Agenda item

Part refurbishment and part redevelopment of existing retail park to allow for phased implementation including revised access, car parking, landscaping and removal of existing petrol station.

Recommendation: To grant planning permission, subject to the conditions outlined in the officer’s report.

The officer presented the report on an application for part refurbishment and part redevelopment of existing retail park to allow for phased implementation including revised access, car parking, landscaping and removal of existing petrol station. Consultations, representations, policy and guidance and this site’s planning history are detailed in the officer’s report which forms part of the agenda pack for this meeting.

Updates from the report

One further letter of objection has been received, reiterating concerns raised elsewhere.

There has been a minor amendment to the plans, but it does not change the total floor space.

Julia Hammett from North Hinksey Parish Council, spoke, objecting to the application.

The applicant’s agent, spoke in favour of the application. Their speech included the following:

·       The petrol station is on a monthly licence. It is not a usual part of a retail park.

The committee considered this application.

RESOLVED (for 13; against 0; abstentions 0)

To grant planning permission, subject to the following conditions:

1.         TL1 – Time limit.

2.         Approved plans.

3.         MC2 – Materials.

4.         The units hereby permitted as shown on the approved plans shall not be used for the retail sale of food or drink without the prior grant of planning permission.

5.         At no time shall the site contain more than 10 retail units, of which none shall be smaller than 465 sq metres gross floor area.

6.         Any mezzanine floor space inserted in the units hereby permitted shall not exceed a cumulative gross total floor space of 5,135 sq metres.

7.         There shall be no open storage of goods or materials without the prior grant of planning permission.

8.         Landscaping scheme in accordance with specified plan.

9.         LS2 – Landscaping scheme (implementation).

10.       LS4 – Tree protection.

11.      HY6 – Access, parking and turning space in accordance with specified plans.

12.      Cycle parking in accordance with specified plans.

13.      The service yard hereby approved shall remain clear of obstruction and be available for servicing vehicle turning and manoeuvring at all times.

14.      The management of the car parking areas shall be permanently administered in accordance with the management plan (as detailed in the transport statement) unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

15.      Prior to the commencement of development a Framework Travel Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the approved Framework Travel Plan unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

16.      Prior to the commencement of development a detailed scheme for external lighting shall be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority.  The approved lighting shall be installed prior to the first occupation of the development or to each unit to which it relates.

17.      The development permitted by this planning permission shall only be carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the approved drainage strategy and supplementary flood risk assessment rev A by PCS consulting engineers Ltd. 

18.      The development permitted shall not be commenced until such time as a scheme to dispose of surface water has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority.  The drainage scheme shall be SUDS compliant and fully implemented prior to first occupation of any new building.

19.      Prior to each phase of development hereby approved, no development (or such other date or stage in development as may be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority) shall take place until a scheme that includes the following components to deal with the risks associated with contamination of the site shall each been submitted to and approved, in writing, by the local planning authority:

1) A preliminary risk assessment which has identified:

·       all previous uses

·       potential contaminants associated with those uses

·       a conceptual model of the site indicating sources, pathways and receptors

·       potentially unacceptable risks arising from contamination at the site.

2) A site investigation scheme, based on (1) to provide information for a detailed assessment of the risk to all receptors that may be affected, including those off site.

3) The results of the site investigation and the detailed risk assessment referred to in (2) and, based on these, an options appraisal and remediation strategy giving full details of the remediation measures required and how they are to be undertaken.
 
4) A verification plan providing details of the data that will be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in (3) are complete and identifying any requirements for longer-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action.

Any changes to these components require the express consent of the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved.

20.      No occupation of each phase of development shall take place until a verification report demonstrating completion of the works set out in the approved remediation strategy and the effectiveness of the remediation shall be submitted to and approved, in writing, by the local planning authority. The report shall include results of sampling and monitoring carried out in accordance with the approved verification plan to demonstrate that the site remediation criteria have been met. It shall also include any plan (a long-term monitoring and maintenance plan) for longer-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action, as identified in the verification plan.  The long term monitoring and maintenance plan shall be implemented as approved.

21.      If during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site, then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted a remediation strategy to the local planning authority detailing how the unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with and obtained written approval from the local planning authority.  The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved.