Agenda item

Approved, subject to conditions

The Committee considered application 12/00555/OUT for Redevelopment of site to demolish existing building and provide 13 apartments, two retail units, parking/servicing, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment and alterations to existing access.

The committee was satisfied with the evidence presented.

In reaching their decision the Committee considered the officers’ report and presentation.

Resolved

That application 12/00555/OUT be approved subject to:

(i)         The completion of a legal agreement with Oxfordshire County Council to provide financial contributions to offset the impact of the development on local facilities, infrastructure and amenities.

(ii)    The following conditions:

(1)               That no development shall be commenced until full details of the scale, appearance and landscaping (hereafter referred to as reserved matters) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 

(2)               That in the case of the reserved matters, application for approval shall be made not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

(3)               That the development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than the expiration of two years from the final approval of the reserved matters or, in the case of approval on different dates, the final approval of the last reserved matters to be approved.

(4)               That prior to the first occupation of the development the existing means of access onto Calthorpe Street shall be altered and laid out to the approval of the Local Planning Authority and constructed strictly in accordance with the specification of the means of access attached hereto, and that all ancillary works therein specified shall be undertaken in accordance with the said specification.

(5)               That the vision splays shall not be obstructed by any object, structure, planting or other material with a height exceeding 0.6 meters as measured from the carriageway level.

(6)               That before the development is first occupied the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be constructed in accordance with plan 11.10 Rev A dated 02.09.08 hereby approved and shall be constructed, laid out and surfaced, drained and completed and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times.

(7)               That before the development is first occupied the cycle parking areas shall be provided in accordance with plan 11.10 Rev A dated 02.09.08 hereby approved and shall be permanently retained for the parking of cycles thereafter.

(8)               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted a phased risk assessment shall be carried out by a competent person in accordance with current Government and Environment Agency Guidance and Approved Codes of Practice, such as CLR11, BS10175, BS5930 and CIRIA 665. Each phase shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;

(9)               Phase 1 shall incorporate a desk study and site walk over to identify all potential contaminative uses on site, and to inform the conceptual site model.  If potential contamination is identified in Phase 1 then a Phase 2 investigation shall be undertaken.

(10)          Phase 2 shall include a comprehensive intrusive investigation in order to characterise the type, nature and extent of contamination present, the risks to receptors and to inform the remediation strategy proposals. If contamination is found by undertaking the Phase 2 investigation then Phase 3 shall be undertaken.

(11)          Phase 3 requires that a scheme of remediation and/or monitoring to ensure the site is suitable for its proposed use to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (LPA). The remediation shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme and the applicant shall provide written verification to that effect.

(12)          The development shall not be occupied until any approved remedial works, have been carried out and a full validation report has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. In the event that gas protection is required, all such measures shall be implemented in full and confirmation of satisfactory installation obtained in writing from a Building Control Regulator.

(13)          The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict accordance with the following list of approved plans:  Proposed Site Location Plan 10.11 Rev A dated 12.08.08 and Proposed Ground Floor Plan 11.10 A dated 02.09.08

(14)          No development shall take place on the site until the applicant(s), or their agents or successors in title, has arranged an archaeological watching brief to be maintained during the course of building operations or construction works on the site.  The watching brief shall be carried out in accordance with a written specification and by a professional archaeological organisation acceptable to the Local Planning Authority.

(15)          A scheme setting out how artistic elements will be incorporated into the fabric of the building shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of construction.

(16)          Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a detailed scheme for the surface water and foul sewage drainage of the development shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The approved surface water drainage scheme shall be carried out prior to commencement of any building works on the site and the approved foul sewage drainage scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of any building to which the scheme relates.  All drainage works shall be laid out and constructed in accordance with the Water Authorities Association's current edition "Sewers for Adoption".

(Councillor Hughes requested that his abstention from the vote be recorded).

(Councillors Rose Stratford, Lawrie Stratford and Reynolds left the meeting for the duration of this item. At the conclusion of this item, Councillor Rose Stratford re-took the Chair)