Agenda item

Approved in line with officer recommendation, subject to conditions (and any amendments as deemed necessary) and completion of a S106 legal agreement, details to be set out in the minutes.

The Committee considered application 25/02862/F, a full planning application for 9 no. residential dwellings, pedestrian and vehicular access, landscaping and associated infrastructure, at Parcel of land south of Bailey Road Adjacent to Wilson Road Banbury OX16 1JE, for Bloor Homes Western. 

Jon Bryan, the agent on behalf of the applicant, addressed the Committee in support of the application.

It was proposed by Councillor Wood and seconded by Councillor Webb that the application be approved, in line with the officer recommendation.

In reaching its decision the Committee considered the officer’s report and presentation, and the addresses by public speaker.

Resolved

(1)          That, in line with the officer’s recommendation, authority be delegated to the Assistant Director Planning to grant permission for application 25/02862/F subject to:

1. The conditions set out below (and any amendments to those conditions as deemed necessary) and  

2. The 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, to secure the following (and any amendments as deemed necessary): 

A) the sum of £275,000 for the value of the land towards employment opportunities within Banbury 

Conditions/reasons for refusal 

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. 

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. 

Compliance with plans 

2.     Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the form and following approved plans: 

Site location plan – we080-pd-036a 

Site layout – we080-sl-3001d 

Presentation layout – we080-pd-1021b 

External works – we080-sl-3030a 

Material layout - we080-sl3020b 

Landscaping layout - we080-ls-038c 

Vehicle tracking - we080-emp-en-101 

Drainage and levels - we080-en-emp-100 

Housetype plans and elevations 

Banbury rise design and access statement dated august 2025 

Drainage technical note 

Energy statement – briary energy august 2025 

Transport/highways technical note – pja  

Planning statement October 2025 

Preliminary ecological appraisal version 4 – Nicholsons October 2025 

Biodiversity net gain report version 1 – Nicholsons October 2025 

Biodiversity net gain metric - Nicholsons 

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.     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. ? 

Reason: in the interests of sustainability, to ensure a satisfactory form of development and to comply with government guidance contained within the national planning policy framework. 

4.     No dwelling shall be occupied until it has been constructed to ensure that it achieves a water efficiency limit of 110 litres person/day and shall continue to accord with such a limit thereafter. 

Reason: in the interests of sustainability in accordance with the requirements of policy esd3 of the cherwell local plan 2011-2031 part 1 and government guidance contained within the national planning policy framework. 

5.     No development shall commence unless and until a landscape and ecology management plan (lemp), which shall also cover the construction phase of the development, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Thereafter, the development shall not be carried out or managed other than in accordance with the approved lemp. 

Reason: to protect habitats of importance to biodiversity conservation from any loss or damage in accordance with policy esd10 of the cherwell local plan 2011-2031 part 1 and government guidance contained within the national planning policy framework.

(2)          It was further resolved that as the statutory determination period for this application expired on 31 March 2026, if the section 106 agreement / undertaking was not completed and the permission was not able to be issued by this date and no extension of time had been agreed between the parties, delegated authority be given to the Assistant Director Planning to refuse application 25/02862/F for the following reason: 

In the absence of a satisfactory unilateral undertaking or any other form of section 106 legal agreement the local planning authority is not satisfied that the proposed development provides for appropriate compensation for the value of the land to the detriment of both existing and proposed residents and contrary to policy ban3 of the Cherwell local plan (2015)