Agenda item

The Committee considered a report for a new burial ground.

The Committee considered the issue of car parking provision at the site.

In reaching their decision, the Committee considered the Officers report and presentation.

Resolved

That application 10/01346/F be approved subject to the following conditions:

(1)               1.4A - Full Permission:  Duration Limit (3 years) (RC2)

(2)               Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission,      the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved plans and supporting documents received in the office on the 2^nd September 2010.

(3)               That prior to commencement of work on site the proposed means of access onto the Bicester Road (A43) is to be formed, laid out and to the approval of the Local Planning Authority and constructed strictly in accordance with the highway authority’s specifications and that all ancillary works specified shall be undertaken.

(4)               Prior to the commencement of work on site vision splays measuring 4.5 metres x 120 metres shall be provided to each side of the access.  These vision splays shall not be obstructed by any object, structure, planting or other material with a height exceeding or growing above 0.6metres as measured from carriageway level.

(5)               Before the development is first used the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be provided in accordance with the submitted plan hereby approved and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, drained (SUDS) and completed, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times.

(6)               Prior to the first use of the proposed development the new footway and crossing point along the Bicester Road (A43) shall be formed, laid out and to the approval of the Local Planning Authority and constructed strictly in accordance with the Highway Authority’s specifications and that all ancillary works specified shall be undertaken.

(7)               The gate hereby approved to be set back a minimum of 10m from the back-edge of the Bicester Road (A43).

(8)               That no development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme for landscaping the site which shall include:-

(a)     details of the proposed tree and shrub planting including their species, number, sizes and positions, together with grass seeded/turfed areas,

(b)     details of the existing trees and hedgerows to be retained as well as those to be felled, including existing and proposed soil levels at the base of each tree/hedgerow and the minimum distance between the base of the tree and the nearest edge of any excavation,

(c)   details of the hard surface areas, pavements, pedestrian areas, crossing points and steps.

(9)               That all planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out 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;  and that any trees 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 next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent for any variation.

(10)          Should any badger setts be found before or during the implementation of this permission all work must cease and advice must be sought from a qualified ecologist. All recommendations made by the ecologist shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details so approved.

(11)          That a method statement relating to the protection of reptiles shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development. The works shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved details.

(12)          An arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan, undertaken in accordance with section 7.0 of BS5837:2005, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development. The works shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved details.

(13)          Should any evidence of a drainage system be found as a result of the works hereby approved or following the excavation of any of the graves, all work must cease and advice must be sought from the Local Planning Authority. A drainage scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any further excavation on site can commence.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details so approved.