Site address:                      Riverside Court , Long Ford Close, Oxford, OX1 4NG  

Proposal:                              Replacement of communal entrance doors and insertion of 1no. communal door.                           

Reason at Committee: The application is made by Oxford City Council and must therefore be decided by a planning committee.

Recommendation:

West Area Planning Committeeis recommended to:

1.    approve the application for the reasons given in the report subject to no additional public comments being received that raise objections relating to matters that have not already been considered and subject to planning conditions set out in section 12 of this report and grant planning permission.

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

·         finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Acting Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary.

The Committee considered an application (19/00867/FUL) for the replacement of communal entrance doors and insertion of 1no. communal door.     

The application had been made by Oxford City Council and had, therefore, to be decided by a planning committee.

The Planning Officer presented the report and clarified that authority was  being sought for  the Acting Head of Planning to consider any new material planning considerations that may be received during the consultation period that didn’t expire until 9 May 2019 and to decide whether the application needed to be referred back to committee. He provided the following updates to the published report. 

The wording of the recommendation in Paragraph 1.1.1. should be clarified to read as follows “Approve the application for reasons given in the report subject to no additional public comments being received through the consultation period which expires on 9^th May 2019 that raise objections relating to matters that have not already been considered and subject to planning conditions set out in Section 12 of this report.”

Paragraph 1.1.2 should include 2 additional bullet points. One before and one after the existing bullet point:

·         consider and deal with any new material planning considerations that may be raised through public consultation including deciding whether it is necessary to refer the application back to committee prior to issuing the permission

·         and issue the planning permission

The proposals were subject to consultation and no representations had been received at the time of the Committee.  The consultation period expired at the end of the following day and  the report’s recommendations would allow the Acting Head of Planning Services to consider and deal with any new material considerations that were received following the meeting including deciding whether to refer the application back to committee.

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

West Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.    Approve the application for reasons given in the report subject to no additional public comments being received through the consultation period which expires on 9^th May 2019 that raise objections relating to matters that have not already been considered and subject to planning conditions set out in Section 12 of this report; and

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

·         consider and deal with any new material planning considerations that may be raised through public consultation including deciding whether it is necessary to refer the application back to committee prior to issuing the permission

·         finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Acting Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary.

·         and issue the planning permission