Planning Application Details

P14/S3926/FULApplication Type: Full Application (Show Map - opens in new window)
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Consultation period
Application under consideration
Decision made
Description
1. Change of use of part grass land paddock to residential use. 2. Demolition of existing private dwelling and construction of replacement dwelling.
Location
Mill House South Weston OX9 7EJ
Grid Reference
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Applicant
Mr & Mrs P Kavanagh
Mill House
South Weston
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 7EJ
Agent
 Matthew Young
25 Hunts Mill
Goldsmiths Lane
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 0DN
Case Officer
Victoria Clarke
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
 
Lewknor Parish Council
c/o  Barbara Drysdale
East End House
Greenwood Avenue
Chinnor
Oxfordshire
OX39 4HW
18 12 2014
12 01 2015
 
Countryside Officer(South Oxfordshire & Vale of White Horse)
18 12 2014
07 01 2015
 
Forestry Officer (South Oxfordshire District Council)
18 12 2014
28 01 2015
 
Hill Barn Cottage
South Weston
Thame
OX9 7EL
17 12 2014
 
Application Type
Minor (Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received  
10th December 2014
Registration Date  
11th December 2014
Start Consultation Period  
11th December 2014
End Consultation Period  
7th January 2015
Target Decision Date  
5th February 2015
Decision
Planning Permission on 5th February 2015
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.

That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans, J610-01, KMSW2 01D, KMSW2 02, KMSW2 10, KMSW2 11 and KMSW2 22A, 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.

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved samples of the materials to be used for the external walls and roofs shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of the visual appearance of the development in accordance with Policy CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policy G2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

That a scheme for the landscaping of the site, including the planting of live trees and shrubs, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted. The scheme shall be implemented as approved within 12 months of the commencement of the approved development and thereafter be maintained in accordance with the approved scheme. In the event of any of the trees or shrubs so planted dying or being seriously damaged or destroyed within 5 years of the completion of the development, a new tree or shrub or equivalent number of trees or shrubs, as the case may be, of a species first approved by the Local Planning Authority, shall be planted and properly maintained in a position or positions first approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To help to assimilate the development into its surroundings in accordance with Policy CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C9 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

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 BS 5837 'Trees in relation to design, demolition and 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 of any existing site structures, and of the re-instatement of the area currently occupied thereby; (v) The specification of the routing and means of installation of drainage or any underground services in the vicinity of retained 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. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details with the agreed measures being kept in place during the entire course of development. Reason: To safeguard trees which are visually important in accordance with Policy CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C9 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The dwelling hereby approved shall achieve Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes (or any such equivalent national measure of sustainability for house design which replaces that scheme). No dwelling shall be occupied until a final Code Certificate has been issued for it certifying that Code Level 4 (or any such equivalent national measure of sustainability for house design which replaces that scheme) has been achieved. Reason: To ensure high standards of sustainable design and construction in accordance with Policy CSQ2 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027.

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved a turning area and car parking spaces shall be provided within the curtilage of the site so that motor vehicles may enter, turn round and leave in a forward direction and vehicles may park off the highway. The turning area and parking spaces shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, drained and completed in strict accordance with specification details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development. The turning area and car parking spaces shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of motor vehicles at all times. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure the provision of off-street car parking in accordance with Policies T1 and T2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The stables hereby permitted shall be used only for the keeping of horses for the private leisure purposes of the owner of the land, and shall not be used for any commercial activity. Reason: To meet the particular needs of the applicant and to avoid the introduction of a commercial use in this rural location, in accordance with Policies CSS1 and CSEN1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, and R10 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

That the existing dwelling shall be demolished within one month of the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted. Reason: To ensure satisfactory comprehensive development in accordance with Policy CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the commencement of development detailed plans showing the existing and proposed ground levels of the site together with the slab and ridge levels of the proposed development, relative to a fixed datum point on adjoining land outside of the application site, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To ensure a satisfactory form of development in accordance with Policy CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the commencement of development full details of how the spoil arising from the development hereby approved will be removed from the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The spoil shall be disposed of in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure the proper disposal of the spoil generated by the development in the interests of the visual appearance of the site in accordance with Policies CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy and Policies G2, D1 and H12 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
Appeal
No appeal lodged.
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