Agenda item

Erection of 29 dwelling houses with public open space, car parking area and landscaping.

Richard Pullen, one of the local ward councillors, stepped down from the committee and took no part in the debate or voting for this item. Jeanette Matelot arrived part-way through the consideration of this application and therefore took no part in the debate or voting.

The committee considered application P17/S0241/FUL to erect 29 dwelling houses with public open space, car parking area and landscaping on land at Six Acres, Thame Road, Warborough.

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: further letters of representation had been received since publication of the agenda.

Two further conditions are recommended for inclusion concerning vision splay dimensions and wheel washing during the construction phase and there should only be two archaeological conditions.

Pat Elder and Kate Croudace, representatives of Warborough Parish Council and the Neighbourhood Plan group respectively, spoke in support of the application. 

Derek Stebbing and Marc Carlucci spoke objecting to the application. 

Jolande Bowater, Mr M B Powell and Teula Bradshaw spoke in support of the application.

Richard Pullen, one of the local ward councillors, spoke in support of the application. 

In response to questions raised by the committee, the officers reported that:

·         Although St Laurence School governors are concerned about the number of car parking spaces available, they are not objecting to the application;

·         If the roads are not adopted within the site, the county council have advised that they should be constructed to adoptable standard and maintained by a management company; and

·         Oxfordshire County Council’s Highways team have requested £29,000, which reflects the contribution of £1,000 per dwelling from developers whose developments are serviced by the X39/X40 bus to help increase the frequency of the service overall.

Overall, the committee were satisfied with the level of local support for the application, including the parish council, emerging neighbourhood plan for the village and pre-school; the amount of consultation; and the location and mix of housing. Councillors requested an extra condition to detail visitor parking availability.

A motion, moved and seconded, to delegate authority to the head of planning to approve the application, with the inclusion of three extra conditions relating to vision splays, wheel washing and visitor parking, was declared carried on being put to the vote.

RESOLVED: to authorise the head of planning to grant planning permission for application P17/S0241/FUL, subject to the prior completion of a Section 106 agreement and the following conditions that may be updated to reflect the latest position:

1.    Commencement three years - full planning permission.

2.    Approved plans.

3.    Biodiversity mitigation and enhancement strategy (outline).

4.    Levels (details required).

5.    Sample materials required (all).

6.    Access position to be agreed.

7.    Construction traffic management.

8.    Landscaping scheme (trees and shrubs only).

9.    Landscaping (including access road and hard standings).

10.Landscaping (including boundary treatment).

11.Landscaping (including hard surfacing and boundary treatment).

12.Layout of car park.

13.Details of visitor parking for residential development to be submitted.

14.Tree protection.

15.Protect hedges during development operations.

16.Children’s play space.

17.Open Space.

18.New vehicular access.

19.New estate roads.

20.Turning area and car parking.

21.Cycle parking facilities.

22.Landscaping implementation.

23.Tree pits design.

24.Prevention of overlooking.

25.Withdrawal of permitted development rights (Part 1 Class A) – no extensions etc.

26.Withdrawal of permitted development rights (Part 2 Class A) - no walls, fences etc.

27.No surface water drainage to highway.

28.No garage conversion into accommodation.

29.Landscape management plan.

30.Lighting.

31.Archaeology – written scheme of investigation.

32.Archaeology – archaeological investigation.

33.Surface water drainage.

34.Foul drainage.

35.Travel plan.

36.Contamination.

37.Wheel washing during the construction phase.

38.Vision splay dimensions.