Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 16/01469/OUT for the demolition of existing buildings and structures and the development of 2,120 sq m (GIA) of office (Use Class B1) and new vehicle and pedestrian access; the provision of parking; and all necessary enabling works, plant and equipment at Mckay Trading Estate for Bicester Nominees Ltd and Bicester II Nominess Ltd.

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

Resolved

That application 16/01469/OUT be approved, subject to the following conditions:

1.            No development shall commence until full details of the layout, scale, external appearance, and landscaping (hereafter referred to as reserved matters) of the hereby approved development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

2.            In the case of the reserved matters, no application for approval shall be made later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

3.            The development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than the expiration of two years from the approval of all the reserved matters or, in the case of approval on different dates, the approval of the last such reserved matter to be approved.

4.            Except where otherwise stipulated by condition or relating to a matter to be determined as part of the reserved matters, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and drawings:

16/021/P-001 Rev. B

16/021/P-003 Rev. E

5.            The premises shall be used only for purposes falling within Use Class B1 as defined in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (England) Order 1987 (as amended) and for no other purpose(s) whatsoever.

6.            All applications for reserved matters approval shall include, and be accompanied by, full details of a scheme of surface water drainage relating to the development. The surface water drainage scheme approved pursuant to granting reserved matters approval(s) shall be carried out in full prior to first occupation of the development.

7.            Prior to first occupation of the approved development, details of cycle and refuse storage facilities shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved facilities shall be provided and made available for use prior to first occupation of the development and shall be retained as such thereafter.

8.            Prior to the commencement of the development, a construction traffic management plan (CTMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall thereafter only be constructed in accordance with the approved CTMP.

9.            Development shall not commence until a waste water drainage strategy detailing any on and/or off site drainage works, has been submitted to and approved by, the local planning authority in consultation with the sewerage undertaker. No discharge of foul or surface water from the site shall be accepted into the public system until the drainage works referred to in the strategy have been completed.

10.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a comprehensive intrusive investigation in order to characterise the type, nature and extent of contamination present, the risks to receptors and to inform the remediation strategy proposals shall be documented as a report undertaken by a competent person and in accordance with DEFRA and the Environment Agency's 'Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination, CLR 11' and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No development shall take place unless the Local Planning Authority has given its written approval that it is satisfied that the risk from contamination has been adequately characterised as required by this condition.

11.         If contamination is found by undertaking the work carried out under condition 10, prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a scheme of remediation and/or monitoring to ensure the site is suitable for its proposed use shall be prepared by a competent person and in accordance with DEFRA and the Environment Agency's 'Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination, CLR 11' and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No development shall take place until the Local Planning Authority has given its written approval of the scheme of remediation and/or monitoring required by this condition.

12.         If remedial works have been identified in condition 11, the development shall not be occupied until the remedial works have been carried out in accordance with the scheme approved under condition 11. A verification report that demonstrates the effectiveness of the remediation carried out must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

13.         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.

14.         Prior to commencement of the development, a construction environmental management plan (CEMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The CEMP shall cover, in particular, the nuisance potentially caused by noise and dust during demolition and construction for surrounding residential and commercial premises as well as any potential implications arising from demolition/construction works on the safe operation of the nearby railway line.

15.         Prior to the commencement of the development, 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 use of the approved development, the visibility splays shall be constructed in accordance with the details approved and the land and vegetation within the vision splays shall not be raised or allowed to grow above a maximum height of 0.9m above carriageway level.

16.         No development shall take place until details of the new footpath/footway along the site's frontage with Station Approach has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The new footpath/footway shall be laid out and available for use prior to the first occupation of the approved development and shall be retained as such thereafter.

17.         No development shall take place until details of the means by which the site shall be prevented from receiving/accommodating any vehicular traffic associated with the adjacent Bicester Village (factory outlet) shopping centre have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Such approved restrictions shall be in place from the outset of commencement of the development and in place thereafter with no use of the approved development taking place other than in accordance with the approved restrictions.

18.         The building hereby granted planning permission shall be constructed to achieve BREEAM 'Very Good' standard based on the BREEAM criteria applicable at the time of this decision for a proposed building use of this type. All applications for reserved matters approval shall include details of how the approved building will meet such a standard.

19.         All applications for reserved matters approval shall include details of any on-site renewable energy provision to be incorporated into the development. Thereafter, the approved renewable energy provision shall be provided on site in accordance with that approved as part of granting reserved matters approval prior to first occupation of the development.