Site address:          Travis Perkins site, 6 Collins Street, Oxford    

Proposal:                Variation of legal agreement attached to planning permission 15/03328/FUL (Demolition of existing building. Erection of new building on four levels consisting of Class B1 (Offices) at ground floor level and 12 x 1-bed and 12 x 2-bed flats at upper levels. Provision of bin and cycle stores, 1no. disabled car parking space and communal garden area. (Amendments to approved planning permission 14/01273/OUT).) to allow a change in tenure of one unit from shared ownership to affordable rent                

Recommendation:

The West Area Planning Committee is recommended to:

(a) Approve the modification to the legal agreement for the reasons given in the report; and

(b) Agree to delegate authority to the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services to:

1. Finalise the recommended legal agreement under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other enabling powers as set out in this report, including refining, adding to, amending and/or deleting the obligations detailed in the heads of terms set out in this report (including to dovetail with and where appropriate, reinforce the final conditions and informatives to be attached to the planning permission) as the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services considers reasonably necessary; and

2. Complete the section 106 legal agreement referred to above.

The Committee took this application next.

The Committee considered the application to modify the accompanying s106 legal agreement attached to planning permission 15/03328/FUL to allow a change in tenure of one unit from shared ownership to affordable rent.

The Planning Officer presented the report and made one correction to the report:

paragraph 9.1 delete as shown “…unit to intermediate affordable rent…”.

In reaching its decision, the Committee considered all the information put before it.

On being put to the vote the Committee agreed with the officer recommendation.

The West Area Planning Committee resolved to:

a)    Approve the modification to the legal agreement for the reasons given in the report; and

b)    Agree to delegate authority to the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services to:

1.     Finalise the recommended legal agreement under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other enabling powers as set out in this report, including refining, adding to, amending and/or deleting the obligations detailed in the heads of terms set out in this report (including to dovetail with and where appropriate, reinforce the final conditions and informatives to be attached to the planning permission) as the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services considers reasonably necessary; and

2.      Complete the section 106 legal agreement referred to above.