Site Address:           Chiltern Railway From Oxford To Bicester Section I1

Proposals:   Details submitted in compliance with condition 19(2) (Vibration - Section I1) of TWA ref: TWA/10/APP/01 (The Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order - deemed planning permission granted under section 90(2A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990).

Officer Recommendation:

CONDITION 19 BE PARTIALLY DISCHARGED IN RELATION TO THE VIBRATION SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT FOR SECTION I1.

For the following reasons:

1          The Vibration Scheme of Assessment for route section I1 is considered to be robust and has demonstrated that the required standards set out in the Noise and Vibration Mitigation Policy will be achieved. It is confirmed that prior to and in connection with the granting of this consent, the Council has taken the Environmental Statement and other relevant environmental information into account.

2          The Council considers that the proposal accords with the policies of the development plan as summarised below.  It has taken into consideration all other material matters, including matters raised in response to consultation and publicity.  Any material harm that the development would otherwise give rise to can be offset by the conditions imposed.

subject to the following conditions, which have been imposed for the reasons stated:-

1          The development is to be carried out strictly in accordance with the documents titled:

a.         Plain Line Vibration Assessment and Mitigation Report (ref 5114534- ATK-VIB-RPT-80001 rev P07);

b.         Vibration from Switches & Crossings - Assessment and Mitigation Report (ref 5114534-ATK-VIB-RPT- 80003 rev A01);

c.         Cover letter dated 28th November 2013 that sets out the monitoring scheme;

d.         Report by Chris Jones (Independent Expert, Vibration) on Schemes of Assessment for Plain Line and Switches and Crossings, Report-on-the-vibration-schems-of-assessment-CJCJ-15-05-2014-final.doc; and,

e.         Atkins Technical Note: Predicted Vibration Levels at Section I, Estimated Vibration Levels at Section I Rev 05 (issue) (3).docx.

Reason: the vibration scheme of assessment has been prepared upon the basis of these details and the potential for deviation from them would not result in the achievement of the standards of vibration mitigation required by the Noise and Vibration Mitigation Policy (January 2011).

2          Passenger train movements on Section I1 between 0700 hours and 2300 hours shall not be in excess of 8 movements per hour. Freight train movements between 2300 hours 0700 hours on the following day shall not exceed 8.

Reason - to ensure compliance with condition 19 of the planning permission deemed to have been granted (ref TWA/10/APP/01)

3          Section I1shall not be made available for use by trains until provision for continuous monitoring of vibration has been effected for vibration sensitive properties throughout section I1 in accordance with a scheme previously approved in writing by the Council.  The results of such monitoring shall be provided to the Council on each of six months, eighteen months, thirty months, forty-two months, fifty-four months, sixty-six months and seventy-eight months from the date on which Section I1 is first made available for use for trains.  In the event that the monitoring results provided to the Council exceed the vibration thresholds in the Noise and Vibration Mitigation Policy then additional mitigation measures shall be effected within six months in order to ensure that those levels are not again exceeded.

Reason: to ensure compliance with condition 19 of the planning permission deemed to have been granted (ref TWA/10/APP/01)

The Committee considered an application setting out details submitted in compliance with condition 19(2) (Vibration - Section I1) of TWA ref: TWA/10/APP/01 (The Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order - deemed planning permission granted under section 90(2A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) for Section I1 of the Chiltern Railway from Oxford to Bicester.

The presentation, speakers, and discussion for Minute 100 had also covered the matters in this application.

The Committee resolved that:

CONDITION 19 BE PARTIALLY DISCHARGED IN RELATION TO THE VIBRATION SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT FOR SECTION I1.

subject to the following conditions, which have been imposed for the reasons stated:-

1          The development is to be carried out strictly in accordance with the documents titled:

a.         Plain Line Vibration Assessment and Mitigation Report (ref 5114534- ATK-VIB-RPT-80001 rev P07);

b.         Vibration from Switches & Crossings - Assessment and Mitigation Report (ref 5114534-ATK-VIB-RPT- 80003 rev A01);

c.         Cover letter dated 28th November 2013 that sets out the monitoring scheme;

d.         Report by Chris Jones (Independent Expert, Vibration) on Schemes of Assessment for Plain Line and Switches and Crossings, Report-on-the-vibration-schems-of-assessment-CJCJ-15-05-2014-final.doc; and,

e.         Atkins Technical Note: Predicted Vibration Levels at Section I, Estimated Vibration Levels at Section I Rev 05 (issue) (3).docx.

Reason: the vibration scheme of assessment has been prepared upon the basis of these details and the potential for deviation from them would not result in the achievement of the standards of vibration mitigation required by the Noise and Vibration Mitigation Policy (January 2011).

2          Passenger train movements on Section I1 between 0700 hours and 2300 hours shall not be in excess of 8 movements per hour. Freight train movements between 2300 hours 0700 hours on the following day shall not exceed 8.

Reason - to ensure compliance with condition 19 of the planning permission deemed to have been granted (ref TWA/10/APP/01)

3          Section I1shall not be made available for use by trains until provision for continuous monitoring of vibration has been effected for vibration sensitive properties throughout section I1 in accordance with a scheme previously approved in writing by the Council.  The results of such monitoring shall be provided to the Council on each of six months, eighteen months, thirty months, forty-two months, fifty-four months, sixty-six months and seventy-eight months from the date on which Section I1 is first made available for use for trains.  In the event that the monitoring results provided to the Council exceed the vibration thresholds in the Noise and Vibration Mitigation Policy then additional mitigation measures shall be effected within six months in order to ensure that those levels are not again exceeded.

Reason: to ensure compliance with condition 19 of the planning permission deemed to have been granted (ref TWA/10/APP/01)