Agenda and minutes

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62.

Declarations of interest

Minutes:

22/02168/FUL

Councillor Railton stated that she was a member of Littlemore Parish Council, which had been consulted on the application.  Councillor Railton declared that she had not participated in any discussion about the application at the Parish Council, and was approaching it with an open mind.

63.

22/02168/FUL: Plots 23-26, Oxford Science Park, Grenoble Road, Oxford OX4 4GB pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Site Address:

Plots 23-26, Oxford Science Park, Grenoble Road, Oxford

Proposal:

Erection of 3no. laboratory and office buildings with ancillary commercial uses (all within Use Class E). Provision of associated landscaping, car parking, cycle parking and creation of new accesses.

Reason at Committee:

The proposal is a 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 this report and grant planning permission; and 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 this 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 the report, including refining, adding to, amending and/or deleting the obligations detailed in the heads of terms set out in this 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.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered an application (22/02168/FUL) for erection of 3no. laboratory and office buildings with ancillary commercial uses (all within Use Class E); provision of associated landscaping, car parking, cycle parking and creation of new accesses at Plots 23-26, Oxford Science Park, Grenoble Road, Oxford.

The Planning Officer gave a presentation and highlighted the following:

·      The site was designated as a Category 1 employment site and had been allocated for employment use under Local Plan policy SP9.  It was also within the Cowley Branch Line Area of Change;

 

·      The application proposed the erection of 3no. 4-storey buildings to serve as offices and laboratories for life sciences research and development purposes, with ancillary uses such as café and childcare facilities;

 

·      Pedestrian access would be prioritised from Heatley Road towards the middle of the site, with vehicles diverted to the sides and the rear of the buildings;

 

·      The public realm between the buildings and fronting Heatley Road would provide a combination of hard and soft landscaping, with permanent built shelters to facilitate outdoor working and socialising;

 

·      The proposal would initially provide 883 car parking spaces (within the basement, at grade, and within the multi-storey car park attached to building 3).  The multi-storey car park would be flexible, and able to convert to additional laboratory and office floor space in the future.  The associated legal agreement would secure the removal of 200 parking spaces once the Cowley Branch Line was operational at 2 trains per hour;

 

·      The proposed scale, massing and articulation would read as a hard edge when viewed from the A4074 and Sandford.  However, measures such as an enhanced soft landscape buffer along the A4074, recessive colours and plant screening in the form of vertical PV panels would reduce the prominence of the buildings and soften the potential impact;

 

·      The proposal included closure of the existing construction access road to the north east corner of the site, which would be replanted as woodland.  The submitted Tree Canopy Assessment stated an 8.2% net increase in tree canopy cover over 25 years, equating to 62% of the total site area;

 

·      The proposal would also result in a biodiversity net gain of 5.95%, in accordance with Local Plan policy G2.  This would be achieved by enhancing grassland in four off site locations within the ownership of the Science Park;

 

·      To ensure the site became more sustainable, the applicant would be required to provide financial contributions towards bus services serving the Oxford Science Park, and towards active travel improvements in the local area such as additional pedestrian and cyclists’ crossings, new shared-use paths, and the upgrading of cycle routes;

 

·      Officers considered that the proposed development - which would provide additional floor space for research and development purposes - would respond appropriately to the site context and Local Plan allocation, and would accord with the overall aims and objectives of the NPPF and policies within the Oxford Local Plan.  The application was therefore recommended for approval, subject to the conditions and legal obligations set out within  ...  view the full minutes text for item 63.

64.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 402 KB

Recommendation: to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 24 January 2023 as a true and accurate record.

 

Minutes:

The Committee resolved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 24 January 2023 as a true and accurate record.

65.

Forthcoming applications

Items currently expected to be considered by the committee at future meetings are listed for information. This is not a definitive list and applications may be added or removed at any point. These are not for discussion at this meeting.

 

21/00110/FUL: The Clarendon Centre, Cornmarket Street, Oxford OX1 3JD

Major

21/02639/FUL: Land West Of 75 Town Furze, Oxford, OX3 7EW

Called-in

22/00410/LBC: Green Templeton College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HG

Major

22/00409/FUL: Green Templeton College, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HG

Major

22/00962/FUL: Ruskin Hall, Dunstan Road, Oxford, OX3 9BZ

Major

22/01554/FUL: Land at Elizabeth Place and Westlands Drive, Oxford, OX3 9QS

Major

22/02555/FUL: Plot 27, Oxford Science Park, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford OX4 4GA

Major

22/02661/FUL: 472-474 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7RG

Major

22/01660/FUL: 36 Feilden Grove, Oxford OX3 0DU

Called-in

22/02446/CT3: Donnington Recreation Ground, Freelands Road, Oxford OX4 4BT

Called-in

22/02667/VAR: Street Record, Chiltern Railway from Oxford to Bicester, Oxford

Major

22/02880/RES: Plot 2000, John Smith Drive, Oxford

Major

22/02969/FUL: Littlemore House, Oxford Innovation Park, 33 Armstrong Road, Oxford OX4 4FY

Major

22/03078/FUL: Land Bounded by Meadow Lane and Church Way, Oxford

Major

22/02799/FUL: Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD

Major

22/02849/FUL: Land at Winchester Banbury and Bevington Road, Oxford

Major

22/03076/FUL: 135-137 Botley Road, Oxford

Major

22/03042/RES: Oxford North Northern Gateway Land Adjacent A44 A40 A34 And Wolvercote Roundabout A40, Section From Cherwell District Council Boundary To Wolvercote Roundabout, Oxford

Major

22/00036/FUL: 75 Langley Close, Oxford, OX3 7DB

The applicant is an Oxford City Councillor

22/03067/FUL: Trinity House, John Smith Drive, Oxford OX4 2RZ

Major

22/02954/OUT: Land at Oxpens Road, Oxford OX1 1TB

Major

22/02955/FUL: Land at Oxpens Road, Oxford OX1 1TB

Major

22/03049/FUL: Land North of Bayswater Brook, Oxford

Major

22/02868/FUL: Kassam Stadium and Land Adjacent, Falcon Close, Oxford

Major

23/00142/FUL: Linton Lodge Hotel, 11-13 Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UJ

Major

 

 

Minutes:

The Committee noted the list of forthcoming applications.

66.

Dates of future meetings

Future meetings of the Committee are scheduled at 6.00pm on:

 

21 March 2023

18 April 2023

23 May 2023

20 June 2023

18 July 2023

15 August 2023

 

 

Minutes:

The Committee noted the dates of future meetings.

The Chair reminded Members that overspill meetings were likely to be needed in the next few months, due to the volume of major applications received.