Site address: Mansfield College Mansfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3TF

Proposal: Internal and external alterations to the Champneys north range buildings to include creation of new openings and removal of bomb shelter. Three storey extension to the north elevation to provide lift access to the library (Amended description and revised plans). 

Reason at Committee: To be considered concurrently with a planning application that is required to be determined by planning committee. 

RECOMMENDATION

Oxford City Planning Committee?is recommended to:?

1.    Approve the application for the reasons given in the report and subject to the recommended listed building conditions set out in section 12 of this report, grant listed building consent and 

2.    Agree to delegate authority to the Director of Planning and Regulation to: 

·       Finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Director of Planning and Regulation considers reasonably necessary.  

Site address: Mansfield College Mansfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3TF

Proposal: Internal and external alterations to the Champneys north range buildings to include creation of new openings and removal of bomb shelter. Three storey extension to the north elevation to provide lift access to the library (Amended description and revised plans).

The Oxford City Planning Committee resolved to:

1.    Approve the application for the reasons given in the report and subject to the recommended listed building conditions set out in section 12 of this report, grant listed building consent and

2.    Agree to delegate authority to the Director of Planning and Regulation to:

·       Finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Director of Planning and Regulation considers reasonably necessary.

The Committee considered an application for internal and external alterations to the Grade II* listed North Range buildings by Basil Champneys to include the internal reorganisation of the modern kitchen link extension, construction of a lift extension, and the removal of a WWII bomb shelter and reinstatement of original ground floor windows.

The Heritage Officer gave a presentation outlining the details of the location and the proposal. This included site photos and existing and proposed elevations and plans:

·       The listed building consent application concerned Mansfield College and sought permission for a number of interventions to the Grade II* listed North Range in order to improve its functionality and support the wider proposals across the college that had just been considered under the associated planning application.

·       Specifically, consent was sought for the internal reorganisation of the existing modern kitchen link extension, which was constructed in 2014 and the removal of a World War II bomb shelter on the north elevation of the North Range to facilitate movement within the new mews area proposed as part of the wider scheme, the latter of which would enable the reinstatement of windows to the ground floor corridor that were part of the original design. This was in addition to the construction of a lift extension on the north elevation of the North Range. The lift extension also formed part of the associated planning application and would provide disabled access to the college library and a new librarians office.

·       Officers considered that the heritage benefit arising from the reinstatement of the elements of the listed buildings original design outweighed the harm resulting from the loss of the bomb shelter. Officers also considered that the less than substantial harm arising from the lift extension was clearly and convincingly justified, and outweighed, by the benefit of providing disabled access to the College’s library and reading rooms. Furthermore, it was concluded that the works proposed to the modern kitchen extension would not cause harm to the significance of the listed building. 

·       It was therefore recommended that the Committee resolve to grant listed building consent, subject to the conditions set out in section 12 of the officer’s report

The Committee had no further questions.

On being proposed, seconded, and put to the vote, the Committee agreed with the officer’s recommendation to approve the application for the reasons set out in the report and subject to conditions including the two additional conditions and a legal agreement.

The Oxford City Planning Committee resolved to:

1.    Approve the application for the reasons given in the report and subject to the recommended listed building conditions set out in section 12 of this report, grant listed building consent and

2.    Agree to delegate authority to the Director of Planning and Regulation to:

·       Finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Director of Planning and Regulation considers reasonably necessary.