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22/01532/CT3: The Oxford Enterprise Centre, Standingford House, 26 Cave Street, Oxford

Meeting: 22/09/2022 - Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee (Item 37)

37 22/01532/CT3: The Oxford Enterprise Centre, Standingford House, 26 Cave Street, Oxford pdf icon PDF 868 KB

Site Address:

The Oxford Enterprise Centre, Standingford House, 26 Cave Street, Oxford OX4 1BA

Proposal:

Demolition of existing building and erection of a part two, part three storey office building in association with amended access arrangements, disabled parking, substation and landscaped space.

Reason at Committee:

The proposal is a major application.

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:

·    resolving the drainage objection set out by Oxfordshire County Council to the satisfaction of the drainage officer at Oxfordshire County Council.

2.       agree to delegate authority to the Development Management Service Manager to:

·     finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Development Management Service Manager considers reasonably necessary.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered an application (22/01532/CT3) for demolition of the existing building and erection of a part two, part three storey office building in association with amended access arrangements, disabled parking, substation and landscaped space at The Oxford Enterprise Centre, Standingford House, 26 Cave Street, Oxford.

 

The Planning Officer gave a presentation and highlighted the following:

 

·        The applicant had submitted additional drainage information following the raising of a drainage objection by the County Council.  A response to this from the County Council had not yet been received; therefore the officers’ recommendation for approval remained subject to the withdrawal of the drainage objection.

 

·        In addition to the information provided at paragraph 10.26 of the report, the wireline within the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) in relation to the South Park view showed that intervening built form and vegetation would mostly obscure views of the development.  The top would be visible against the built form; however, as with the St Mary’s view the development was not considered to interfere with or have an adverse impact on this view.

 

·        The building had been designed to be an energy efficient co-working space, which would be able to accommodate a wide range of occupiers and would offer a range of different spaces depending on need. The building would have a floor area of 1,745sqm and an overall height of 11.03m.  The existing building had a height of 10.62m.

 

·        The application sought to redevelop an existing employment site.  Therefore, the principle of redeveloping the site for employment purposes was considered to be acceptable and supported in policy.

 

·        The site was not located within a conservation area, but was located within the setting of St Clement’s and Iffley Conservation Area and the Central Conservation Area.  A number of listed buildings were located in London Place.

 

·        Views of the development would be mostly localised to the immediate setting, although the wirelines within the LVIA showed that parts of the top of the building would be visible from St Mary’s Tower and South Park within the vegetation and built form.  However, as the building would be viewed against the existing built development in the area it was not considered to have an adverse impact on these views.

 

·        A sunlight/daylight assessment, as well as an overshadowing report, had been submitted to support the application.  Officers had considered the 25/45 degree guidance alongside the sunlight/daylight and overshadowing report and were of the opinion that the development would not have an unacceptable impact on neighbouring amenity.

 

·        Officers considered the application to be acceptable in terms of principle, design, impact on neighbouring amenity, highways and heritage issues and approval was recommended, subject to withdrawal by the County Council of its drainage objection.

 

Andrew Humpherson, Earon Mackie and Stephanie Weeks, the applicant, architect and agent, spoke in favour of the application.

 

The Committee asked questions about details of the application, which were responded to by officers.  The Committee’s discussions included, but were not limited to, the following:

 

·       The Local Plan included the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 37