Site address: Former Rose Hill Community Centre, Land bounded by Desborough Crescent, Lenthall Road and The Oval, Rose Hill, Oxford.

Proposal: Erection of two residential buildings (three storeys) comprising 25 residential dwellings (C3 Use Class) with associated access, parking and landscape arrangements.

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 the report and grant planning permission subject to:

(a)       the satisfactory completion of a legal agreement under section.106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other enabling powers to secure the planning obligations set out in the recommended heads of terms which are set out in the report;

and

2.    agree to delegate authority to the Acting Head of Planning Services to:

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

(b)       finalise the recommended legal agreement under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other enabling powers as set out in the report, including refining, adding to, amending and/or deleting the obligations detailed in the heads of terms set out in the 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

(c)       complete the section 106 legal agreement referred to above and issue the planning permission.

Councillors Chapman and Simm left the room for the duration of the debate on this item.

The Committee considered an application for the erection of two residential buildings (three storeys) comprising 25 residential dwellings (C3 Use Class) with associated access, parking and landscape arrangements at Former Rose Hill Community Centre, Land bounded by Desborough Crescent, Lenthall Road and The Oval, Rose Hill, Oxford.

The Planning Officer advised

·         References to a S106 legal agreement in paras 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 in the recommendations should be removed as the Council was the landowner so it was not possible to secure a S106 agreement. The affordable housing and double yellow lines would be secured by condition.

·         Para 10.15 should refer to 100% intermediate affordable housing not 100% socially rented housing.

Alan Wylde (representing the applicant) and Peter Wilkinson (local resident and representing Rose Hill Tenants' and Residents' Association) spoke in support of the application.

After debate and on being proposed, seconded and put to the vote, the Committee agreed with the officer’s recommendation to approve the application with removal of references to the S106 agreement and the addition of conditions to secure the provision of affordable housing and the provision of double yellow lines on The Oval.

East Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.    approve application 18/02817/FUL for the reasons given in the report and subject to the required 19 planning conditions set out in section 12 of the report, plus 2 conditions to secure affordable housing and provide double yellow lines at The Oval, and grant planning permission; and

2.    delegate authority to the Acting Head of Planning Services to finalise the recommended conditions as set out in the report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Acting Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary and issue the planning permission.