Agenda item

Approved, conditions to be set out in the minutes.

The Committee considered application 19/00617/F for a Part 2-storey, part 1-storey Special Education Needs school with new access from Bloxham Grove Road, associated outdoor play areas, multi-use games area, staff parking, pupil drop-off and landscaping at Land to the East of The Warriner School, Bloxham Grove Road, Bloxham, Oxfordshire for the Department for Education.

 

Councillor Chris Heath addressed the committee as Ward Member.

 

Steve Craggs addressed the committee on behalf of Bloxham Parish Council in objection to the application.

 

Chris Maltby, agent for the applicant, Jayne Howarth from Oxfordshire County Council and Daniel Townsend from Stantec addressed the committee in support of the application.

 

Councillor Clarke, seconded by Councillor Perry, requested that officers arrange a meeting before the Special Education Needs school opens, between Oxfordshire County Council Highways, Cherwell District Council Planners and Bloxham Parish Council to discuss safety in the vicinity of the Warriner School, Bloxham.

 

In reaching its decision the committee considered the officer’s report and presentation, the written update and the addresses of the public speakers.

 

Councillor George Reynolds voted against the motion and asked for his vote to be recorded.

 

Resolved

 

(1)      That authority be delegated to the Assistant Director for Planning and Development to grant permission for application 19/00617/F subject to the conditions set out below (and any amendments to those conditions as deemed necessary):

 

CONDITIONS

 

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.

 

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 following plans and documents: TBC

 

Accesses: Full Details

3.         Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the means of access between the land and the highway on Bloxham Grove Road, including position, layout and vision splays shall be constructed and laid out in accordance with drawing number 45479/5501/03 Rev A and 45479/5501/005 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the mains of access and visibility splays shall be retained in accordance with the approved details.

 

Tree Protection

4.         Prior to the commencement of any development an Arboricultural Impact Assessment, Tree Protection plan and Method Statement shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall thereafter be carried out in strict accordance with the approved details.

 

Construction Traffic Management Plan

5.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not proceed other than in strict accordance with the details contained in the approved CTMP.

           

Archaeology

6.         Prior to any demolition and the 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.

 

7.         Following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in condition 6, and prior to any demolition on the site and the commencement of the development (other than in accordance with the agreed Written Scheme of Investigation), a staged programme of archaeological evaluation and 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.

 

SuDS

8.         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. The development shall not be implemented other than in strict accordance with the approved details and shall be fully implemented prior to the use of the building commencing.

 

Completion and Maintenance of Sustainable Drainage – Shown on Approved Plans

9.         Except where amended by the details approved pursuant to Condition 8 of this planning permission, no building or use 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 submitted with this application. The sustainable drainage scheme shall be managed and maintained thereafter in accordance with the agreed management and maintenance plan.

 

Landscape and Ecological Management Plan

10.      Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a Landscape and Ecology Management Plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall demonstrate a net gain in biodiversity and shall include the provision of integrated swift nest bricks and a range of bat and bird boxes.  It shall also include details of protection of retained features and ecology during construction.  Thereafter, the development shall not be carried out other than in accordance with the approved LEMP including the provision of the enhancements prior to the first occupation of any dwelling.

 

Landscaping

11.      Prior to the first use of the building hereby approved the landscaping for the site shall be carried in full and in strict accordance with landscaping scheme shown on drawing numbers ADP-00-ZZ-DR-L-1920 Rev S3 P07, ADP-00-ZZ-DR-L-1900 Rev S3 P07, ADP-00-ZZ-DR-L-1901 Rev S3 P07, ADP-00-ZZ-DR-L-1940 Rev S2 P01, ADP-00-ZZ-DR-L-1941 Rev S2 P02 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The hard landscape elements of the scheme shall be retained as such thereafter. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with BS 4428:1989 Code of Practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces), or the most up to date and current British Standard, 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. Any trees, herbaceous planting 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 current/next planting season with others of similar size and species.

