Site Address:

Land At Bayswater Farm, Bayswater Farm Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Proposal:

Outline application (with all matters reserved except access) for up to 121 dwellings and a care home, including open space and green infrastructure.

Reason at Committee:

The proposal is a major development

Recommendation:

The Oxford City Planning Committee is recommended to:

1.             refuse planning permission for the reasons given in the report and agree to delegate authority to the Head of Planning Services to:

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

Site Address:

4200 Nash Court, John Smith Drive, Oxford

Proposal:

Demolition of existing office buildings and erection of 1no. laboratory-enabled office building for research and development with ancillary commercial space (all within use Class E). Provision of new access, alterations to existing footpath, motor vehicle and cycle parking, landscaping and services infrastructure.

Reason at Committee:

The proposal is a major development.

Recommendation:

The Oxford City Planning Committee is recommended to:

1.            approve the application for the reasons given in the report and subject to the required planning conditions set out in section 13 of this report and grant planning permission subject to:

·       the satisfactory completion of a legal agreement under section.106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other enabling powers to secure the planning obligations set out in the recommended heads of terms which are set out in this report; and

2.              delegate authority to the Head of Planning and Regulatory Services to:

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

·       respond to comments made by the Environment Agency with regards to groundwater contamination, resolve any concerns or objections and finalise any recommended conditions;

·       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 and Regulatory Services considers reasonably necessary; and

·       complete the section 106 legal agreement referred to above and issue the planning permission.