Agenda item

Approved, against the officer recommendation, subject to conditions, details to be set out in the minutes.

The Committee considered application 23/03290/F, for change of use of existing poultry shed to container storage (Use Class B8) including associated landscaping at Poultry House, Rickfield Farm, Station Road, Milcombe, OX15 4RS for Mr Geoffrey Taylor.

Councillor McHugh, who called-in the application, addressed the Committee.

Caroline Mills, local resident, addressed the Committee in objection to the application.

Duncan Chadwick, agent for applicant, and Jenny Taylor, the applicant’s daughter, addressed the Committee in support of the application.

In reaching its decision the Committee considered the officers’ report, presentation, addresses from the public speakers and the written updates.

Contrary to the officers’ recommendation, it was proposed by Councillor Webb and seconded by Councillor Nedelcu that that application, 23/03290/F, be approved subject to conditions which were to be agreed and delegated to the Assistant Director Planning and Development.

Resolved

That application 23/03290/F be approved, contrary to officer’s recommendation, subject to the following conditions:

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.

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

·                TAY001/003 Rev A – Site Location Plan

·                TAY001/004 Rev A – Site Plan

·                TAY001/005 Rev A – Container Layout Plan

·                TAY001/006 Rev A – Landscaping Plan

·                Planning, Design and Access Statement

·                Protected Species Survey by Philip Irving, dated August 2023

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.         The site shall not be used other than for the purpose of a self-storage facility and for no other purpose whatsoever, including any other purpose in Class B8 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) or in any provisions equivalent to that class in any statutory instrument revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification, and there shall be no more than 56 containers on the site at any one time.

Reason - In order to safeguard the character and appearance of the area and the amenities of the occupants of nearby residential dwellings, and in the interests of sustainable development, in accordance with Policies ESD13 and ESD15 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 Part 1, saved Policies C28 and ENV1 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996 and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

4.         No storage containers hereby approved shall be sited outside of the Poultry Barn building as identified on the drawings listed in Condition 2 of this planning permission, and no open storage of plant, materials, products, goods for sale or hire or waste shall take place on any part of the application site.

Reason - To safeguard the character and appearance of the area and to comply with Policies ESD13 and 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.

5.         No external lighting shall be installed at the site unless and until full details of that external lighting have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Those details must include the design, position, orientation of the lighting and must demonstrate the extent of and mitigation for any light spillage. The lighting shall be at a low level, consisting of LED light sources and must be fitted with directional accessories to avoid light spillage. The lighting shall not be installed other than in full accordance with the approved details prior to the first use of the development hereby approved and shall be retained and maintained as such at all times thereafter.

Reason -  In order to safeguard the character and appearance of the area and in the interests of highway safety and to ensure that the development does not cause harm to any protected species or their habitats and to comply with Policies ESD10, ESD13 and ESD15 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 Part 1, saved Policies C28 and ENV1 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996 and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.