11. 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.

12. 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 [insert].

13. All site clearance (including vegetation removal) shall be timed so as to avoid the bird nesting/breeding season from 1 March to 31 August inclusive, unless, in the case of a tree that is required to be removed for health and safety reasons, the Local Planning Authority has confirmed in writing that such works can proceed.

14. The development hereby approved shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the method statement set out section 11.2 of the Extended Phase 1 Ecological Survey submitted with the application, which was prepared by MAB Environment and Ecology Ltd dated August 2015.

15. If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site, no further development shall be carried out until full details of a remediation strategy detailing how the unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the remediation strategy shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

16. Prior to the commencement of the development 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.

17. Within the first available planting season following the occupation of the first dwelling the existing hedgerow along the southern and western boundaries shall be reinforced by additional planting in accordance with a detailed scheme which shall firstly be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, any plant/tree within the hedgerow which, within a period of five years from the completion of the development dies, is removed or becomes seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the current/next planting season with others of similar size and species 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). Thereafter the new planting shall be properly maintained in accordance with this condition.

18. Development should not be commenced until: Impact studies of the existing water supply infrastructure have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority (in consultation with Thames Water). The studies should determine the magnitude of any new additional capacity required in the system and a suitable connection point.

19. Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved, a plan showing an area laid out within the site for leisure and informal recreational use, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the development, the area specified shall be laid out, surfaced, drained and completed in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained for the use of residents at all times thereafter.

20. Prior to any demolition and the commencement of the development a professional archaeological organisation acceptable to the Local Planning Authority shall prepare an Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation, relating to the application site area, which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

21. Following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in condition 13, and prior to any demolition on the site and the commencement of the development (other than in accordance with the agreed Written Scheme of Investigation), a staged programme of archaeological evaluation and mitigation shall be carried out by the commissioned archaeological organisation in accordance with the approved Written Scheme of Investigation. The programme of work shall include all processing, research and analysis necessary to produce an accessible and useable archive and a full report for publication which shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

22. That prior the first occupation of any part of the development hereby permitted fire hydrants shall be provided or enhanced on the site in accordance with details to be first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.