Agenda item

Approved, conditions to be set out in the minutes

The Committee considered application 22/00464/F Change of Use of Land to provide temporary caravan site with associated access enclosure and amenity for use by railway construction staff.

In reaching its decision the committee considered the officers’ report and

presentation and the written update.

Resolved

That application 22/00464/F be approved, subject to the following conditions:

Time Limit

1.     The use hereby permitted shall be discontinued on or before 10th October 2025 and the land restored in accordance with a Land Restoration Strategy to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submission of the Land Restoration Strategy shall be made prior to 10th April 2025.

Reason: To safeguard the visual amenities of the area and residential amenity in accordance with Policy ESD15 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011 – 2031 Part 1 and Saved Policy C28 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996.

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 application forms and the following plans and documents: 6218.10 A (Site Location and Proposals Layout Plan) received 13 July 2022.

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

Details of Amnesty buildings

3.     Prior to the first installation of the sanitary and amenity building, details of the sanitary and amenity buildings, including elevations, floorplans and proposed materials demonstrating that it shall be single storey only shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed details prior to the first use of the site.

Reason: To ensure that the buildings are appropriate to the appearance of the locality and to ensure the satisfactory appearance of the completed development in accordance with Policy 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.

Landscaping

4.     A scheme of planting to provide a screen for the site along its north-western

boundary consisting of suitable plants capable of growing to a height of not less than two metres, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented within the first planting season following the first date on which any part of the approved development is occupied.

Reason: To ensure that a satisfactory landscape scheme is provided in the interest of well-planned development and visual amenity and to accord with Policy 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.

Highway

5.     Prior to the first occupation of the development, a Shuttle Strategy shall be provided, which shall include details of the frequency and quantity of the proposed shuttle service and a proposed timetable which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the approved Shuttle Strategy shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with Government guidance contained within Section 12 the National Planning Policy Framework.

Archaeology

6.     The applicant, or their agents or successors in title, shall be responsible for

organising and implementing an archaeological watching brief, to be maintained during the period of construction/during any groundworks taking place on the site. The watching brief shall be carried out by a professional archaeological organisation in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation that has first been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason - To safeguard the recording and inspection of matters of archaeological importance on the site in accordance with the Policy ESD15 of the Part 1 CLP (2011-2031) and the NPPF (2021).

7.     Following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in

condition 6, no development shall commence on site without the appointed

archaeologist being present. Once the watching brief has been completed its findings shall be reported to the Local Planning Authority, as agreed in the Written Scheme of Investigation, including 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 within two years of the completion of the archaeological fieldwork.

Reason - To safeguard the recording and inspection of matters of archaeological importance on the site in accordance with the Policy ESD15 of the Part 1 CLP (2011-2031 and the NPPF (2021).