Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Paule.

There were no declarations of interest made.

Site Address: Former DHL Site, Sandy Lane West

Proposal: Erection of nine industrial units for Class B1 (C) (Light Industrial), B2 (General Industrial) and B8 (Storage and Distribution) use and including 70 car parking spaces and 20 covered cycle parking spaces. (Amended description)

Officer recommendation: to approve the application subject to the conditions listed but delegate to officers the issuing of the decision notice following the completion of a legal agreement that secures the necessary financial contribution towards off-site provision of affordable housing.

Conditions

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.    Materials as specified.

4.    Travel Plan required.

5.    Car parking to be laid out prior to development being brought into use.

6.    Sustainable drainage scheme required to be incorporated.

7.    Unexpected contamination.

8.    Surface water scheme required.

9.    Landscape plan required including the requirement for retention of the majority of existing eastern and southern boundary vegetation together with reinforcement through new appropriate planting.

10.Acoustic screen to be installed prior to development being brought into use.

11.Construction Management Plan required including details of construction traffic routing and parking, delivery times, construction noise, hours of working etc.

12.Boundary treatment details required to be submitted to and approved by the LPA prior to first occupation.

13.No permitted development rights to change to any other use outside Use Classes B1(c), B2 or B8.

14.Public Art scheme and timetable for its implementation to be submitted to and approved by the LPA.

15.No permitted development rights for extensions to any of the buildings.

16.Noise limits imposed at different times throughout the day when measured from nearest dwelling:

7am – 7pm – 43dB LAeq 1hr

7pm – 11pm – 43db LAeq 15mins

11pm – 7am – 40db LAeq 15mins

17.No external operations (including servicing and deliveries) after 11pm and before 7am.

18.Tree Protection Plan required.

19.Approved landscaping be carried out prior to substantial completion.

20.Recommendations of the Geo-Environmental Assessment to be followed throughout construction.

21.Development to be carried out in accordance with the submitted NRIA to achieve a minimum score of 10/11.

22.Prior to first occupation details shall be submitted of showering facilities to be provided within the development to encourage the use of cycles as a means of travelling to and from work.

23.Details of covered and secure cycle parking facilities to be submitted to and approved by the LPA prior to first occupation of the development.

Legal Agreement:

£89,356 offered as a financial contribution towards provision of off-site affordable housing. The development is liable for CIL to the value of £83,660.

The Head of City Development submitted a report which detailed an application for planning permission for the erection of nine industrial units for Class B1 (C) (Light Industrial), B2 (General Industrial) and B8 (Storage and Distribution) use and including 70 car parking spaces and 20 covered cycle parking spaces. (Amended description) at the former DHL Site, Sandy Lane West.

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission for application 14/02650/FUL, former DHL Site, Sandy Lane West, subject to the conditions listed and to delegate to officers the issuing of the decision notice following the completion of a legal agreement to secure the necessary financial contribution towards off-site provision of affordable housing (as stated below).

Conditions

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.    Materials as specified.

4.    Travel Plan required.

5.    Car parking to be laid out prior to development being brought into use.

6.    Sustainable drainage scheme required to be incorporated.

7.    Unexpected contamination.

8.    Surface water scheme required.

9.    Landscape plan required including the requirement for retention of the majority of existing eastern and southern boundary vegetation together with reinforcement through new appropriate planting.

10.Acoustic screen to be installed prior to development being brought into use.

11.Construction Management Plan required including details of construction traffic routing and parking, delivery times, construction noise, hours of working etc.

12.Boundary treatment details required to be submitted to and approved by the LPA prior to first occupation.

13.No permitted development rights to change to any other use outside Use Classes B1(c), B2 or B8.

14.Public Art scheme and timetable for its implementation to be submitted to and approved by the LPA.

15.No permitted development rights for extensions to any of the buildings.

16.Noise limits imposed at different times throughout the day when measured from nearest dwelling:

7am – 7pm – 43dB LAeq 1hr

7pm – 11pm – 43db LAeq 15mins

11pm – 7am – 40db LAeq 15mins

17.No external operations (including servicing and deliveries) after 11pm and before 7am.

18.Tree Protection Plan required.

19.Approved landscaping be carried out prior to substantial completion.

20.Recommendations of the Geo-Environmental Assessment to be followed throughout construction.

21.Development to be carried out in accordance with the submitted NRIA to achieve a minimum score of 10/11.

22.Prior to first occupation details shall be submitted of showering facilities to be provided within the development to encourage the use of cycles as a means of travelling to and from work.

23.Details of covered and secure cycle parking facilities to be submitted to and approved by the LPA prior to first occupation of the development.

Legal Agreement:

£89,356 offered as a financial contribution towards provision of off-site affordable housing. The development is liable for CIL to the value of £83,660.

Order Name: Oxford City Council – Abberbury Road (No.1) Tree Preservation Order, 2014

Site Address: Land at 10 and 18 Abberbury Road, Iffley, Oxford

Officer recommendation: To confirm the Oxford City Council – Abberbury Road (No.1) Tree Preservation Order, 2014 without modification.

The Head of City Development submitted a report which detailed a tree preservation order Abberbury Road (No.1) Tree Preservation Order, 2014 and objections to this. The order relates to trees on land at 10 and 18 Abberbury Road, Iffley, Oxford as shown in the plan attached to the order.

The Committee resolved to confirm the Oxford City Council – Abberbury Road (No.1) Tree Preservation Order, 2014 without modification.

