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APPLICATION NO. |
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SITE |
Land north of Rutherford Road Crab Hill Wantage, OX12 7FY |
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PARISH |
WANTAGE |
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PROPOSAL |
Approval of Reserved Matters (appearance, landscaping, layout, scale and internal access) for the erection of a children's day nursery (Use Class E[f]); a convenience store (Use Class E); and 3No. retail units (Use Class E / Sui Generis) alongside landscaping and associated car parking pursuant to planning permission ref: P21/V2544/FUL, along with details to discharge conditions 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 47 and 53 (as amended by plans received 31 August 2023). |
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WARD MEMBER(S) |
Andy Crawford Patrick O'Leary |
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APPLICANT |
LSP Developments Ltd |
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OFFICER |
Stuart Walker |
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RECOMMENDATION |
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To approve the Reserved Matters, subject to the following:
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Condition 2. Boundary treatments prior to occupation. 3. External lighting installed prior to occupation. 4. Car parking provided prior to first occupation. 5. Cycle parking provided prior to first occupation. 6. Prior to the first use of each building, a statement of compliance shall be submitted to confirm that the noise associated with the uses is addressed by the proposed mitigation as set out in the approved Sol Acoustics Report (4th May 2023) and if not, an amended report to address the required mitigation shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. 7. Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved, a servicing management plan identifying and confirming servicing requirements of each unit shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 8. Travel plan to be agreed prior to occupation.
Informative 1. Details pursuant to conditions 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 47 and 53 of outline planning permission P21/V2544/FUL are agreed for this phase through the approval of the Reserved Matters application. 2. The applicant is reminded of the obligation of compliance with the relevant conditions on the outline application that apply to this phase (e.g., CEMP & LEMP implementation, noise mitigation measures and tree protection) |
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1.0 |
INTRODUCTION AND PROPOSAL |
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1.1 |
This application comes to Planning Committee as Wantage Town Council object to the proposal.
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1.2 |
The application seeks Reserved Matters approval of layout, scale, appearance, access, and landscaping for a nursery and retail units in the neighbourhood centre on the Crab Hill strategic site. The application also seeks to partially discharge numerous outline conditions (where relevant to the proposal). The site is located to the north of the public square and is bounded by residential development (NE phase) to the north and east, and the primary school to the west. A location plan is attached at Appendix 1.
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1.3 |
The proposal is to provide a convenience food store on the east side of the development parcel, a terrace of three retail units fronting the major access road to the south, with the nursery use adjacent to the existing primary school to the west. Vehicle access into the site is from the east side leading to a rear car parking area of 49 spaces (14 allocated for nursery use, 35 for retail) with seven spaces dedicated for electric vehicle charging. In addition, two spaces are provided for motorcycle parking. Pedestrian access is provided between the three buildings, along with cycle parking provision.
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1.4 |
The principles for the location and character of the neighbourhood centre were established through the outline planning application and the proposed development has been designed and developed to accord with the approved masterplan, site wide strategy and design guidance documents. The proposal has been amended to address comments from the Highway Authority, ecology officer and landscape architect. All plans and supporting documents accompanying the application are available to view online at www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk. The layout plan and elevations are attached at Appendix 2. |
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2.0 |
SUMMARY OF CONSULTATIONS & REPRESENTATIONS |
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A summary of the responses received is set out below. Comments made can be viewed in full online at www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk.
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RELEVANT PLANNING HISTORY |
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P22/V1910/RM - Approved (22/06/2023) Approval of Reserved Matters (appearance, landscaping, layout, scale and internal access) for the construction of 145 dwellings with associated car parking, landscaping and highways infrastructure, in relation to the North East parcel, pursuant to permission ref. P21/V2544/FUL; along with details to discharge conditions 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 31, 35, 36 and 37 of P21/V2544/FUL. The outline planning application was an environmental impact assessment application, and an environmental statement was submitted to the planning authority at that time (as amended by plans and information received 27 October 2022, plans and information received 8 March 2023, additional drainage information received 3 April 2023 and plans received 19 May 2023).
P22/V2970/PEJ - Advice provided (30/01/2023) Reserved matters application for the neighbourhood centre at Crab Hill.
P21/V2544/FUL - Approved (14/01/2022) Variation of condition 1 (Specified Layout & Form) in application P19/V1269/FUL. There is a need to change the parameter plans and thus condition 1 is required to be amended.
P19/V1269/FUL - Approved (22/08/2019) Variation of conditions 1(approved plans), 7(Housing Delivery Document), and 17(phasing plan) of planning permission P17/V0652/FUL
P17/V0652/FUL - Approved (27/11/2017) Variation of Conditions 1 (amended parameter plans), 33 (additional land to be included within the Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) and 52 (vehicle access) of Planning Permission P13/V1764/O (as amended by letter received 23 March 2017).
P13/V1764/O - Approved (13/07/2015) Outline application for residential development of up to 1500 dwellings including new employment space (use class B1), a neighbourhood centre/community hub (use classes A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, C2, D1 and D2), new primary school, central park, ancillary areas (including allotments and sports pitches) with access off the A338 Grove Road and three accesses off the A417 Reading Road. Provision of a strategic link road between the A417 and the A338 Road to be known as the Wantage Eastern Link Road (WELR). All matters reserved except means of access to the development and the WELR. Additional information received as amplified by agent's covering letter dated 30th October 2013 and agent's e-mail dated 10th December 2013. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT |
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A Reserved Matters application is considered a new application for planning permission under the 2017 Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations. The outline application was EIA development and was accompanied by an Environmental Statement (ES) and an addendum update statement, and the following areas of potential impact were addressed: landscape and visual impact; transport; historic environment; ecology and nature conservation; water resources and flood risk; noise; air quality; socio-economic impacts; cumulative effects and residual effects and mitigation.
