Agenda item


Straw Barn College Farm, Main Street, Wendlebury, OX25 2PR

Decision:

Approved, conditions to be set out in the minutes

Minutes:

The Committee considered application 20/02859/F for the erection of a general-purpose agricultural building at Straw Barn, College Farm, Main Street, Wendlebury, OX25 2PR for Mr & Mrs T Howard.

 

In reaching its decision the Committee considered the officer’s report and presentation.

 

Resolved

 

(1)      That application 20/02859/F be approved subject to the following conditions:

 

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.

 

Reason - To comply with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

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: 20.192.01 Rev B; 20/0192.02; 20/192.03 Rev A and the Landscaping Scheme produced by Pyramid Consulting Arboricultural Consultancy (January 2021).

 

Reason – For the avoidance of doubt, to ensure that the development is carried out only as approved by the Local Planning Authority and comply with Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

3.       The tree planting scheme, as shown on approved drawing number 20-0192-01 Rev B, and the Landscaping Scheme produced by Pyramid Consulting Arboricultural Consultancy (January 2021), shall be completely implemented within the first planting season following the first use of any part of the approved development. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be maintained for a period of 5 years from the first use of any part of the approved development. Any trees and/or 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 next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent for any variation.

 

Reason – To provide an effective and attractive screen for the development in the interests of visual amenity and to accord with Policy ESD13 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 Part 1, saved Policy C28 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996 and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

4.       All site clearance (including the removal of any vegetation or works to hedgerows) should be timed so as to avoid the bird nesting season, this being during the months of March until July inclusive unless alternative provisions have been previously agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority

 

Reason – To ensure that the development will conserve and enhance the natural environment and will not cause significant harm to any protected species or its habitat in accordance with Policy ESD10 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011–2031 Part 1, and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

5.       The existing trees to be retained along the eastern border of the development shall be protected in accordance with the detail set out in the Landscaping Scheme produced by Pyramid Consulting Arboricultural Consultancy (January 2021).

 

Reason : To ensure the continued health of retained trees and to ensure that they are not adversely affected by the construction works, in the interests of the visual amenity of the area, to ensure the integration of the development into the existing landscape and to comply with Policies ESD13 and ESD15 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011–2031 Part 1, saved Policy C28 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996 and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

6.       If the use of the building, hereby approved, for the purposes of agriculture permanently ceases, the building must be removed from the land and the land must, so far as is practicable, be restored to its condition prior to the implementation of this permission or to such a condition as agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason – The site is in an area where permission for development unrelated to the needs of agriculture would not normally be granted and therefore to enable the Local Planning Authority to retain planning control over the development of the site and in order to safeguard the amenities of the area in accordance with saved Policies C28 and ENV1 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996, Policies ESD13 and ESD15 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 Part 1 and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

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