Site address:                  Car Park To The Rear Of Littlemead Business Park, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford, OX2 0ES  

Proposal:                        Demolition of existing buildings and erection of two storey building to provide office space (Use Class B1a). Provision of amenity space, car parking and bin and cycle stores with associated landscaping.          

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; and

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.

The Committee considered an application (20/01587/FUL) for planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of two storey building to provide office space (Use Class B1a); and provision of amenity space, car parking and bin and cycle stores with associated landscaping.

The Planning Officer presented the report and advised the Committee that the Council’s flood mitigation officer had raised concerns about the level of information provided with the application indicating that, notwithstanding the previous grant of planning permission on the site, a new Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) would be required prior to granting planning permission.

As a result, planning officers were now recommending that the West Area Planning Committee delegate authority to the Head of Planning Services to either:

•    approve the application subject to the submission of a revised FRA and this being found acceptable by the Council’s flood mitigation officer prior to a decision being issued; or

•    refuse the application if no FRA is forthcoming or the FRA that is submitted is considered to be unsatisfactory.

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, as amended above.

On being put to the vote the Committee agreed the resolution as set out below.

The West Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.  Delegate authority to approve the application to the Head of Planning Services subject to the submission of a revised Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) which is acceptable to the Council’s flood mitigation officer and to the required planning conditions set out in section 12 (with condition 9 being amended to require a new flood risk assessment) and grant planning permission OR if a revised FRA is not submitted or is deemed unsatisfactory that authority to refuse the application be delegated to the Head of Planning Services for reasons he considers appropriate; and

2.  If the application is to be approved to delegate authority to the Head of Planning Services to:

•    Finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report (with condition 9 being amended as indicated above) including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary.