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Chairman's
announcements
The Chair had
no announcements but ran through housekeeping arrangements
appropriate to a virtual meeting.
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Pl.122
Apologies for
absence
Apologies for
absence were received from Councillors Robert Maddison, Janet
Shelley and Max Thompson. Councillor Amos Duveen substituted for
Councillor Max Thompson.
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Pl.123
Minutes
The minutes of
the previous meeting, held on Wednesday 24 June 2020,were agreed to
be a correct record of the meeting. It was agreed that the Chair
sign them as such.
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Declarations of
interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
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Pl.125
Minutes
There was no
urgent business.
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Public
participation
Statements made
by the public and duly received within a published deadline had
been circulated to the Committee prior to the meeting and had also
been published on the Council’s website.
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Pl.127
P18/V1498/FUL - Land
off School Road, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LA
The committee
considered application P18/V1498/FUL for the variation of Condition
3 - Highway works to be agreed to application ref P15/V2887/FUL to
swap the provision of a pedestrian crossing for a new footpath, to
enable the provision of a safer pedestrian route to the nearby
primary school that will not require children cross and recross
school road (as amended on 17 January 2020) on land off School Road
West Hanney Wantage, OX12 0LA.
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 the meeting. At the meeting the
planning officer provided projected plans of the works previously
permitted in connection with condition 3 of application no.
P15/V2887/FUL and the route of the new footpath and pedestrian
routeway to the primary school and details for the upgrading of a
public footpath.
The planning officer advised
the Committee that the application was brought to the planning
committee as it could represent a significant departure from the
views expressed by the highways authority. Planning permission had
been granted for 15 dwellings on this site under planning
application P15/V2887/FUL. Condition 3 of that permission required,
prior to development commencing: 1. the submission for approval of
an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing in the immediate vicinity of
the access junction, to allow safe pedestrian travel across School
Road onto the existing footway on the southern side of School Road
and 2. the upgrading of the West Hanney footpath number 5 from the
site to its junction with School Road. The reason for the condition
was in the interests of highway safety and to promote sustainable
methods of transport. The applicant had explained to the Council
that the crossing to the existing footway on the south side of
School Road could not be secured as the embankment on the southern
side of the road was common land. The planning officer
informed the committee that work on the development of the
dwellings had already commenced.
In response to
a question form the Committee, the planning officer reported
that
there was no
defined width to the public footpath. It was noted that some local
residents, in their statements in response to the application, had
suggested that the 1.5 metre-wide public footpath requested by the
highways officer could not be achieved, as the public footpath was
only up to 1.2 metres wide. He advised the Committee that the
provision of a 1.5 metre-wide public footpath could encroach into
neighbouring gardens and could result in the removal, or part
removal, of adjacent hedges which provided privacy for adjacent
residents. The current proposal was for upgrading the footpath
between existing timber edging strips which were approximately 1
metre apart. This was below the highways officer’s
recommended width, but would restrict the space available to
pedestrians, and those with pushchairs, or wheelchairs, to
pass. The Committee considered that irregular width footpaths
were a common feature in the district and that the Council should
support reasonable workable proposals.
In response to
a question from the Committee, the planning officer confirmed that
public footpath was not known to have flooded, whilst according to
local residents School Road did occasionally flood. The proposed
new surfacing to the footpath would assist in repelling water and
preventing it from becoming muddy. The planning officer also
advised the Committee that with the addition of a pedestrian
guardrail at the School Road junction with the public footpath, the
proposal represented safer conditions than those already in
existence and approved.
The planning
officer reported that in the event of planning permission being
granted, a new condition would be required to ensure that works
were implemented and provided prior to the occupation of the first
dwelling.
From a planning
perspective and given the limitations to the public footpath in
terms of width, the works now proposed provided an acceptable
upgrade to public footpath no.5. The planning officer also reported that visually
the footway to the primary school would have an acceptable impact.
It would be reflective of the raised footway and embankment on the
south side of School Road. In terms of policy validation, the
proposal was considered compliant with core policy 37 of the LPP1
(Design and Local Distinctiveness) and emerging policy RS1 of the
Neighbourhood Plan (Village Character and Design).
Councillor
Matthew Barber, the local ward councillor, spoke objecting to the
application, and considered that the highways authority’s
disagreement with the proposal was correct. He was of the view that
the application could lead to further urbanisation and was not in
the interests of keeping separate the identities of the East and
West Hanney communities.
A motion moved
and seconded, to grant planning permission, with additional
condition 2 relating to completion of works prior to first dwelling
occupation, was declared carried on being put to the
vote.
RESOLVED: to grant planning permission for application
P18/V1498/FUL subject to the following conditions:
1.
Approved plans
Pre-Occupancy or Other Stage
Conditions
2. Prior to the first
occupation of any dwellings the footway to East Hanney
and works to public footpath no. 5 shall be
implemented.
3. Road and footways implemented
prior to first occupation of each dwelling in accordance with
details approved under P17/V1850/DIS. Wearing course prior to
occupation of the penultimate dwelling.
4. Slab levels in accordance with approved
details application no. P17/V1850/DIS).
5. Materials in accordance with details
approved under application no.
P17/V1851/DIS.
6. Construction traffic management
plan in accordance with details approved under application
no. P17/V1852/DIS.
7. Travel information pack to be
provided to each first occupant in accordance with details approved
under application no. P17/V2003/DIS.
8. Drainage in accordance with details
approved under application no. P17/V1850/DIS prior to occupation of
each plot.
9. Landscaping to be implemented
prior to occupation of penultimate dwelling in accordance with
details approved under application no.
P17/V1898/DIS.
10. Boundary treatments implemented prior to
first occupation of each plot in accordance with
details approved under application no. P17/V1898/DIS
11. Ecology mitigation to be implemented prior
to occupation of penultimate dwelling in accordance with
details approved by application no. P17/V2019/DIS
12. Prior to the use of the new vehicular
access, visibility splays shall be provided in both directions
measuring 2.4 metres by 43 metres.
13. Turning spaces in accordance with approved
plans prior to the occupation of each plot.
Post
Occupancy Monitoring and Management Conditions
14.
Retention of garages.
15.
Obscure glazing to first floor window in western elevation of plot
6.
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The meeting closed at 5.40pm
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