Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Change of use from B1/B8 (Business/Storage & Distribution) to D2 (Gymnasium/Health & Fitness Centre).
Location
Unit 7, Moorbrook, Southmead Industrial Estate, Didcot.
Grid Reference
451940/191481
Applicant
Clearwater Fitness Ltd
381 Cowley Road
Oxford
OX4 2BS
Agent
Manches Solicitors
3 Worcester Street
Oxford
OX1 2PZ
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
c/o Mrs. J. Underwood,
Civic Hall,
Britwell Road,
DIDCOT,
Oxon
OX11 7JN
21 08 2000
Tech.Dir,Babtie Engineering S.
04 08 2000
Nissan Motorsport
Moorbrook
Southmead Industrial Estate
DIDCOT Oxon
Napier
Unit 3
Moorbrook
DIDCOT Oxon
Zenith
Unit 8
Moorbrook
DIDCOT Oxon
Henley Design
Unit 10
Moorbrook
DIDCOT Oxon
The Park Club
17 Milton Park
Abingdon
OX14 4RS
22 08 2000
Application Progress
Date Received
1st August 2000
Registration Date
1st August 2000
Start Consultation Period
1st August 2000
End Consultation Period
29th August 2000
Target Decision Date
26th September 2000
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 20th September 2000
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
That the development would be contrary to Policy TC4 of the Oxfordshire Structure Plan 2011 and to Government advice contained in PPG6 (Town Centres and Retail Development) and PPG13 (Transport) which seek to sustain the vitality and viability of town centres and to locate development in areas easily accessible by means of transport other than the car. In particular, leisure uses which attract a lot of visitors should only be developed in out of centre locations if there is a clearly defined need which cannot be met in or on the edge of existing centres. In this case insufficient evidence has been submitted of a need for the facility or of the unavailability of land within the centre of Didcot or at the local centre in Ladygrove. There is no justification therefore for permitting a development which could undermine the viability and vitality of Didcot Town Centre contrary to Policy S1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan and generate increased car traffic.
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