Site address:                   Unit 1 Toys R Us and Car Park, 219 Botley Road, Oxford, OX2 0HA

Proposal:                        Removal of condition 8 (Servicing Hours) and 13 (Sale of Food) of planning permission 87/00762/NOY (Demolition of garage & showroom. 124,728 sq. ft of non-food retail, including garden centre of 4,200 sq. ft, with 550 car spaces & access to Botley Rd. Extension of light industrial premises by 800 sq. ft (duplicate application, revised).       

Recommendation:

The West 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, and

2.       agree to delegate authority to the 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 Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary.

The Committee considered an application (19/01704/VAR) for planning permission for the removal of condition 8 (Servicing Hours) and 13 (Sale of Food) of planning permission 87/00762/NOY (Demolition of garage & showroom. 124,728 sq. ft of non-food retail, including garden centre of 4,200 sq. ft, with 550 car spaces & access to Botley Rd. Extension of light industrial premises by 800 sq. ft (duplicate application, revised).         

In reaching its decision, the Committee considered all the information put before it.

After debate and on being proposed, seconded and put to the vote, the Committee agreed with the officer’s recommendation to approve the application.

The West Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.       approve the application for the reasons given in the report and subject to the nine required planning conditions and 1 informative set out in section 12 of the report and grant planning permission, and

2.       delegate authority to the 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 Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary.