Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 16/02529/F for alterations to building and change of use to form retail units at ground floor level and 12 No self-contained flats over (re-submission of application 16/00292/F) for Mentor Inns LLP at 60-62 Broad Street, Banbury, OX16 5BL.

Rob Kinchin-Smith, Friends of the Grand Theatre, addressed the committee in objection to the application.

Mitchell Barnes, agent to the applicant, addressed the committee in support of the application.

In reaching their decision, the Committee considered the officers report, presentation, written update and address of the public speakers.

Resolved

That application 16/02529/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 conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Application forms, Design and Access Statement, 1590 – LP – BP, 1590 – P – 10, 1590 – P – 11, 1590 – P – 12, 1590 – P – 13a, 1590 – P – 14 and 1590 – P – 15.

3.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a brick sample panel (minimum 1m2 in size) shall be constructed on site which shall be inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the external walls of the development to be constructed of brick shall be constructed in strict accordance with the approved brick sample panel.

4.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the slate to be used for the covering 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.

5.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the render to be used for the 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.

6.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of the doors and windows, including a cross section and colour/finish, together with cill and lintel details shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the door and windows shall be installed in accordance with the approved details.

7.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full design details of the shop fronts facing onto Broad Street, including details of materials and finished colour, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the shop fronts shall be finished in accordance with the approved details.

8.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of the rainwater goods servicing the development, including details of materials and finished colour, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the rainwater goods shall be installed in accordance with the approved details.

9.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a specialist acoustic consultant’s report that demonstrates that internal noise levels do not exceed the levels specified (or gives details of mitigation measures required to achieve these levels) in the British Standard BS 8233:2014 ‘Guidance on Sound Insulation and Noise Reduction for Buildings’, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. If required thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the dwellings affected by this condition, the dwellings affected by this condition shall be shall be insulated and maintained in accordance with the approved details.

10.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) for the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

11.            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.

12.            A Travel Information Pack, the details of which are to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to first occupation of the development, shall be provided to every household.

13.            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

•        Sizing of features – attenuation volume

•        Infiltration in accordance with BRE365

•        Detailed drainage layout with pipe numbers

•        SUDS – Permeable Paving, Rainwater Harvesting, Green Roof

•        Network drainage calculations

•        Phasing

•        No private drainage into the public highway drainage system

14.            No demolition (including the demolition of the auditorium) and no removal of internal features, shall be carried out until a binding contract for the whole of the consented development has been made and agreed in writing by the Council.

15.            Notwithstanding the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class H of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and its subsequent amendments, no radio or TV aerials, satellite dishes or other antennae shall be affixed to the front façade of the building without the prior express planning consent of the Local Planning Authority.