Site address:                   1 – 5 Broad Street and 31 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3AG

Proposal:                        Change of use from mixed use retail (Use Class A1) and educational use (Use Class D1) to Hotel (Use Class C1) with associated facilities, including bar, restaurant and roof lounge.         

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 the report and grant planning permission; subject to:

·       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;

2.     Agree to 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; and

·       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 Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary; and

·       Complete the section 106 legal agreement referred to above and issue the planning permission.

The Committee considered an application for the change of use from mixed use retail (Use Class A1) and educational use (Use Class D1) to Hotel (Use Class C1) with associated facilities, including bar, restaurant and roof lounge at Boswells, 1-5 Broad Street and 31 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3AG.

William Rohleder and Eleanor Alexander, representing the applicant, spoke in support of the application and answered questions from the Committee.

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:

·         approve application 20/02480/FUL 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:

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;

·         delegate authority to the 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 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 Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary; and

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