Site address:                   37 Templar Road, Oxford, OX2 8LS

Proposal:                        Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4). Alterations to roof to form hip to gable, formation of 1no. dormer to rear roofslope and insertion of 2no. rooflights to front roofslope in association with loft conversion. Demolition of existing rear garden shed and erection of a part single, part two storey rear extension and single storey side extension. Dropped kerb, one additional parking space and improvement to existing parking spaces. (Amended Plans and description)

Reason at Committee:     Called in by Cllrs Wade, Gotch, Goddard, Roz Smith, Landell Mills and Garden

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;

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

·       issue the planning permission.

The Committee considered an application for planning permission for the change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4); alterations to roof to form hip to gable, formation of 1 dormer to rear roofslope and insertion of 2 rooflights to front roofslope in association with loft conversion; demolition of existing rear garden shed and erection of a part single, part two storey rear extension and single storey side extension; dropped kerb, one additional parking space and improvement to existing parking spaces (Amended Plans and description) at 37 Templar Road, Oxford, OX2 8LS

The Planning Officer reported a correction to the report: on page 20, to amend section 9.12 to read ‘Officers received reports about working on site and contractor safety, but this is not a planning consideration. The work that has started amounts to site clearance only. This has been passed on to the agents for information.’

Marcella Hawlin, Iara Carlton, and Maria Nave (local residents) spoke against the application, outlining their concerns about both the size and scale of the proposed extensions and the conversion to an HMO.

In reaching its decision, the Committee considered all the information put before it, including national and local planning policies and guidance, and the objections raised. The Committee agreed it would be reasonable to add a condition that appropriate noise insulation be provided on the party wall between no 37 and no 35, to reduce the impact of noise from the more intensive use of no37 on the adjoining property (with the detailed scope and wording to be finalised by the Head of Planning Services). After debate and on being proposed, seconded and put to the vote, the Committee agreed with the officer’s recommendation to approve the application, including this additional condition.

The West Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.      approve application 21/00220/FUL for the reasons given in the report and subject to the required planning conditions set out in section 12 of the report and an additional condition that appropriate noise insulation be provided on the party wall between no 37 and no 35, and grant planning permission;

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

·         finalise the recommended conditions as set out in the report and the additional condition referred to above including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary; and

·         issue the planning permission