Planning Application Details

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Description
Demolition of existing outbuilding. Erection of two bedroom blocks to create 38 bedrooms. Provision of covered courtyard to provide conference/dining facility and four treatment rooms, plus additional car parking. As amended by drawing nos. 28458-02 rev E and 28458-06 rev B rec on 14.11.11. As amplified by additional information rec on 09.12.2011. As amplified by additional information (Archaeology Report) rec 15.12.11.
Location
Oxford Thames Four Pillars Hotel Henley Road Sandford-on-Thames OX4 4GX
Grid Reference
453224/201838
Applicant
Oxford Thames Four Pillars Hotel Ltd
c/o Central Support Office
Olney House
Ducklington Lane
WITNEY
OX28 4EX
Agent
John Hallam Associates
4 Essex House
Cromwell Business Park
Banbury Road
CHIPPING NORTON
OX7 5SR
Constraints
Grade II Listed Building
Case Officer
Emily Hamerton
Telephone: 01235 422600
Email: planning@southoxon.gov.uk
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.

Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.

Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
 
Sandford on Thames Parish Council
06 10 2011
15 10 2011
 
County Archaeological Services
15 12 2011
20 12 2011
 
Building Control Serv.Manager
06 10 2011
13 10 2011
 
Conservation Officer
05 10 2011
21 10 2011
 
Countryside Officer
06 10 2011
17 10 2011
 
Forestry Officer
06 10 2011
28 10 2011
 
Area Liaison Officer
06 10 2011
11 11 2011
 
Environment Agency (Lesley Tims & Cathy Harrison)
06 10 2011
12 10 2011
 
The Old School
Church Road
Sandford-on-Thames
OXFORD
OX4 4XZ
05 10 2011
 
The Glen
Henley Road
Sandford-on-Thames
OXFORD
OX4 4YN
05 10 2011
 
40 Church Road
Sandford-on-Thames
OXFORD
OX4 4XZ
05 10 2011
 
Monson Engineering Ltd.
14 10 2011
 
Thames Water Development Cntrl
25 10 2011
 
Application Type
Major
Application Progress
Date Received  
21st September 2011
Registration Date  
30th September 2011
Start Consultation Period  
30th September 2011
End Consultation Period  
4th November 2011
Target Decision Date  
30th December 2011
Decision
Planning Permission on 20th December 2011
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission. Reason: By virtue of Sections 91 to 95 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Related application(s): P12/S2254/DIS, P15/S0754/DIS

That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans drawing numbers 28458-02 rev E, 28458-06 rev B, 28458-05 rev A, 28458-01 rev D, 28458-102 rev A, Planting Plan - 1142.1, 28458-03 rev A, 28458-09 rev A, 28458-04 rev C, 28458-10, 28458-13 rev A except as controlled or modified by conditions of this permission. Reason: To secure the proper planning of the area in accordance with Development Plan policies. Related application(s): P12/S2254/DIS

Prior to the commencement of development samples of the materials to be used for the external walls and roof shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that the details of the development are satisfactory in accordance with Policy D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P12/S2254/DIS

Prior to the commencement of any site works or operations relating to the development hereby permitted, an arboricultural method statement to ensure the satisfactory protection of retained trees during the construction period shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Written approval must be obtained prior to commencement of any site works including demolition. The matters to be encompassed within the arboricultural method statement shall include the following: (i) A specification for the pruning of, or tree surgery to, trees to be retained in order to prevent accidental damage by construction activities; (ii) The specification of the location, materials and means of construction of temporary protective fencing and/or ground protection in the vicinity of trees to be retained, in accordance with the recommendations of the current edition of BS 5837 ''Trees in relation to construction'', and details of the timing and duration of its erection; (iii) The definition of areas for the storage or stockpiling of materials, temporary on-site parking, site offices and huts, mixing of cement or concrete, and fuel storage; (iv) The means of demolition any existing site structures, and of the re-instatement of the area currently occupied thereby; (v) The specification of the routing and mean of installation of drainage or any underground services in the vicinity of retained trees; Consideration will be made to avoid the sighting of utilities and service runs within the Root Protection Area (RPA) of all trees to be retained. Only where it can be demonstrated that there is no alternative location for the laying of utilities, will encroachment into the RPA be considered. Methodology for any installation works within the RPA will be provided and must be in compliance with NJUG Volume 4, 2007 'Guidelines for the planning and installation and maintenance of utility apparatus in proximity to trees'. (vi) The details and method of construction of any other structures such as boundary walls in the vicinity of retained trees and how these relate to existing ground levels; (vii) The details of the materials and method of construction of any roadway, parking, pathway or other surfacing within the RPA, which is to be of a 'no dig' construction method in accordance with the principles of Arboricultural Practice Note 12 "Through the Trees to Development'', and in accordance with current industry best practice; and as appropriate for the type of roadway required in relation to its usage. (viii) Provision for the supervision of ANY works within the root protection areas of trees to be retained, and for the monitoring of continuing compliance with the protective measures specified, by an appropriately qualified arboricultural consultant, to be appointed at the developer's expense and notified to the Local Planning Authority, prior to the commencement of development; and provision for the regular reporting of continued compliance or any departure there from to the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To safeguard trees which are visually important in accordance with Policies C9 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P12/S2254/DIS

The applicant, or their agents or successors in title, shall be responsible for organising and implementing an archaeological investigation, to be undertaken prior to development commencing. The investigation shall be carried out by a professional archaeological organisation in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation that has first been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To safeguard the recording and inspection of matters of archaeological importance on the site in accordance with PPS5: Planning for the Historic Environment. Related application(s): P12/S2254/DIS

Prior to the commencement of the development and following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in condition 5, a staged programme of archaeological investigation shall be carried out by the commissioned archaeological organisation in accordance with the approved Written Scheme of Investigation. The programme of work shall include all processing, research and analysis necessary to produce an accessible and useable archive and a full report for publication which shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority. Reason:To safeguard the recording and inspection of matters of archaeological importance on the site in accordance with PPS5: Planning for the Historic Environment.

Prior to the first occupation of the development, the parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with the approved plan 28458-102/REVA and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced (bound material), drained and completed, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking of vehicles at all times. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and in accordance with Policies T1 and T2 and Appendix 5 (Car Parking Standards) of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the commencement of development a Travel Plan shall be provided for the encouragement of the use of sustainable modes of transport for the hotel or if a travel plan already exists this shall be redrafted to accommodate the development hereby permitted. Reason: To encourage the use of sustainable modes as a means of transport, in accordance with Policy T2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
Appeal
No appeal lodged.
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