The Head of City Development has submitted a report which details five applications for similar upgrade works at five tower blocks.

 

Each application will be considered and voted on separately and have a separate allocation of public speaking time.

 

Applications

 

14/02640/CT3: EVENLODE TOWER Blackbird Leys Road Oxford OX4 6JA

Blackbird Leys Ward

 

Thermal upgrade and recladding. Erection of single storey front extension to form new entrance lobby. Provision of landscaping and car parking. Replacement windows and provision of windows to balconies. Demolition of roof top parapet structure. Installation of feature corner parapet to South West elevation.

 

Officer recommendation: to grant planning permission subject to conditions

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.         

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.

4.    Landscape plan required.

5.    Landscape carry out after completion.

6.    Landscape hard surface design - tree roots.

7.    Materials as specified.

8.    Car parking management plan.

9.    Landscape underground services - tree roots.

10. Tree Protection Plan (TPP) 1.

11. Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) 1.

 

14/02641/CT3: WINDRUSH TOWER, Knights Road, Oxford, OX4 6HX

Blackbird Leys Ward

 

Thermal upgrade and recladding. Formation of new entrance lobby. Provision of car parking and landscaping. Replacement windows and provision of windows to balconies. Demolition of roof top parapet structure. Installation of feature corner parapet to South East elevation.

 

Officer recommendation: to grant planning permission subject to conditions

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.         

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.      

4.    Landscape plan required.

5.    Landscape carry out after completion.          

6.    Landscape hard surface design - tree roots.

7.    Materials as specified.

8.    Car parking management plan.

9.    Landscape underground services - tree roots.

10. Tree Protection Plan (TPP) 1.

11. Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) 1.

 

14/02642/CT3: PLOWMAN TOWER, Westlands Drive, Oxford, OX3 9RB

Headington Hill and Northway Ward

 

Thermal upgrade and recladding. Formation of new entrance lobby. Provision of car parking and landscaping. Replacement windows and provision of windows to balconies. Demolition of roof top parapet. Provision of canopy to provide covered walkway from car park to secondary entrance.

 

Officer recommendation: to grant planning permission subject to conditions

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.         

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.      

4.    Landscape plan required.

5.    Landscape carry out after completion.          

6.    Landscape hard surface design - tree roots.

7.    Materials as specified.

8.    Car parking management plan.

9.    Landscape underground services - tree roots.

10. Tree Protection Plan (TPP) 1.

11. Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) 1.

 

14/02643/CT3: FORESTERS TOWER, Wood Farm Road, Oxford, OX3 8PJ

Churchill Ward

 

Thermal upgrade and recladding. Formation of new entrance lobby. Provision of car parking and landscaping. Replacement windows and provision of windows to balconies. Demolition of roof top parapet structure.

 

Officer recommendation: to grant planning permission subject to conditions

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.         

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.      

4.    Landscape plan required.

5.    Landscape carry out after completion.          

6.    Landscape hard surface design - tree roots.

7.    Materials as specified.

8.    Car parking management plan.

9.    Landscape underground services - tree roots.

10. Tree Protection Plan (TPP) 1.

11. Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) 1.

 

14/02644/CT3: HOCKMORE TOWER, Pound Way, Oxford, OX4 3YG

Cowley Ward

 

Thermal upgrade and recladding. Replacement windows and provision of windows to balconies. Replacement of Hockmore Street entrance door and formation of new entrance doorway to Banjo Road.

 

Officer recommendation: to grant planning permission subject to conditions

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.         

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.      

4.    Materials as specified.

The Head of City Development submitted a report which detailed five separate planning applications for the refurbishment of each of the five residential tower blocks in locations across the east of the city at Evenlode, Foresters, Hockmore, Plowman and Windrush Towers.

 

The Committee noted that no further representations had been received between publication of the agenda and the meeting.

 

Martin Armstrong, development control team leader, recommended an additional condition to require mitigation of contamination for four applications (excluding Hockmore) and an additional condition for all applications to require appropriate boundary treatments. The Committee agreed to include these.

 

David Tatman, the project manager, and Mary Gaskell, the architect, spoke in support of the applications and answered questions from the Committee.

 

The Committee considered the general and specific issues for these applications including the impact of the loss of garages and increased parking at Plowman Tower, and voted on each application separately.

 

Decisions

 

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission for application 14/02640/CT3, Evenlode Tower, Blackbird Leys , Oxford OX4 6JA, subject to conditions:

 

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.

4.    Landscape plan required.

5.    Landscape carry out after completion.

6.    Landscape hard surface design - tree roots.

7.    Materials as specified.

8.    Car parking management plan.

9.    Landscape underground services - tree roots.

10. Tree protection plan (TPP) 1.

11. Arboricultural method statement (AMS) 1.

12. Contamination remediation.

13. Boundary treatment required.

 

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission for application 14/02641/CT3, Windrush Tower, Knights Road, Oxford OX4 6HX subject to conditions:

 

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.

4.    Landscape plan required.

5.    Landscape carry out after completion.

6.    Landscape hard surface design - tree roots.

7.    Materials as specified.

8.    Car parking management plan.

9.    Landscape underground services - tree roots.

10. Tree protection plan (TPP) 1.

11. Arboricultural method statement (AMS) 1.

12. Contamination remediation.

13. Boundary treatment required.

 

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission for application 14/02642/CT3, Plowman Tower, Westlands Drive, Oxford OX3 9RB subject to conditions:

 

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.

4.    Landscape plan required.

5.    Landscape carry out after completion.

6.    Landscape hard surface design - tree roots.

7.    Materials as specified.

8.    Car parking management plan.

9.    Landscape underground services - tree roots.

10. Tree protection plan (TPP) 1.

11. Arboricultural method statement (AMS) 1.

12. Contamination remediation.

13. Boundary treatment required.

 

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission for application 14/02643/CT3, Foresters Tower, Wood Farm Road, Oxford OX3 8PJ subject to conditions:

 

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.

4.    Landscape plan required.

5.    Landscape carry out after completion.

6.    Landscape hard surface design - tree roots.

7.    Materials as specified.

8.    Car parking management plan.

9.    Landscape underground services - tree roots.

10. Tree protection plan (TPP) 1.

11. Arboricultural method statement (AMS) 1.

12. Contamination remediation.

13. Boundary treatment required.

 

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission for application 14/02644/CT3, at Hockmore Tower, Pound Way, Oxford OX4 3YG subject to conditions:

 

1.    Development begun within time limit.

2.    Develop in accordance with approved plans.

3.    Bat and bird boxes integrated into build.

4.    Materials as specified.

5.    Boundary treatment required.