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21/00300/FUL: 17, 17A, 17B And 19 Between Towns Road, Oxford, OX4 3LX

Meeting: 07/12/2021 - Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee (Item 55)

55 21/00300/FUL: 17, 17A, 17B And 19 Between Towns Road, Oxford, OX4 3LX pdf icon PDF 639 KB

Site address:                      17, 17A, 17B And 19 Between Towns Road, Oxford, OX4 3LX

Proposal:                             Demolition of no's 17 and 17b Between Towns Road and Cowley Conservative Club. Erection of three, four and five storey building incorporating 189 student study rooms, indoor and outdoor communal space, bin and bicycle storage and ground floor space for local community use falling within F2 of the Use Classes Order as amended.

Reason at Committee:      The proposals are major development

Recommendation:             The Oxford City 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; 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; 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 this 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.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered an application (21/00300/FUL) for planning permission for the demolition of no's 17 and 17b Between Towns Road and Cowley Conservative Club, erection of three, four and five storey building incorporating 189 student study rooms, indoor and outdoor communal space, bin and bicycle storage and ground floor space for local community use falling within F2 of the Use Classes Order as amended.

The Planning Officer presented the report and corrected a typographical error at paragraph 10.51: in the second to last line “acceptable” should be deleted and replaced with “unacceptable”.

In response to a specific question from the Committee Nik Lyzba, agent, confirmed that there would be management operating on site at all times to support the residents and to respond to issues or problems. Nevertheless the Committee considered that the scope of Condition 34 (Student Accommodation Management Plan) should be revised to address concerns about potential anti-social behaviour.

The Committee agreed to include an informative relating to the need to provide further highway safety measures for the increased number of cyclists who would be turning right out of St Luke’s Road onto Between Towns Road.

Overall the Committee agreed that this was a welcome development, providing student accommodation through the re-purposing of a poor quality site in a sustainable location.

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, subject to the amendments detailed above.

 

The Oxford City Planning Committee resolved 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 subject to the revision of Condition 34 and the inclusion of an informative relating to highway safety measures for cyclists 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; 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; 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 this 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.