Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 17/00573/CDC for the development of an Eco-Business Centre (Use Class B1) within new local centre (ref. 15/00760/F) with associated access, servicing, landscaping and parking, with a total GEA of 1385sqm at Eco Business Centre, Charlotte Avenue, Bicester for Cherwell District Council.

 

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

 

Resolved

 

That application 17/00573/CDC be approved, subject to:

 

a)               Confirmation from OCC Highway Authority that they are satisfied with the tracking information provided;

 

b)               The following conditions with delegation to the Head of Development Management to make minor changes/ delete conditions as necessary in response to updated plans and information received in relation to (a) (including an updated list of plans for approval).

 

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

·         Planning Statement dated March 2017

·         Design and Access Statement dated March 2017

·         Economic Strategy dated March 2017

·         Energy Statement dated 6^th March 2017

·         Drainage and SUDs Strategy Report dated 10/03/2017

·         Transport Statement dated February 2017

·         Eco Business Centre Ecology Baseline and Biodiversity Strategy Report dated March 2017

·         Luminaires Schedule

·         Site Plan External lighting layout – drawing number BC XX E 8010 Rev P5

·         Below Ground Drainage Ground Floor Plan – drawing number 25408-600 version 3

·         Site Location Plan – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL010

·         Site Block Plan – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL011

·         Proposed site plan – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL050

·         Ground Floor Plan – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL100

·         First Floor Plan – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL101

·         Second Floor Plan – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL102

·         Roof Plan – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL103

·         Refuse Store – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL110

·         North Elevations – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL610 Rev B

·         South Elevations – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL620 Rev B

·         East Elevations – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL630 Rev B

·         West Elevations – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL640 Rev C

·         Sections – drawing number 08930 AT-XX-XX-DR-A PL800 Rev B

·         Construction Traffic Management Plan

·         Site Establishment Plan (ECO/01 Rev 0) and Site Access Route (ECO/02 rev 0)

·         Carbon Management Plan

·         Landscape Plan – drawing number 456/100 Rev B

·         Planting Plan – drawing number 456/500 Rev B

 

3.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a finalised schedule of materials and finishes for the external walls and roof(s) of the development hereby approved including samples 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 schedule.

 

4.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a plan showing full details of the finished floor levels in relation to existing ground levels on the site for the proposed Eco Business Centre 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 finished floor levels plan.

 

5.               Prior to the commencement of the development, full details of the doors and windows hereby approved, at a scale of 1:20 including a cross section, cill, lintel and recess detail and colour/finish, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the doors and windows shall be installed within the building in accordance with the approved details.

 

6.               Prior to the occupation of the development, full details of the offsite measures that will be utilised to enable the scheme to achieve zero carbon, including the timescale, how the shortfall is to be met and where the shortfall shall be met shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The measures agreed shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

 

7.               Prior to the commencement of the development, a report outlining how carbon emissions from the construction process and embodied carbon (based upon the finalised materials schedule) have been minimised shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved plan.

 

8.               Prior to the occupation of the development, the Eco Business Centre shall be provided with solar PV to meet the required provision of solar PV as established through the Energy Strategy.

 

9.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of the means of access between the land and the highway, including, position, layout, construction, drainage and vision splays shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the means of access shall be constructed and retained in accordance with the approved details.

 

10.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full specification details (including construction, layout, surfacing material and colour finish 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.

 

11.            Prior to the first occupation of any unit 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 for the Eco Business Centre. Thereafter, the approved Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

 

12.            Prior to the commencement of the development, a Training and Employment Management Plan, including details of the number of construction apprenticeships to be provided shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

 

13.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, further details in relation to the landscaping scheme, in particular the size of the proposed shrubs and hedgerow material and pot sizes of the proposed herbaceous material shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

14.            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.

 

15.            Prior to the commencement of construction, a Site Waste Management Plan, which shall demonstrate how zero construction waste will be sent to landfill, and which sets targets for residual waste, recycling and diversion from landfill shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

16.            The premises shall be used only for purposes falling within Class B1a specified in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and for no other purpose(s) whatsoever.

 

17.            The 6m column car park luminaires shall be turned off between the hours of 22:00hrs and 07:00hrs unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

18.            The Eco Business Centre shall be constructed to BREEAM EXCELLENT.

 

19.            Prior to the occupation of the Eco Business Centre, the building shall be provided with a ‘real time information’ system and Superfast Broadband.

 

20.            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.