Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 17/00588/F for Residential development of a single dwelling with associated landscaping and additional community land associated with the Friends Meeting House at Land West Of

Horn Hill Road, Adderbury for Mr M Gough.

Nigel Wood, a local resident, addressed the committee in objection to the application.

Jonathan Porter, the 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 the address of the public speakers.

Resolved

That application 17/00588/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 form, Design and Access Statement (March 2017), Planning Statement (March 2017), Heritage Setting Assessment (March 2017), Ecological Appraisal (March 2017), Findings of Arboricultural Baseline Assessment (March 2017), Landscape and Visual Appraisal (March 2017) and drawings numbered: PL-01c_Location Plan, HT-01B_Plans, HT-02_Elevations, HT-03a_Sections, PL-03e_Planning Layout, PS-01_Perspective 1 and PS-01_Perspective 2.

3.               Prior to the commencement of the dwelling hereby approved, a sample of the slate to be used in the construction 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.

4.               Prior to the commencement of the dwelling hereby approved, a stone sample panel (minimum 1m² in size) shall be constructed on site in natural stone, with lime mortar and no cement gauging, which shall be inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the external walls of the development shall be laid, dressed, coursed and pointed in strict accordance with the approved stone sample panel.

5.               Notwithstanding the details submitted, prior to the commencement of the dwelling, 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 and their surrounds shall be installed within the building in accordance with the approved details.

6.               All rainwater goods shall be traditional cast iron or metal painted black and permanently so retained thereafter.

7.               Prior to the construction of the dwelling hereby approved, the proposed means of access between the land and the highway shall be constructed as per the geometry as shown on approved plan PL-03e_Planning Layout, and shall be formed, laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with Oxfordshire County Council’s current specification and guidance.

8.               Prior to the commencement of the dwelling hereby approved, full specification details of the access drive, parking and manoeuvring areas, including construction, surfacing, layout and drainage, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the dwelling, the access drive, 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.

9.               Notwithstanding the information submitted, prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a landscaping scheme for the entire site 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 and steps;

(d)     details of all boundary treatments.

Thereafter, the development shall be carried out in strict accordance with the approved landscaping scheme.

10.            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 dwelling 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.

11.            No removal of hedgerows, trees or shrubs  shall take place between  1 March and 31 August inclusive, unless the Local Planning Authority has confirmed in writing that such works can proceed, based on health and safety reasons in the case of a dangerous tree, or the submission of a recent survey (no older than one month) that has been undertaken by a competent ecologist to assess the nesting bird activity on site, together with details of measures to protect the nesting bird interest on the site.

12.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any demolition, and any works of site clearance, a detailed method statement and timings for enhancing biodiversity on site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the biodiversity enhancement measures shall be carried out and retained in accordance with the approved details and timings.

13.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any demolition and any works of site clearance, a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP), which shall include details of the measures to be taken to ensure that construction works do not adversely affect biodiversity, (to include those measures outlined in section 6.4 of the Ecological Appraisal submitted with the application which was prepared by EDP dated March 2017), 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 CEMP.

14.            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.

15.            Following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in condition 14, 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 as soon as practicable following completion.

16.            The land proposed for community use (as shown on approved plan PL-03e_Planning Layout) in association with the Friends Meeting House, hereby approved, shall not be used for the purpose of burials, without the express planning permission of the Local Planning Authority.