Agenda item

Outline application (with all matters except for access reserved) for the erection of eight dwellings following demolition of all built form on site.

The committee considered application P18/S1553/O for the erection of eight dwellings following the demolition of all built form on the site at Manor Farm Road running through Henton.

Officer update: Ian White and Lynn Lloyd had submitted a statement, reiterating the objections of the parish council.

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.

Malcolm Allison, a local resident, spoke objecting to the application. 

Mark Turner, the applicant’s agent, spoke in support of the application.

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

RESOLVED: to grant planning permission for application P18/S1553/O, subject to the following conditions:

1.    That the development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than whichever is the later of the following dates:

a)    the expiration of three years from the date of this permission; or

b)    the expiration of two years from the final approval of the reserved matters, or in the case of approval on different dates, the final approval of the last such matter to be approved.

2.    Application for approval of each of the reserved matters: landscaping,

appearance, layout and scale shall be made to the Local Planning Authority (LPA) before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

3.    Except in the case of any building work hereby permitted, no change in the levels of the land shall take place unless in accordance with a detailed scheme which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA before any development commences on site. The scheme shall include details of existing and proposed ground levels.

4.    Prior to any demolition and the commencement of the development a professional archaeological organisation acceptable to the LPA shall prepare an archaeological written scheme of investigation, relating to the application site area, which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA.

5.    Following the approval of the written scheme of investigation referred to in Condition 4, and prior to any demolition on the site and the commencement of the development (other than in accordance with the agreed written scheme of investigation), a staged programme of archaeological evaluation and mitigation shall be carried out by the commissioned archaeological organisation in accordance with the approved written scheme of investigation. The programme of work shall include 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 LPA.

6.    The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until foul and surface water drainage details have been first submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA. Thereafter, the development shall proceed in accordance with the approved details.

7.    The reserved matters for the scheme shall be designed to secure an

appropriate market housing mix in accordance with Policy CSH4 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy.