Agenda item

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 4 new dwellings with integral garages and provision of new accesses.

Joan Bland and Lorraine Hillier, two of the local ward councillors, stepped down from the committee and took no part in the debate or voting for this item.

The committee considered application P17/S3570/FUL for the demolition of the existing dwelling and erection of 4 new dwellings with integral garages and provision of new accesses at Hurst Green Lane, Henley-on-Thames.

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.

Officer update: it was recommended that a condition be added to require details of the levels to be provided prior to the commencement of the development.

Ken Arlett, a representative of Henley Town Council, spoke objecting to the application

Lorraine Hillier, one of the local ward councillors, spoke objecting to the application.

A motion to approve the application was moved and seconded. On being put to the vote, there was an equality of votes. The chairman exercised his casting vote in favour of the motion which was declared carried.

RESOLVED: to grant planning permission for application P17/S3570/FUL, subject to the following conditions:

1.    The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

2.    That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans, except as controlled or modified by conditions of this permission.

3.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a schedule of all materials to be used in the external construction and finishes of the development hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

4.    Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order), the enlargement, improvement or other alteration of any dwellinghouse as described in Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Order shall not be undertaken without obtaining planning permission for the Local Planning Authority.

5.    The landscaping and planting measures set out within the submitted site plan shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved. All boundary trees and areas of hedging not scheduled for removal shall be protected throughout the course of the development and retained thereafter.

6.    Prior to the commencement of any site works or operations relating to the development (including demolition and site clearance) hereby permitted, an arboricultural method statement to ensure the satisfactory protection of retained trees during the construction period shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Written approval must be obtained prior to commencement of any site works including demolition.

7.    Prior to occupation of the development hereby permitted the proposed means of access onto St Andrews Road & Green Lane is to be formed and laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with the local highway authority’s specifications and all ancillary works specified shall be undertaken.

8.    The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the existing access onto the junction of St Andrews Road and Green Lane is permanently and effectively closed in accordance with a scheme to be first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

9.    The vision splays shown on drawing no.3321/250, Rev E, shall not be obstructed by any object, structure, planting or other material with a height exceeding or growing above 0.9 metres as measured from carriageway level.

10.Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with drawing no.3321/251, Rev F, and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, drained and completed to be compliant with sustainable drainage (SuDS) principles, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking of vehicles associated with the development at all times.

11.The garage accommodation hereby approved shall be retained as such and shall not be adapted for living purposes without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.

12.Prior to the commencement of development, detailed plans showing the existing and proposed ground levels of the site, together with the slab and ridge levels of the proposed development, relative to a fixed datum point on adjoining land outside of the application site, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.