Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 18/01208/F for a two and three storey 56 bedroom hotel extension and alterations to the car park layout at Premier Inn, Kelso Road, Bicester, OX26 1AN for Premier Inn Hotels Ltd.

Euan Brown, the applicant’s agent, 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 speaker.

Resolved

That application 18/01208/F be approved and that authority be delegated to the Assistant Director of Planning Policy and Development to grant planning permission, subject to:

a)                Completion of a planning obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as substituted by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, in accordance with the summary of the Heads of Terms set in para 8.22 and;

b)                Conditions relating to the matters detailed below (the exact conditions and the wording of those conditions to be delegated to the Assistant Director for Planning Policy and Development).

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.

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, Site Location Plan, Drawing numbers 4591/P19 Rev A, 4591/P20 Rev A,  4591/P16 Rev A, 4591/P17 Rev A, 4591/P18 Rev A and 803-SW-01 Rev B

Hedgerow and landscape protection

3.                 No development shall take place unti  full details of the hedgerow and landscape protection for the existing retained landscaping on and adjacent to the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.   The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.  Any landscaping removed or damaged during construction shall be replaced in accordance with a scheme to be submitted and approved in writing (including timing of planting) by the local planning authority within 6 months of the occupation of the building.

Surface water drainage

4.                 No development shall take place 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 being occupied. 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 (list the suds features mentioned within the FRA to ensure they  are carried forward into the detailed drainage strategy)

-                Network drainage calculations

-                Phasing

-                No private drainage into the public highway drainage system.

Hard Landscaping Works

5.                 Prior to any works to the hard landscaping of the development hereby approved, a hard landscaping scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme for landscaping the site shall include details of the hard surface areas, including pavements, parking and manoeuvring areas, crossing points and steps.  The development shall therefore be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted and shall be retained as such thereafter.

Parking

6.                 Prior to the first occupation of the extension hereby permitted, the car parking and manoeuvring areas shall be laid out in accordance with the details as shown on the approved plans.  They shall thereafter be retained and used for no other purposes.

Travel Plan

7.                 Prior to the first occupation of the extension hereby permitted, a workplace travel plan must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, occupation shall only commence in accordance with the approved details.

Landscaping

8.                 The landscaping scheme as shown on drawing number 803-SW-01 Rev B shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the first use of the extension or on the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner. 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, 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.

Materials

9.                 The materials to be used in the construction of the extension hereby permitted shall match those used on the existing building.