Agenda item


Stourwell Barn, Swalcliffe, Banbury, OX15 5EX

Decision:

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

Minutes:

The committee considered application 18/01555/F for a new agricultural building, extension to silage clamp, works to existing bund and screen planting (re-submission of application 18/00189/F) at Stourwell Barn, Swalcliffe, Banbury, OX15 5EX for Mr & Mrs Taylor.

 

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

 

Resolved

 

That application 18/01555/F be approved and that authority be delegated to the Assistant Director of Planning Policy and Development to grant planning permission, subject to the conditions set out below (and any amendments to those conditions as deemed necessary):

 

Time Limit

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.

 

Compliance with Approved Plans

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, Planning Design and Access Statement (dated August 2018), Environmental Desk Study and Preliminary Risk Assessment report prepared by Apple Environmental (dated April 2018), Landscape and Visual Appraisal report prepared by Crestwood Environmental Ltd (dated 28 August 2018) and drawings numbered: 3210-S1, 3210-A.02.6, 3210-A.02.7, 3210-A.02.9 and 3210-A.02.10.

 

Surface Water Drainage Scheme

3.                 No development shall take place until a full surface water drainage scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of the size, position and construction of the drainage scheme and results of soakage tests carried out at the site to demonstrate the infiltration rate and future management plan. The Surface Water Drainage scheme should, where possible, incorporate Sustainable Drainage Techniques in order to ensure compliance with the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the first use of the development hereby approved and shall be maintained in accordance with the management plan thereafter.

 

Schedule of Materials for the building

4.                   Notwithstanding the details submitted, prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, a schedule of materials and finishes for the external walls and roof of the development hereby approved shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved schedule and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Submission of Landscaping Scheme

5.                 Notwithstanding the details submitted, prior to the first use of the development hereby approved, a detailed landscaping scheme 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, crossing points and steps.

 

The development shall be carried out in strict accordance with the approved landscaping scheme and the hard landscape elements of the approved scheme shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

6.                 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.

 

Contamination found during development

7.                 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.

 

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