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4.2 |
It is considered this Reserved Matters application falls within the ambit of the approved ES, and a further addendum is not required for this application. |
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MAIN ISSUES |
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The main issues in this case are:
1. The principle of development 2. Layout - Residential amenity 3. Appearance and Scale 4. Landscaping 5. Access 6. Technical matters - Parking - Flood risk and drainage - Ecology - Conditions
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The principle of development The site is allocated for development in the Vale of White Horse Local Plan 2031, Part 1 and outline permission was granted in July 2015 with variations to parameter plans permitted in November 2017, August 2019, and January 2022. There are no material changes in planning policy and the established principle of the proposal remains acceptable.
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Layout The layout is acceptable and accords with the approved neighbourhood development brief. The buildings have been designed / positioned to front the street to provide a coherent environment for all users and a sense of enclosure to the car park to the rear. The layout responds positively to principles of site design guidance and is fully accessible, complying with current building regulations. The proposal accords with policy CP38.
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Residential amenity The layout provides an appropriate design response to dwellings on adjoining phases. Following amendment, proposed boundary treatments and external lighting details are acceptable. Noise mitigation is secured via conditions imposed on the outline consent. It is however necessary to impose a new compliance condition to ensure the mitigation set out in the supporting acoustic report for this application is achieved. Subject to this condition, the impact on neighbours is acceptable and the proposal accords with policy CP23.
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Overall, the proposal is considered compliant with the site wide design strategy, the council’s adopted joint design guide principles and policy CP37.
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Appearance and Scale Notwithstanding the Town Council’s concerns, the proposed development is acceptable. Buildings are single storey with shop front glazing, gables and traditional pitched roofs in brick and slate materials and grey timber cladding on gables, reflecting the material palette of the approved care home on the southwest corner of this site. The massing of the three buildings is appropriate and gable fronts align with entrances into units. Service plant and bin areas are suitably screened to provide a cohesive design and hard surfaces are consistent with those in the public square and parking and servicing areas are located to the north, out of sight from the square.
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The design of all the external elements of the proposal is considered to make a positive contribution to its appearance, with attractive design, form, and scale, together with the proposed materials, landscape treatment and the relationship of the buildings within their environment. Officers consider there is no reason to withhold permission on design grounds.
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Landscaping A detailed landscaping scheme is submitted with the planning application. The content of the scheme, which includes proposed tree and hedgerow planting within the car park and pedestrian areas, is acceptable. The landscape officer has no objection. The proposal accords with policy CP44.
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Access The Highway Authority has assessed the proposal and raises no objection in respect of highway safety and vehicle ingress / egress or vehicle circulation within the site. The proposal accords with policy DP16.
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Technical Matters Parking Parking is provided immediately to the north with provision for 49 spaces (14 nursery, 35 retail), which includes seven active electric vehicle charging spaces, four parent drop off spaces and three accessible spaces. Two motorcycle spaces are also included. The Highway Authority has assessed the proposal and raises no objection to the layout or level of parking provision but requested 8 additional cycle spaces and details of shelter design. These have since been provided within the amended plans to provide stands for 48 cycles (up from 40 in the original submission). Furthermore, in response to equality officer comments, planning officers consider the location of accessible spaces within the parking layout is acceptable to serve all uses and note this has not been raised as a concern by the Highway Authority. The level and layout of parking is acceptable.
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Flood Risk and drainage A sustainable drainage scheme has been submitted which is acceptable. The drainage engineer has no objection to the partial discharge of condition 37 of the outline permission for this phase. The level of information provided for this Reserved Matters application is acceptable and the proposal is compliant with policy CP42.
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Ecology The ecology officer raises no objection to the proposal, but comments additional bird and bat boxes should be required. Provision for 5 x integrated bat boxes and 5 x integrated bird boxes was established under the sitewide LEMP for the ‘Neighbourhood Centre’ phase, which also includes the Care Home and Community Building. Taking account of delivery on the Care Home and Community Building leaves a residual requirement of 1 x bat box and 1 x bird box for this development. These will be positioned on the northern and western elevations of the nursery unit, to accord with policy CP46.
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Conditions The application seeks to partially discharge numerous conditions on the outline permission that are directly related to this phase of development. The details submitted pursuant to conditions 17 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 19 (Energy strategy), 20 (Energy efficiency), 21 (landscaping), 24 (landscape management), 27 and 29 (noise mitigation), 30 (hours of use), 31 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan), 33 (contamination), 34 (lighting), 35 (waste management), 37 and 38 (drainage), 47 (cycle parking) and 53 (BREEAM certification) of P21/V2544/FUL are acceptable. |
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CONCLUSION |
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This application has been assessed against the development plan, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and all other material planning considerations. In considering the application, due regard has been given to the representations received from statutory and other consultees. These have been considered in assessing the overall scheme.
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6.2 |
The site is allocated in the adopted local plan and there is an extant outline planning permission on the site for a mixed-use development of up to 1500 dwellings with associated uses and which requires provision of the development which is the subject of this Reserved Matters application. Reserved Matters have also been previously approved for adjoining parcels of development and are under construction.
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6.3 |
The Reserved Matters details submitted in this application are acceptable. Subject to the recommended conditions, the application should be approved. |