Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 17/00802/F for the construction of a 36 no. bedroom specialist nursing facility (associated with dementia care and neurological rehabilitation) (Use Class C2) with associated access, parking, landscaping and tree planting at land to the rear of Gracewell Care Home, Gardner Way, Adderbury for Hamberley Development Ltd.

In reaching their decision the committee considered the officer’s report and written update.

Resolved

That application 17/00802/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, Planning Statement (April 2017), Design and Access Statement (March 2017), ‘Carterwood Report’ - Comprehensive planning need assessment (February 2017), Framework Travel Plan (21 March 2017), Transport Statement (21 March 2017), Arboricultural Report ref. 230304-PD-31b (July 2017), 230304-PD-30 - Tree schedule, 230304-PD-32a - Planning Tree Works Schedule and drawings numbered: 90-001/P2, 2209-HIA-01-XX-DR-A-01-002/P7, 2209-HIA-01-01-DR-A-27-001/P1, 2209-HIA-01-01-DR-A-04-001/P2, 2209-HIA-01-01-DR-A-04-002/P2, 2209-HIA-01-01-DR-A-27-001/P2, 2209-HIA-01-00-DR-A-02-002/P2, 2209-HIA-01-01-DR-A-02-003/P3, 2722 104 Rev A, 2722 201 Rev H, 2722 401 Rev F, 230304-P-31/a, 230304-P-32/a, Specialist Care - Tracking 002a and Specialist Care - Tracking 002b.

3.               The development hereby approved shall be used only for the purpose of a specialist residential nursing facility and for no other purpose whatsoever, including any other purpose in Class C2 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended).

4.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a fully detailed surface water and waste sewage drainage strategy for the development, including details of any off-site drainage infrastructure works required and a programme for implementation, 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 drainage strategy.

5.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved CTMP shall be implemented for the duration of the construction phase of development and shall be operated in accordance with the approved details.

6.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, and notwithstanding the submitted details, a schedule of the materials and finishes for the external walls and roof(s) of the development, 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 of materials.

7.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, full specification details of the vehicular accesses, driveways, parking and turning areas to serve the development, which shall include construction, layout, surfacing and drainage, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter and prior to the first occupation of any of the residential rooms, the accesses, driveways, parking and turning areas shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times thereafter.

8.               Notwithstanding the details submitted, prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, covered cycle parking facilities shall be provided on the site in accordance with full siting and design details which have first been 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.

9.               Prior to the first use or occupation of the development hereby approved, and notwithstanding the details submitted, an amended Framework Travel Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved Framework Travel Plan shall thereafter be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

10.            The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations set out in Section 6 of the submitted Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey (report reference CE-AD-1224-RP01a – FINAL) carried out by Crestwood Environmental Ltd on 31 July 2017.

11.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, details for the provision of six incorporated swift nest boxes shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Details shall include the type of nest boxes to be used and the proposed locations on the building. The approved swift nest boxes shall be implemented in full before the development is first brought into use, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

12.            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.

13.            a) No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted, damaged or destroyed, nor shall any retained tree be pruned in any manner, be it branches, stems or roots, other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars, without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority. All tree works shall be carried out in accordance with BS3998: Recommendations for Tree Works.

b) If any retained tree is cut down, uprooted, destroyed or dies, another tree shall be planted in the same place in the next planting season following the removal of that tree, full details of which shall be firstly submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

In this condition a “retained tree” is an existing tree which shall be retained in accordance with the approved plans and particulars; and paragraphs (a) and (b) shall have effect until the expiration of five years from the date of the permission.

14.            The development hereby approved shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the recommendations and specifications set out in the Tree Protection Plan (Drwg. No. 230304-P32/a) prepared by Tim Moya Associates on March 2017.

15.            Prior to the first use or occupation of the development, full details of the height, design and finished appearance of the refuse storage area shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the refuse storage area shall be installed in accordance with the approved details.

16.            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.