Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 16/01617/F for the conversion of 3 no. redundant farm buildings into 5 no. dwellings, erection of covered car parking building and extensions to barns and demolition and removal of 7 no. redundant farm buildings and 3 no. lean-to extensions at Ashgrove Farm, Middleton Stoney Road, Bicester for Mr and Mrs J Pickford.

Julian Philcox, the applicant, addressed the committee in support to the application.

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

Resolved

That application 16/01617/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 development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents:

·         Application Form submitted with the application;

·         Architectural Design & Access Statement dated May 2008 submitted with the application;

·         Drawing Numbers: 1.06; P1.01; P1.02 Revision A; P1.03 Revision A; P2.01 Revision B; P2.02 Revision A; P2.03 Revision B; P2.04 Revision A; P2.05 Revision A; P2.06 Revision B; P2.07; P3.01 Revision B; P3.02 Revision B; P3.03 Revision B; P3.04 Revision B; P3.05 Revision B; P3.06 Revision A; P3.07 Revision B; P3.08 Revision A; P3.09; R3.01; R3.02; R3.03; R3.04 and OGD/152/001 Revision A submitted with the application;

3.         The external walls of the development shall be laid, dressed, coursed and pointed in strict accordance with the stone sample panel inspected on site by the case officer on 26^th August 2016.

4.         The external roofs of the development shall be constructed in accordance with the slate sample inspected on site by the case officer on 26^th August 2016.

5.         The development shall be carried out in accordance with the Section 7 (recommendations) of  the Bat Survey Report by Windrush Ecology dated August 2016 submitted with the application (except where affected by condition 11).

6.         Should more than 12 months elapse from August 2016 (the time of the ecological survey referred to in condition 10) before works commence on Barn 4, a new ecological survey shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any works on Barn 4 commence. Thereafter the works to Barn 4 shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the new ecological survey.

7.         Prior to the first occupation of the dwellings 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 dwellings, 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.

8.         Prior to the first occupation of the of the dwellings hereby approved, the proposed means of access between the land and the highway shall be formed, laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with Oxfordshire County Council’s specification and guidance.

9.         Prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved the hedge line fronting the main road shall be cut back and undergrowth cleared to provide the vision splays either side of the access as shown on Drawing No. 1.06. The vision splays shall be maintained as such thereafter.

10.      Any remedial stonework necessary for the repair or making good of the walls shall be carried out in natural weathered limestone of the same type, texture, colour and appearance as the stone on the existing building and shall be laid, dressed, coursed and pointed to match that of the existing building using lime mortar, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the works commencing.

11.      The rainwater goods to be used shall be cast iron/aluminium and permanently so retained thereafter.

12.      All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping (Drawing Number OGD/152/001 Revision A submitted with the application) 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.

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

15.      Notwithstanding the provisions of Classes A to E of Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) no new window(s) or other openings, other than those shown on the approved plans, shall be inserted in the walls or roofs of the building(s) without the prior express planning consent of the Local Planning Authority.