 

Architectural detailing

12.      Notwithstanding the details shown on the approved plans, further details of the architectural detailing of the exterior of the development hereby approved including details of the parapet, window details (including colour and recesses), junction between timber and stone, and details of any coping or other detailing shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the construction of the building above slab level.  The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Stone Sample Panel

13.      No development shall commence above slab level until a stone sample panel (minimum 1 metre squared in size) has been constructed on site and has been inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The sample panels shall be constructed in a position that is protected and readily accessible for viewing in good natural daylight from a distance of 3 metres. The panel shall be retained on site for the duration of the construction contract.  The stone elements of the external walls of the building, as shown in the drawings referred to in Condition 2 of this permission, shall not be constructed other than in strict accordance with the approved stone sample panel, including in type, colour, texture, coursing and pointing, and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Timber boarding

14.         No development shall commence above slab level until a sample panel of timber boarding has been constructed on site and has been inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The sample panel shall show the type, finish and arrangement in which the timber boarding will be placed on the building.  Details shall also be submitted in relation to the durability and weathering of the timber boarding. The sample panel shall be constructed on site to be inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The sample panel shall be constructed in a position that is protected and readily accessible for viewing in good natural daylight from a distance of 3 metres. The panel shall be retained on site for the duration of the construction contract. The timber elements of the external walls of the building, as shown in the drawings referred to in Condition 2 of this permission, shall not be constructed other than in strict accordance with the approved sample panel, and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Renewable Energy

15.      Prior to any works above slab level, full details of the siting, design and amount of renewable energy to be provided on the site shall be submitted and approved in writing by the local planning authority.   The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of the building and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Protection of Pedestrian Footway

16.      Prior to the first use of the building, the measures to physically protect the section of walkway running between the car parking spaces to the front of the site shall be carried out in accordance with drawing number ADP-00-ZZ-DR-L-1900 Rev S3 P07. Thereafter, the footpath(s) shall remain protected and available for use throughout the development in accordance with the approved details.

 

External Lighting and Management Plan

17.      Notwithstanding the details on the submitted plan and prior to the installation of any external lighting, full details of the external lighting and a management plan to control the lighting shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the lighting shall be installed and managed in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Parking and Manoeuvring

18.      Prior to the first occupation of the development the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, and completed in accordance with the plans hereby approved, and shall thereafter be retained unobstructed at all times except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles in connection with the development.

 

Wastewater network

19.    The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until details and confirmation of one of the following has been submitted and approved in writing by the local planning authority:

 

- all wastewater network upgrades required to accommodate the additional flows from the development have been completed; or

- an infrastructure phasing plan has been agreed with Thames Water to allow additional properties to be occupied. Where an infrastructure phasing plan is agreed no occupation shall take place other than in accordance with the agreed infrastructure phasing plan.

 

BREEAM

20.      The building hereby granted planning permission shall be constructed to achieve BREEAM 'Very Good' standard based on the BREEAM criteria applicable at the time of this decision for a proposed building use of this type.  

 

Travel Plan

21.      Within 3 months of the first use of the development hereby permitted a revised travel plan shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Thereafter, the approved Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

 

 

(2)      That the 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) be completed:

 

a)      Contribution of £5,400 (index linked) towards administrative costs of Traffic Regulation Orders to move 30mph

b)     £1,240 towards monitoring and review of Travel Plan

c)     An obligation to enter into a Section 278 Agreement to secure highway works:

 

- The provision of a bell-mouth access with minimum radii of 5m within the highway boundary on Bloxham Grove Road to enable access to the development and to tie into the existing carriageway and footway on this road.

- Improvement of highway works to upgrade Bloxham Grove Road as illustrated by PBA’s proposed Bloxham Grove Road access Option 2 (under Drawing No. 45479/5501/004 Rev A), appended to the TA. These must include:

- Widening Bloxham Grove Road to 4.8m from Warriner School entrance to the proposed site access to allow a 2-way movement along this section.

- Provide a 1.5m wide footway along the southern front of the carriageway up into the site with suitable tactile paving at crossing points

- To formalise the existing parking layby along Bloxham Grove Road which is currently echelon into parallel parking marked out bays.

- Relocation of the 30/60mph speed limit markers further east of the site access, subject to a TRO consultation process.

 

- Highway improvements on the A361 Banbury Road/ Bloxham Grove Road/ Ell’s Lane junction to include:

- Widening of the A361 to accommodate right turning lanes into both Bloxham Grove Road and Ell’s Lane as illustrated by Drawing No. 45479/5501/010 Rev B. This shall include relocation of the 30mph speed limit sign about 40metres north of the current location.

- Provision of a pedestrian refuge to the south of the junction.

 

(3)     That a meeting be arranged, before the Special Education Needs school opens, between Oxfordshire County Council Highways, Cherwell District Council Planners and Bloxham Parish Council to discuss safety in the vicinity of the Warriner School, Bloxham.