Agenda item

P19/S0820/FUL - Wallingford Portcullis Social Club (28) & 29 & frontage of Goldsmiths Lane, Wallingford, OX10 0DU

Demolition of all buildings at Portcullis Club and No29.  Construction of fourteen apartments, with vehicular access and parking and associated works. Demolition of and re-construction of frontage wall to Masonic Centre.

Minutes:

George Levy, a local ward councillor, stood down from the committee for consideration of this item.

 

The committee considered application P19/S0820/FUL for the demolition of all buildings at Portcullis Club and No. 29; construction of fourteen apartments, with vehicular access and parking and associated works; demolition of and re-construction of frontage wall to Masonic Centre at Wallingford Portcullis Social Club (28) and 29 and frontage of Goldsmiths Lane, Wallingford.

 

Consultations, representations, policy and guidance and the site’s planning history were detailed in the officer’s report which formed part of the agenda pack for this meeting.

 

The planning officer updated the committee; comments had been received from the Housing Development Officer in respect of the viability report submitted at the beginning of May. A contribution of £71,760 towards off site affordable housing was required. In the absence of a signed S106 agreement to secure the contribution, the officer suggested an additional reason for refusal

 

With reference to paragraph 6.20, a net gain of 14 units was stated. The correct figure was 13.

 

Councillor Lee Upcraft a representative of Wallingford Town Council, spoke to the application.

 

Richard James Neale, a local resident, spoke objecting to the application.

 

Sue Hendrie, a local resident, spoke objecting to the application.

 

Paul Fritz-Johnson, a local resident, spoke objecting to the application.

 

Dr. K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, a local resident, spoke objecting to the application.

 

Judy Dewey, a representative of the Wallingford Historical and Archaeological Society, spoke objecting to the application.

 

Henry Venners, the agent, spoke in support of the application.

 

David Shiers, a local resident, spoke in support of the application.

 

Tim Coleman, the applicant, spoke in support of the application.

 

George Levy, a local ward councillor, spoke objecting to the application.

 

Sue Roberts, a local ward councillor, spoke objecting to the application.

 

A motion, moved and seconded, to refuse the application was declared carried on being put to the vote.

 

RESOLVED: planning permission be refused for application P19/S0820/FUL for the following reasons:

 

1.    The proposal involves the demolition of the existing buildings on the site resulting in the loss of an important group of non-designated heritage assets within the Wallingford Conservation Area. This would result in harm to the significance of the conservation area as a designated heritage asset where there is no clear and convincing justification for this harm. As such, the application is contrary to Policy CSEN3 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Core Strategy and Policies CON6 and CON7 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan and Paragraphs 193, 194, 196 and 197 of the NPPF.

 

2.    The design, height and bulky nature of the proposed new buildings in the centre and west of the site, particularly the boxy third storey, and the change of layout on Goldsmiths Lane would neither enhance or better reveal the significance of the conservation area. These changes would harm the significance, character and appearance of the conservation area and the setting of the adjacent Scheduled Monument of the Wallingford Saxon Town and the Grade II listed buildings in The Mint. The application is contrary to Policy CSEN3 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Core Strategy, Policies CON5, CON7 and CON11 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan and advice in section 16 of the NPPF.

 

3.    In the absence of a completed S106 legal agreement, the proposal fails to secure affordable housing to meet the needs of the district. As such, the development would be contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy CSH3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy.

 

 


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