Site Address: Littlemore Park, Armstrong Road, Littlemore – see paragraph 5.4 for site plan

Proposal:  Variation of condition 3 (approved plans and documents) to revise indicative parameters plans and condition 18 (noise levels) to revise residential noise levels of planning permission 14/02940/OUT as varied by 14/02940/NMA and 14/02940/NMA2 (Outline planning application (with all matters reserved) seeking permission for up to 270 residential dwellings to incorporate a maximum of 92 houses on 2 to 3 floors of 1 to 4 bedrooms with one dwelling being a house with 5 bedrooms and 178 flats of 1 to 4 bedrooms on 2 to 5 floors. Provision of car parking, cycle and bin storage, landscaping and ancillary works. (Amended plans and additional information).)

Recommendation: East Area 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 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; and

•      finalise the recommended Deed of Variation to the outline consent 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 Acting Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary; and

•      complete the Deed of Variation to the section 106 legal agreement referred to above and issue the planning permission.

The Committee considered an application for the variation of:

·         condition 3 (approved plans and documents) to revise indicative parameters plans; and

·         condition 18 (noise levels) to revise residential noise levels

of planning permission 14/02940/OUT (as varied by 14/02940/NMA and 14/02940/NMA2) at Littlemore Park, Armstrong Road, Littlemore.

Planning permission was previously given for outline application 14/02940/OUT (with all matters reserved and as varied by 14/02940/NMA and 14/02940/NMA2) for up to 270 residential dwellings to incorporate a maximum of 92 houses on 2 to 3 floors of 1 to 4 bedrooms with one dwelling being a house with 5 bedrooms and 178 flats of 1 to 4 bedrooms on 2 to 5 floors; provision of car parking, cycle and bin storage, landscaping and ancillary works.

The Planning Officer reported:

• Para 1.1.1 of the report (the first recommendation) should be amended to insert: …subject to the satisfactory completion of a deed of variation to the outline consent S106 legal agreement (the agreement with this Council in respect of this site) securing planning obligations and the required ….
• Para 9.3 - the Environment Agency had confirmed they had no objections to the application.

Chris Struthers (representing the applicant) spoke in support of the application and he and Tanya Jordan and Ian Stuart (also representing the applicant) were available to answer questions.

After confirming that the effect of the changes in conditions was satisfactory; and on being proposed, seconded and put to the vote; the Committee agreed with the officer’s recommendation to approve the application with the changes to the report and resolution set out above.

East Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.         approve application 18/02231/VAR for the reasons given in the report and subject to the satisfactory completion of a deed of variation to the outline consent S106 legal agreement (the agreement with this Council in respect of this site) securing planning obligations and the varied planning conditions as set out in section 12 of this report together with any of the other previous conditions which were applied to the outline consent (updated where necessary) and grant planning permission; and

2.         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; and

•      finalise the Deed of Variation to the outline consent legal agreement under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (the agreement with this Council in respect of this site) 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 Acting Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary; and

•      complete the Deed of Variation to the section 106 legal agreement referred to above and issue the planning permission.