Site address: Land at Barton, Northern By-pass Road, Oxford

Proposal: Details of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping) for third phase of the Barton Park development, pursuant of condition 3 of the outline planning permission 13/01383/OUT.

The works comprise the construction of 207 residential units (Class C3) with associated means of access and highways works; car and cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping; public realm works and ancillary structures, including a substation.

Recommendation: East Area Planning Committee is recommended to:

1.    approve the reserved matters application submitted in relation to condition 3 of the outline planning permission 13/01383/OUT for the reasons given in the report and subject to the required planning conditions 

2.    defer the discharge of the following conditions of outline consent 13/01383/OUT to the Acting Head of Planning Services to discharge separate to this application:

·        Condition 6 – Materials

·        Condition 9 – Landscape and Public Realm

·        Condition 11 – Tree Protection Measures

·        Condition 12 – Landscape Management Plan

·        Condition 15 – Lifetime Homes Standards

·        Condition 16 – Car Parking Standards

·        Condition 17 – Cycle Parking Standards

·        Condition 20 – Travel Plan

·         Condition 23 – Sustainability

·         Condition 25 – Phased Surface Water Drainage

·        Condition 26 – Foul Water Drainage

·        Condition 27 – Flooding

·        Condition 28 – Ground Contamination and Remediation

·        Condition 32 – Noise Attenuation

·        Condition 38 – Repeat Ecological Surveys

·        Condition 39 – Habitat Creation

3.    agree to delegate authority to the Acting Head of Planning Services to

(a)  finalise the recommended conditions set out in the report including such refinements, amendments, additions, and/or deletions as the Acting Head of Planning considers reasonably necessary; and

(b)  approve the reserved matters application; and

(c)  defer the discharge of the conditions referred to above.

Councillor Azad joined the meeting after the start of this item and accordingly took no part in the debate or decision.

The Committee considered an application for planning permission setting out the details of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping) for the third phase of the Barton Park development, pursuant of condition 3 of the outline planning permission 13/01383/OUT, on Land at Barton, Northern By-pass Road, Oxford

The works comprise the construction of 207 residential units (Class C3) with associated means of access and highways works; car and cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping; public realm works and ancillary structures, including a substation.

The Planning Officer recommended, and the Committee accepted, changes to the recommendation to take account of information received after the agenda was published and to clarify the delegations as set out in the decision below.

The Planning Officer confirmed that the statement of conformity to the outline Environmental Statement (ES) that had been submitted by the applicant was adequate to assess the effects of the reserved matters application as it confirmed that those details had been developed within the parameters of the ES and it concluded that the reserved matters would not give rise to any significant effects over those considered at the time of the outline application.

Paul Comerford, Jonathan Hill, and David Owens (representing the applicant) spoke in support of the application and answered questions from the Committee.

After questions were answered by the speakers and by officers and on being proposed, seconded, and put to the vote the Committee agreed to accept the Planning Officer’s amended recommendations as below.

East Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.    delegate approval of the reserved matters application submitted in relation to condition 3 of the outline planning permission 13/01383/OUT as amended by the modification order made on the 8^th October 2018 and confirmed on the 14^th November 2018 subject to the satisfactory receipt of amended plans to the Acting Head of Planning Services, for the reasons given in the report and  subject to the 8 required planning conditions 

2.    defer the discharge of the following conditions of outline consent 13/01383/OUT (as modified) to be dealt with on a delegated basis by the Acting Head of Planning Services:

·        Condition 6 – Materials

·        Condition 9 – Landscape and Public Realm

·        Condition 11 – Tree Protection Measures

·        Condition 12 – Landscape Management Plan

·        Condition 15 – Lifetime Homes Standards

·        Condition 16 – Car Parking Standards

·        Condition 17 – Cycle Parking Standards

·        Condition 20 – Travel Plan

·         Condition 23 – Sustainability

·         Condition 25 – Phased Surface Water Drainage

·        Condition 26 – Foul Water Drainage

·        Condition 27 – Flooding

·        Condition 28 – Ground Contamination and Remediation

·        Condition 32 – Noise Attenuation

·        Condition 38 – Repeat Ecological Surveys

·        Condition 39 – Habitat Creation

3.    delegate authority to the Acting Head of Planning Services to

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

·      Approve the reserved matters application and

·      Discharge the conditions referred to above.