Agenda item


Heyford Park, Camp Road, Upper Heyford, Bicester, OX25 5HD

Decision:

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

 

Minutes:

The Committee considered application 19/00446/F for the erection of up to 57 residential units (Use Class C3) comprising a mix of open market and affordable housing, together with associated works including provision of vehicular and pedestrian accesses, public open space, landscaping, infrastructure and site clearance at Heyford Park, Camp Road, Upper Heyford, Bicester, OX25 5HD for Heyford Park Settlements LP.

 

Councillor Corkin proposed that application 19/00446/F be approved, in line with the officer recommendation. In seconding the proposal, Councillor Wood, referring to paragraph 9.70 of the report which related to a Section 106 planning obligation,  proposed firstly, that within the Cherwell District Council items to be secured, “ the financial contribution towards expansion and/or and provision of the Community Hall and other local facilities” be the Council’s first priority and secondly, that officers be requested to negotiate that upon eventual completion of the  Community Hall it be passed to Heyford Park Parish Council for use as their office and hall, and that authority be delegated to Assistant Director Planning and Economy, in consultation with the Chairman of the Planning Committee  to agree the Section 106 agreement. This was duly supported by Councillor Corkin as the proposer.

 

In reaching their decision, the committee considered the officers’ report,

presentation and written update.

 

Resolved

That authority be delegated to the Assistant Director for Planning and Economy to grant permission for application 19/00446/F subject to resolving the objections from Oxfordshire County Council and subject to conditions (and any amendments to those conditions as deemed necessary) and the completion of a planning obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1991, to secure the items set out in paragraph 9.69 together with those set out above by the County Council and the Cherwell District Council Leisure projects officer (and any amendments 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 Plans

 

2.               Except where otherwise stipulated by condition, the application shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following documents:

 

PHASE 5D

·       Design and Access Statement –Phase 5D        0521-PH5C. 18th February2019. Focus on Design

·       Flood Risk Assessment Compliance – Phase 5C Version 2. January 2019.16871/B4. Woods Hardwick

·       Topographical Survey                  0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-100 Rev.A

·       Planning Layout                0521-PH5D-102.

·       Street Scene                               0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-103

·       External Works Layout                 0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-104

·       Tracking Layout                           0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-105 Vehicle

·       External Detailing              0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-106

·       Adoption Plan                              0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-107

·       Material Layout                 0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-108

·       Garages, Bins & Cycle Store        0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-109

·       Refuse Plan                      0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-111

·       Housetype Booklet            0521-PH5C-5D-5(R)-HTB Issue 2

·       Detailed Planting Proposals         1619 A8 5C 01 Rev.H

·       Parking Matrix Issue                    10521-PH5C-5D-5(R)

 

PHASE 8C

·       Planning Layout                0521-PH8C-102 Rev.A

·       External Works Layout                 0521-PH8A-8C-104 Rev.A

·       Vehicle Tracking Layout               0521-PH8A-8C-105 Rev.A

·       Material Layout                           0521-PH8A-8C-108 Rev.A

·       Refuse Plan                      0521-PH8A-8C-111 Rev.A

·       Service Easements            0521-PH8A-8C-115 Rev.A

·       House type Booklet           0521-PH8C-HTB Issue 2

 

TRENCHARD CIRCLE

·       Planning Layout                          0521-TR-1002 Rev.B

·       External Works Layout                           0521-TR-1004 Rev.B

·       Vehicle Tracking Layout (Sheet 1 of 2)   0521-TR-1005-1 Rev.A

·       Vehicle Tracking Layout (Sheet 2 of 2)   0521-TR-1005-2 Rev.A

·       Adoption Plan                                        0521-TR-1007 Rev.A

·       Issue 4 Housetype Booklet                     0521-TR-HTB

 

COMPOSITE PLAN and REPORTS

·       Application Forms, Notices and Certificates

·       Location Plan                    0521-PH5D-8C-TR-101

·       Arboricultural Statement 11th February 2019. LANDARB Solutions

·       Dorchester Living Construction Specification Revision 17

·       Extended Phase 1 Habitat and Preliminary Bat Survey Issue 1. 3rd March 2019.- 4 Acre Ecology

·       Planning, Heritage and Affordable Housing Statement (incorporating draft S106 Heads of Terms) February 2019 –Pegasus Group

·       Planning Statement Addendum July 2019 –Pegasus Group

·       Transport Statement Ref: 39304. February 2019 –PBA/Stantec

 

 

Facing materials

 

3.               No materials other than those as shown on the approved materials plans are to be used in the new development. There shall be no variation of these materials without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved schedule.

 

Planting Maintenance

 

4.     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.

 

Tree Protection

 

5.               (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.

 

Boundary Treatment

 

6.               That all enclosures along all boundaries of the site shall be as shown on the approved plans and such means of enclosure shall be erected prior to the occupation of any dwelling.

                                       

 

Electrical Vehicle Charging

 

7.               Any dwelling(s) hereby permitted shall not be occupied until it has been provided with a system of ducting to allow for the future installation of electrical vehicle charging infrastructure to serve that dwelling.

 

New Estate Roads.

 

8.               Prior to the first occupation of any of the dwellings hereby approved, all of the estate roads and footpaths (except for the final surfacing thereof) shall be laid out, constructed, lit and drained in accordance with Oxfordshire County Council's ‘Conditions and Specifications for the Construction of Roads’ and its subsequent amendments.

 

 

Parking and Manoeuvring Areas Retained.

 

9.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full specification details (including construction, layout, surfacing 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.

 

Cycle Parking Provision.

 

10.           Prior to the first use or occupation of the development hereby permitted, covered cycle parking facilities shall be provided on the site in accordance with details which shall be firstly 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.

 

Travel Plan

 

11.           Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, a Residential 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 and a Travel Plan Statement setting out how this phase will contribute to the overall site wide Residential Travel Plan, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Thereafter, the approved Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

 

Travel Information pack

 

12.           Prior to first occupation of any dwelling hereby approved, a Travel Information Pack shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The first residents of each dwelling shall be provided with a copy of the approved Travel Information Pack.

 

Construction Environment Management Plan

 

13.           Prior to the commencement of the development, a Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP), which shall include details of the measures to be taken to ensure construction works do not adversely affect residential properties on, adjacent to or surrounding the site together with details of the consultation and communication to be carried out with local residents shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with approved CEMP.

 

Remediation Strategy

 

14.           No development approved by this planning permission shall commence until a remediation strategy to deal with the risks associated with contamination of the site in respect of the development hereby permitted, has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. This strategy will include the following components:

·       The results of the site investigation and the detailed risk assessment referred to in (2) and, based on these, an options appraisal and remediation strategy giving full details of the remediation measures required and how they are to be undertaken.

·       A verification plan providing details of the data that will be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in the remediation strategy in (3) are complete and identifying any requirements for longer-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action. Any changes to these components require the written consent of the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved.

 

 

Verification Report

 

15.               Prior to any part of the permitted development being brought into use, a verification report demonstrating the completion of works set out in the approved remediation strategy and the effectiveness of the remediation shall be submitted to, and approved in writing, by the local planning authority. The report shall include results of sampling and monitoring carried out in accordance with the approved verification plan to demonstrate that the site remediation criteria have been met.

 

No Ground Water Infiltration

 

16.           No drainage systems for the infiltration of surface water to the ground are permitted other than with the written consent of the local planning authority. Any proposals for such systems must be supported by an assessment of the risks to controlled waters. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

Landscape and Ecology Management Plan

 

17.           Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, a Landscape and Ecology Management Plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the LEMP shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

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