Site address:                      St Hilda's College, Cowley Place, Oxford, OX41DY

Proposal:                             Details submitted in compliance with conditions 8 (Details of windows), 9 (Large scale details of the Tower) and 10 (Lighting strategy) of planning permission 17/02537/FUL.

Reason at Committee:     West Area Planning Committee approved application 17/02537/FUL on 13 March 2018 subject to conditions. It was agreed that approval of the details required by conditions 8, 9 and 10 as they relate to the tower, should be brought back to Committee and not delegated to the Head of Planning to approve.

Recommendation:

The West Area Planning Committee is recommended to:

1.    approve the details submitted in compliance with condition 8 (Details of windows), condition 10 (Lighting Strategy) and partially approve details of condition 9 (Large scale details of the Tower); and

2.    agree to delegate authority to the Acting Head of Planning Services to:

a.  approve the final details of the Tower (part of condition 9);

b.  determine any future minor amendments that may be submitted as part of each of these conditions.

The Committee considered an application (17/02537/CND2) for approval of the details submitted in compliance with conditions 8 (Details of windows), 9 (Large scale details of the Tower) and 10 (Lighting strategy) of planning permission 17/02537/FUL.

The West Area Planning Committee approved application 17/02537/FUL on 13 March 2018 subject to conditions. It was agreed that approval of the details required by conditions 8, 9 and 10 should be brought back to Committee and not delegated to the Head of Planning Services to approve.

The Planning Officer presented the report and informed the Committee of a change to paragraph 7.3 of the report: the correct reference was to section 66 not section 16 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The Planning Officer confirmed that consideration of the application had been based on section 66.

Adrian Gould (agent) spoke in favour of the application and Jay Gort (architect) responded to questions from the Committee.

The Committee was satisfied with the details submitted in compliance with conditions 8 (details of windows) and 10 (lighting strategy).

The Committee noted that work on the design of the Tower was progressing and that this was an iterative process such that the final details would be refined after the commencement of above ground building works.  The Committee agreed that it would be appropriate to require that approval of the final details of the Tower should be delegated to the Acting Head of Planning Services, after consultation with the Chair of the West Area Planning Committee.

After debate and on being proposed, seconded and put to the vote, the Committee agreed with the officer’s recommendation (as amended by the Committee below) to approve the application.

The West Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.               approve the details submitted in compliance with condition 8 (Details of windows), condition 10 (Lighting Strategy) and partially approve details of condition 9 (Large scale details of the Tower);

2.               delegate authority to the Acting Head of Planning Services, after consultation with the Chair of the West Area Planning Committee, to approve the final details of the Tower (part of condition 9); and

3.               delegate authority to the Acting Head of Planning Services to determine any future minor amendments that may be submitted as part of conditions 8 and 10.