Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

162.

Chair's announcements

To receive any announcements from the chairman, and general housekeeping matters.

Minutes:

Councillor Val Shaw was acting Chair for the meeting, as Councillor Thompson was joint applicant for items nine and ten and was absent from the meeting. Councillor Pighills would stand down for item eight.

163.

Apologies for absence

To record apologies for absence and the attendance of substitute members. 

Minutes:

Councillor Max Thompson gave his apologies.

164.

Declarations of interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting.  

Minutes:

Councillor Pighills would stand down from item eight due to a member of his family being the ward councillor on this item.

Committee Chair, Councillor Shaw, would stand down for item seven, as she was speaking in her capacity as ward councillor. Councillor Batstone to stand in as committee chair for this item.

 

165.

Urgent business

To receive notification of any matters which the chairman determines should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances which have made the matters urgent. 

Minutes:

None.

166.

P20/V0658/RM - Land south of Highworth Road, Faringdon pdf icon PDF 171 KB

Reserved Matters planning application for 190 residential dwellings, with associated infrastructure and landscaping, pursuant to Outline Planning Permission P16/V0775/O, for Land south of Highworth Road, Faringdon, dated 25th June 2018.

 

Details relating to the primary site access were also reserved at Outline stage and will be provided as part of this submission.

 

(As amended and amplified by plans and supporting documentation received 23 July 2020, 27 August 2020, 9 September 2020 and 23 September.)

 

(Outline application for residential development of up to 190 houses).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The democratic services officer confirmed that a statement of objection from Faringdon Town Council had been sent to the committee before the meeting.

 

P20/V0658/RM: Land south of Highworth Road, Faringdon.

 

The planning officer introduced the report. The application was seeking approval of reserved matters following the grant of outline planning permission for up to 190 dwellings in 2018 under P16/V0775/O. The matters to be considered were layout, scale, appearance and landscaping.

 

Councillor Wise spoke on behalf of Faringdon Town Council, objecting to the proposal.

 

Kiera Bentley, a local resident, spoke objecting to the proposal.

 

Angus Cook of Bewley Homes spoke in support of the proposal.

 

Councillor Grant spoke in his capacity as Ward Councillor, objecting to the proposal.

 

The committee asked questions of the speakers and concluded that the proposal had been improved and reassessed as far as it could be. After comments from technical officers, amended plans had been submitted to improve the affordable housing layout and landscaping, resulting in reversal of some objections. The application had been assessed against the development plan, including Faringdon Neighbourhood Plan, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and all other material planning considerations. In considering the application, due regard was given to the representations received from statutory and other consultees. These had been taken in account in assessing the overall scheme.

 

A view was expressed that there should be further consideration of cycle routes and sustainable design features on the development.

 

A motion to accept the officer’s recommendation was moved and councillors voted in favour.

 

RECOMMENDATION

It was recommended that reserved matters, and condition 16 (Biodiversity

Enhancement Plan) of the outline permission P16/V0775/O, are approved

subject to the following conditions:

 

1. In accordance with approved RM plans

Pre-Occupancy or Other Stage Conditions

2. Implementation of parking spaces / turning areas / garages

3. Implementation of landscaping, in accordance with plans

4. Surface treatment, in accordance with plans

5. External materials, in accordance with plans

6. Detailed scheme for LEAP (play space) to be submitted

7. Details of boundary treatment to be submitted

8. Landscape strategy – hedge replacement planting to be submitted

9. Landscape strategy – open space planting to be submitted

10.Waste management strategy and plans to be submitted

11.Street lighting

Post Occupancy Monitoring and Management Conditions

12.Retention of garages – no conversion to accommodation

13.PD rights removal – no outbuildings, extensions etc on specified

plots

 

167.

P20/V0214/FUL - Ripon Lodge, Woodland Walk, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF pdf icon PDF 144 KB

Conversion of residential house to allow B&B accommodation for academics visiting Peking University (Change of description only 15 July 2020).

