Site address:                   Playground Rear Of 22-28 Bracegirdle Road, Oxford, OX3 8RJ      

Proposal:                        Demolition of existing side extension to No. 22 Bracegirdle Road and Formation of new vehicular access. Erection of 3 No. single storey buildings to create 2 x 1-bed and 2 x 2-bed  residential retirement dwellinghouses (Use Class C3). Alterations to landscaping, provision of bin and cycle stores to each dwelling and provision of car parking.        

Recommendation:

The East Area Planning Committee is recommended to:

(a)   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;

(b)   Grant planning permission; and

(c)   Delegate authority to the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services to:

1.     Finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services considers reasonably necessary.

The Committee considered an application for the demolition of the existing side extension to No. 22 Bracegirdle Road and formation of new vehicular access, erection of 3 No. single storey buildings to create 2 x 1-bed and 2 x 2-bed residential retirement dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) with alterations to landscaping, provision of bin and cycle stores to each dwelling and provision of car parking at the playground to the rear of 22-28 Bracegirdle Road, Oxford.

The Planning Officer confirmed this had been advertised as a departure from the Local Plan.

The Committee noted concerns that these properties met only the minimum energy standards despite the opportunity to exceed these for the benefit of residents. The Committee also asked that an informative be added to the permission advising that the removal of the barriers on the footpath access to the site from Chillingworth Crescent be investigated to enable access by wheel chair users.

The Committee resolved to:

(a)       approve application 18/00408/CT3 for the reasons given in the report and subject to the19 required planning conditions set out in section 12 of the report and adding an informative regarding investigating the removal of the metal barriers on the footpath leading to the site from Chillingworth Crescent;;

(b)       grant planning permission; and

(c)       delegate authority to the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services to:

finalise the recommended conditions as set out in the report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services considers reasonably necessary.