Agenda item


Land at Skimmingdish Lane and Land and Roundabout at Bicester Road, Launton

Decision:

Approved, conditions to be set out in the minutes.

Minutes:

The Committee considered application 19/00607/F for the use of land as a construction compound incorporating storage area, site offices and car parking at land at Skimmingdish Lane and land and roundabout at Bicester Road, Launton for Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.

 

Thomas Bode, agent for the applicant, addressed the committee in support of the application.

 

In reaching its decision the Committee considered the officer’s report and presentation and the address of the public speaker.

 

Resolved

 

(1)      That authority be delegated to the Assistant Director for Planning and Development to grant permission for application 19/00607/F subject to the conditions set out below (and any amendments to those conditions or additional conditions as deemed necessary):

 

CONDITIONS

 

Time Limits

1.       The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

2.       The development and use hereby approved shall cease and be discontinued at the expiration of 5 years from the date of this permission, or upon the completion of the works relating to this section of the EWR2 Project, whichever is the sooner, and the land restored to its former use and condition on or before that date.

 

Compliance with Plans

3.       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:  Location Plan 133735-2A-EWR-OXD-XX-DR-L-019009 Rev A01; Arboricultural Impact Assessment and drawing number 133735-2A-EWR-OXD-XX-DR-L-019001 Rev A01; A1 Site Design 133735-2A-EWR-OXD-XX-DR-L-019011 Rev A01; Modular Office elevations and floor plans; Environmental Appraisal Report; Transport Statement and drawing numbers 133735-RW-EWR-XX-XX-DR-LE-010803 Rev P01, 010690 Rev P01, 010691 Rev P01, 010692 Rev P01, 010693 Rev P01, 010694 Rev P01, 010696 Rev P01, 010697 Rev P01, 010698 Rev P01, 010699 Rev P01, 010700 Rev P01 and 0107001 rev P01; Flood Risk Assessment and drawing numbers 133735-2A-EWR-OXD-XX-DR-L-019010 Rev A01 and 019011 Rev A01; Additional Drainage Strategy Information dated July 2019 and received 4 September 2019; Ecological Impact Assessment; Planning Statement; Construction Travel Plans; and drawing numbers: 133735-2A-EWR-OXD-CC-A1-DR-CH-002003 Rev B02, 002004 Rev B02; 002007 Rev B02, 002008 Rev B02, 002010 Rev B02, 012001 Rev P01 and additional visibility zone plans relating to the emergency access received 22 August 2019.

 

External Lighting Details

4.       Prior to the installation of any external lighting on the site, full details of the design, height, location, and finished appearance of the external lighting, including the timings for its use shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the lighting shall be installed and operated in accordance with the approved details.

 

Boundary Treatments

5.       Prior to the first use of the development hereby permitted, means of enclosure along all boundaries of the site shall be erected and maintained for the lifetime of the development in accordance with the approved plans.

 

Reinstatement Scheme

6.       Upon the cessation of the use of the compound hereby approved, all material, buildings, hardstanding, fencing or any other structures shall be removed from the site and the site re-instated in accordance with a detailed scheme which shall also include timescales for the restoration works, which shall have been previously agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The re-instatement works shall be completed in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

AMS Required

7.       Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, an Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS), undertaken in accordance with BS:5837:2012 and all subsequent amendments and revisions, which shall also include an exclusion zone around the existing trees within the site, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter all works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved AMS.

 

AMS Scheme of Supervision

8.       Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of a scheme of supervision for the Arboricultural protection measures, to include the requirements set out in a) to e) below, and which is appropriate for the scale and duration of the development works, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the arboricultural protection measures shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details:

 

a)       Written confirmation of the contact details of the project arboriculturalist employed to undertake the supervisory role of relevant Arboricultural issues

b)       The relevant persons/contactors to be briefed by the project arboriculturalist on all on-site tree related matters

c)       The timing and methodology of scheduled site monitoring visits to be undertaken by the project arboriculturalist

d)       The procedures for notifying and communicating with the Local Planning Authority when dealing with unforeseen variations to the agreed tree works and Arboricultural incidents

e)       Details of appropriate supervision for the installation of load-bearing ‘structural cell’ planting pits and/or associated features such as irrigation systems, root barriers abd surface requirements (eg: reduced dig systems, arboresin, tree grills)

 

Restriction of Use

9.       The site shall be used only for the purpose of a construction compound in conjunction with EWR2 and for no other purpose whatsoever.

 

Protected Species Check

10.     Prior to, and within two months of the commencement of the development, the site shall be thoroughly checked by a suitably qualified ecologist to ensure that no protected species, which could be harmed by the development, have moved on to the site since the previous surveys were carried out. Should any protected species be found during this check, full details of mitigation measures to prevent their harm 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 mitigation scheme.

 

Bird Nesting Season

11.     No removal of hedgerows, trees or shrubs, nor works to, or demolition of buildings or structures that may be used for breeding birds, shall take place between 1st March and 31st 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 in the site.

 

Traffic and Highways

12.     Notwithstanding the submission and prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a revised Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority which shall include the following:

 

         A firm commitment to always using the construction traffic routes set out in the Environmental Statement for the EWR2 Scheme;

         Precluding any access to the site by HGV or LGV via Launton Village; and

         A commitment to carrying out a pre-condition survey of the route and making good any damage.

 

Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved CTMP.

 

13.     Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of the means of access between the strategic compound and the highway, including position, layout, construction, drainage, pedestrian access, gates, signage, lighting and vision splays shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, together with details of and a timetable for its reinstatement at the end of the East West Rail Phase 2 Project. Thereafter, the means of access shall be constructed prior to the opening of the strategic compound, retained in accordance with the approved details during the operation of the compound, and reinstated in accordance with the approved details and timetable.

 

14.     The approved vision splays shall be kept clear of any object, structure, planting or other material of a height that would obstruct vision of any road user exiting the site.

 

Archaeology

15.     Prior to any demolition and 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.

 

16.     Following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in condition 15, and prior to any demolition on the site and the commencement of the development (other than in accordance with the Written Scheme of Investigation), a programme of archaeological 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.

 

Drainage

17.     No development shall take place until a detailed design and associated management and maintenance plan of surface water drainage for the site using sustainable drainage methods has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local planning Authority, as per the proposed strategy; 133735-2A-EWR-OXD-CC-A1-RP-DH-000001 (ProjectWise no.) 133735-EWR-REP-EDR-000022 (eB no.) Rev B01. The approved drainage system shall be implemented in accordance with the approved detailed design prior to the use of the development commencing.

 

18.     No building hereby permitted shall be occupied or the use commenced until the sustainable drainage scheme for this site has been completed in accordance with the details approved under condition 17. The sustainable drainage scheme shall be managed thereafter in accordance with the agreed management and maintenance plan.

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