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The democratic services officer confirmed that a statement of objection from the Friends of Boars Hill had been sent to the committee before the meeting.

 

The application presented to committee had been called in by the local ward councillor, Councillor Shaw. As chair of the committee, Councillor Shaw stood down for this item, with Councillor Batstone chairing for this item.

 

Planning officers introduced the report. A significant number of local residents objected to the proposal. The application site comprised a large detached house, Ripon Lodge, located on a sizeable plot on the northern side of Jarn Way, opposite the site of Foxcombe Hall, in Boars Hill. The site lay within Boars Hill, in the Oxford Green Belt.

 

The application sought planning permission to change the use of Ripon Lodge to bed and breakfast accommodation for academics visiting Peking University, which in 2016 secured ownership of the Foxcombe Hall site opposite, from its former owners, the Open University. The accommodation would be able to house a maximum of nine guests as well as the owner/manager. No structural changes or external alterations were proposed to the house.

 

 

Andy Bateson spoke on behalf of Friends of Boars Hill, objecting to the proposal.

 

Councillor Val Shaw, the local ward councillor, spoke objecting to the proposal.

 

The committee asked questions of the speakers and discussed the following:

·         Whether commercial operations are suitable in the Green Belt

·         Concern that the operation was actually a hostel, with visitors sharing rooms.

·         The committee felt that this is linked to the future Foxcombe Hall development and could be deferred to that application.

 

The committee concluded that refusal rather than deferral was the best course of action.

 

A motion was moved:

Due to uncertainty, the recommendation to approve this proposal was rejected. The reasons for refusal were;

 

1.    the impact on the character of the area and

2.    inappropriate commercial activity for the Green Belt area.

 

The motion was voted on and the committee voted in favour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

168.

P20/V1413/FUL - 40 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QH pdf icon PDF 462 KB

Change of use from A1 (retail) to C3 (residential). Convert an existing shop to form a self contained one bedroom ground floor flat. (Red line amended by plans received 21 July 2020. Additional information received 8 September 2020).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The committee voted in favour to extend the meeting in order to finish considering this item.

 

The planning offcier introduced the report for application P20/V1413/FUL: 40 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QH. The proposal was a change of use from A1 (retail) to C3 (residential) by converting an existing shop to form a self-contained one-bedroom ground floor flat.

 

Councillor Jim Halliday, a representative for Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council, spoke objecting the proposal.

 

Councillor Helen Pighills, a local ward councillor, spoke objecting to the proposal.

 

Applicant Mrs Cartlidge spoke in support of the application.

 

The committee questioned the speakers and discussed the change of use, reflecting on the current economic situation and impact of Covid-19 on retail.

 

The committee motioned to support the officer’s recommendation, as follows, and voted in favour:

 

RECOMMENDATION Planning Permission is granted, subject to the following conditions:

Standard

1. Commencement of development within three years

2. Development in accordance with approved plans

 

Pre-commencement

3. Boundary details to be submitted

 

Pre-occupation

4. Car parking in accordance with approved plan

 

Compliance

5. Materials in accordance with details submitted

 

169.

P20/V1847/LB - 133 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DL pdf icon PDF 431 KB

Additional roof strengthening works and works to replace rendered gable at high level on West elevation with vertical clay plain tile hanging - refer to approval P19/V1670/LB for previously approved works. (As amended by plans and further information received 27 August 2020 and 1 September 2020.  Description amendment agreed with agent 27 August 2020. Additional information submitted 2 October 2020).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Due to the expiration of the meeting, this item was not considered.

 

170.

P20/V2173/HH - 133 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DL pdf icon PDF 434 KB

Replace rendered gable at high level on West elevation with vertical clay plain tile hanging. Note these works are subject to current Listed Building consent application ref: P20/V1847/LB and are additional to works previously approved under P19/V1670/LB & P19/V1753/HH. (Additional information submitted 2 October 2020).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Due to the expiration of the meeting, this item was not considered.

 

 

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