Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

16.

Declarations of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

17.

16/01789/FUL: Demolition of Aristotle House, Aristotle Lane, Oxford, OX2 6TR pdf icon PDF 83 KB

Site address:             Aristotle House, Aristotle Lane, Oxford, OX2 6TR

 

Proposal:                 Demolition of Aristotle House. Erection of four storey building to provide office space (Use Class B1) at basement, ground and first floor levels and formation of 2 x 2-bed flats (Use Class C3) above. Erection of 4 x 4-bed terraced dwellings (Use Class C3). Formation of access from Kingston Road. Provision of car parking and bin/cycle storage.

 

Officer recommendation:             To grant planning permission subject to the conditions as set out in the officer report to West Area Planning Committee (Appendix 1):

 

1.            Development begun within time limit      

2.            Develop in accordance with approved plans    

3.            Material samples

4.            Design - no additions to dwelling            

5.            Screening - terrace serving flat    

6.            Accessible homes  

7.            Boundary treatments          

8.            Parking permits       

9.            Construction Travel Plan  

10.         Visibility splays        

11.         Cycle storage           

12.         Bin storage   

13.         Tree Protection Plan

14.         Landscape Plan Details    

15.         Landscape Management Plan     

16.         Arboricultural Method Statement

17.         Biodiversity enhancement measures     

18.         Ecology enhancement measures - planting      

19.         Lighting plan - bats

20.         Archaeology            

21.         Drainage infrastructure     

22.         Drainage details      

23.         SuDs maintenance plan   

24.         Renewable or low carbon details            

25.         Risk assessment - land quality    

26.         Validation report - land quality     

27.         Ecological management plan – canal protection

 

Legal Agreements:

S106 to secure affordable housing contribution

 

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL):

The development is liable for CIL.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered an application for the demolition of Aristotle House and the erection of a four storey building to provide office space and 4 x 4-bed terraced dwellings with the formation of access from Kingston Road.

 

The application was approved by the West Area Planning Committee on 13 December 2016.  The application was subsequently called-in to the Planning Review Committee on the grounds that the decision did not take adequate account of the road safety aspects of the proposal.

 

The Planning Officer presented the report and made the following points:

  • Paragraph 35, Appendix 1 referred to additional vehicular access on Hayfield Road, whereas in fact this would be from Kingston Road
  • There was an error in paragraph 2, on page 9 of the original committee papers which stated that the West Area Planning Committee had refused the application, whereas in fact they had approved the application.  The original reports had been withdrawn and corrected copies of the agenda had been circulated
  • The highway safety concerns raised by the call in and by the St Margaret’s Area Society in their traffic survey (as circulated to the Committee) were fully addressed in the officer report (paragraphs 7, 8 and 9)
  • The Highways Authority had confirmed their view that the application is likely to result in a reduction in the overall motor vehicle trips to the site as a whole; the safety issues raised were pre-existing and there were no underlying road safety issues at the junction of Kingston Road, Hayfield Road and Aristotle Lane. Representatives from the Highways Authority were present at the meeting to answer questions

·         An additional response in support of the application had been received from the Hayfield Road Residents Association and this had been circulated to the Committee.

·         The new development would provide much needed family homes and modern employment space

 

Louise Upton (Oxford City Councillor), Irene Conway (Headmistress, St Philip & St James), Rev'd Canon Andrew Bunch (Vicar of St Giles' and St Margaret's) and Tim King (St Margaret’s Area Society spoke against the application.

 

Lois Partridge (Agent), Peter Alsop (Applicant) and Jean Bradlow (Hayfield Road Residents Association) spoke in favour of the application.

 

In discussion the Committee concentrated on the concerns raised by the public speakers about the traffic and road safety issues.

In response to questions from the Committee the Oxford City Council Officers and Highways Authority representatives made the following points:

·         The application did not present a material change to the pre-existing traffic/road safety issues.

·         The imposition of a condition which placed time constraints on the vehicular access to the office site would not be reasonable in planning terms

·         The imposition of a condition which placed time constraints on the deliveries by third parties to the residential units or to the office site would not be reasonable in planning terms. However, the applicant indicated that they would be willing to produce an “awareness plan” for the residents/employers and the Committee agreed to include this as an informative

·         Vehicular access to the office site would  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.

18.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 135 KB

The Committee is asked to approve the minutes of the last meeting held on 5 October 2016 as a true and correct record.

 

Minutes:

The Committee resolved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 5 October 2016.

19.

Date of Future Meetings

The Committee noted that the next meeting was confirmed for 15 February 2017.