Site address: Eastern House, Eastern Avenue

Proposal: Demolition of Eastern House and erection of 7 x 3-bed and 2 x 2-bed dwellings (use class C3). Provision of associated car parking, landscaping, private amenity space and bin and cycle stores.

Officer recommendation: to grant planning permission subject to conditions:

1.     Development begun within time limit.

2.     Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.     Samples of materials.

4.     Details of affordable housing.

5.     Means of enclosure.

6.     Provision of refuse and cycle storage.

7.     Landscape Plan.

8.     Landscape carried out by completion.

9.     Tree Protection Plan (TPP) 1.

10.  Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) 1.

11.  Details of car parking layout and service road.

12.  Sustainable Urban Drainage.

13.  Design - no additions to dwelling.

14.  Contaminated Land Risk Assessment.

15.  Sustainability measures.

16.  Biodiversity Enhancements.

17.  Construction Traffic Management Plan.

The Head of City Development submitted a report which detailed an application for planning permission for the demolition of Eastern House and erection of 7 three-bed and 2 two-bed dwellings (use class C3), along with provision of associated car parking, landscaping, private amenity space and bin and cycle stores at Eastern House, Eastern Avenue.

Members of the committee expressed concerns that the application was not fully compliant with the council’s policies on the provision of private amenity space and that the limitations of the site led to inadequate parking arrangements. However overall members did not consider that these concerns were sufficient in this case to warrant refusal or to outweigh the merits of the application.

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission for application 13/01553/FUL, Eastern House, Eastern Avenue, subject to conditions:

1.     Development begun within time limit.

2.     Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.     Samples of materials.

4.     Details of affordable housing.

5.     Means of enclosure.

6.     Provision of refuse and cycle storage.

7.     Landscape Plan.

8.     Landscape carried out by completion.

9.     Tree Protection Plan (TPP) 1.

10.  Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) 1.

11.  Details of car parking layout and service road.

12.  Sustainable Urban Drainage.

13.  Design - no additions to dwelling.

14.  Contaminated Land Risk Assessment.

15.  Sustainability measures.

16.  Biodiversity Enhancements.

17.  Construction Traffic Management Plan.

Summary information on planning appeals received and determined to 26 January 2015.

The Committee is asked to note this information.

The Committee noted the report.

Minutes from the previous meeting.

Recommendation: That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 January 2015 are approved as a true and accurate record.

The Committee resolved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 7 January 2015 as a true and accurate record.

Items for consideration by the committee at future meetings are listed for information. They are not for discussion at this meeting.

To be considered at the additional meeting on 11 February:

14/03201/RES - Land West Of Barton North Of A40 and South of Bayswater Brook Northern By-Pass Road  - Details of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) for a scheme of Enabling Infrastructure Works (such as utility services, earthworks, drainage/attenuation and roadworks), pursuant to conditions 3 and 4 of the outline planning permission for the mainly residential development of the site (13/01383/OUT). More specifically these works comprise:-

a) the primary street, street furniture, on-street parking, street lighting, surface water drainage swales, associated landscaping and surface finishes;

b) green infrastructure, the linear park, greenways, hard and soft landscaping, footpaths, cycle paths and ecological improvements;

c) landscaping details for the approved A40 junction;

d) buried services and utilities, foul and surface water drainage, water channels, ponds, sustainable urban drainage systems and underground storage tanks.

This reserved matters application (14/03201/RES) is accompanied by the following additional submissions in relation to conditions and non-material amendments to the above mentioned outline permission:-

i) condition 11 - tree protection (13/01383/CND2);

ii) conditions 24 - site-wide surface water drainage scheme (13/01383/CND3);

iii) condition 25 - enabling infrastructure phase surface water drainage system (13/01383/CND2);

iv) condition 26 -  site-wide foul water drainage strategy (13/01383/CND3); and,

v) non-material amendments to approved A40 junction e.g. omission of splitter island (13/01383/NMA).

To be considered at later meetings:

14/03204/OUT - Rivera House And Adams House Reliance Way

14/03331/FUL - 228 London Road

14/03540/FUL - The Triangle, University Of Oxford Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive

14/03293/FUL – 5 Merewood Avenue

14/03554/FUL – 15 Hollow Way

14/03348/FUL – 112 London Road

14/03049/FUL - 23 Spring Lane, Littlemore

14/02850/FUL - 19 Between Towns Road

14/02781/FUL – 5 & 7 Marshall Road

14/02550/FUL – Beenhams Cottage, Railway Lane

14/03385/FUL – 15 Boswell Road

14/02182/FUL – 159 Windmill Road

14/02093/FUL – 62 Dashwood Road

14/02103/FUL – Ashlar House Adjacent  2 Glanville Road 14/01332/FUL – 51 Sandfield Road

14/01770/FUL -  Marywood House, Leiden Road

13/03411/FUL – John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way

14/02456/FUL - Land Within Former DHL Site, Sandy Lane West

14/02940/OUT - Littlemore Park Armstrong Road

13/01555/CT3 - Land East Of Warren Crescent

The Committee noted the list of forthcoming applications and asked for a brief summary of progress and delays in bringing each of these for determination.

The Committee will meet on the following dates:

11 February

4 March

8 April

6 May

1 July

The Committee noted that the next meeting would be held on 11 February and that there was a meeting on 3 June in addition to those listed on the agenda.