Planning Application Details

P15/S2778/FULApplication Type: Full Application (Show Map - opens in new window)
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Description
Demolition of existing commercial buildings. Erection of 1 two bedroom dwelling and 1 four bedroom dwelling with associated landscaping and parking. (Re-submission of withdrawn application P15/S1060/FUL)
Location
2A Grove Road Sonning Common RG4 9RL
Grid Reference
471018/180353
Applicant
Bluejays Developments Ltd
2 Lambourne Road
Sonning Common
READING
RG4 9LX
Agent
The Keen Partnership
The Courtyard, Edinburgh Road
READING
Berkshire
RG30 2UA
Case Officer
Emma Bowerman
Telephone: 01235 422600
Email: planning@southoxon.gov.uk
View officers committee report (18/11/2015) here
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.

Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.

Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
 
Sonning Common Parish Council
Ros Varnes Deputy Clerk
Village Hall
Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Oxon
RG4 9SL
18 08 2015
08 09 2015
 
Countryside Officer(South Oxfordshire & Vale of White Horse)
18 08 2015
04 09 2015
 
Forestry Officer (South Oxfordshire District Council)
18 08 2015
10 09 2015
 
Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
18 08 2015
20 08 2015
 
17 Brinds Close
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SR
17 08 2015
 
18 Brinds Close
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SR
17 08 2015
 
Tall Trees, Wood Lane
Sonning Common
READING
RG4 9SJ
18 08 2015
 
66 Peppard Road
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9RP
17 08 2015
 
2 Grove Road
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9RL
18 08 2015
 
1 Grove Road
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9RH
17 08 2015
 
1A Grove Road
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9RH
17 08 2015
08 09 2015
 
Kites View
1B Grove Road
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9RH
18 08 2015
04 09 2015
 
2B Grove Road
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9RL
18 08 2015
 
1 Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SJ
18 08 2015
18 08 2015
 
4 Brinds Close
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SR
17 08 2015
 
Woodland Officer Oxfordshire
Forestry Commission
Bucks Horn Oak
Farnham
GU10 4LS
17 08 2015
 
Application Type
Minor (Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received  
13th August 2015
Registration Date  
13th August 2015
Start Consultation Period  
13th August 2015
End Consultation Period  
7th September 2015
Target Decision Date  
20th November 2015
Target Committee Meeting  
18th November 2015
Decision
Planning Permission on 20th November 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. Related application(s): P16/S1896/DIS

That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans, PL-02D, PL-03D, PL-09D, PL-10D, PL-08D, PL-05D, PL-04D, PL-06D, PL-01D, PL-12D, PL-11D, PL-07D and PL-13D, 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): P16/S1896/DIS

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, H4 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P16/S1896/DIS

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved samples of all materials to be used in the external construction and finishes of the development hereby permitted 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 Policies G2, H4 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P16/S1896/DIS

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted a scheme for the landscaping of the site, including the planting of live trees and shrubs, the treatment of the access road and hard standings, and the provision of boundary fencing shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 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, H4, C9 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P16/S1896/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 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, H4 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P16/S1896/DIS

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any demolition and any works of site clearance or the translocation of any reptile, a reptile survey (which shall be in accordance with best practice guidelines) shall be carried out, and the findings, including a mitigation strategy if required, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, all works of mitigation shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To protect the important species on the site, in accordance with Policy CSB1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy and Policy C8 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P16/S1896/DIS

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order), the enlargement, improvement or other alteration of any dwellinghouse as described in Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Order shall not be undertaken without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order) the provision within the curtilage of the dwelling of any building, enclosure or swimming pool as described in Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Order shall not be undertaken without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure the Local Planning Authority retains control over any future development as specified in the condition in the interests of amenity and in accordance with Policy CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P16/S1896/DIS

Prior to occupation of the dwellings hereby permitted the proposed means of access onto Grove Road is to be formed and laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with the Local Highway Authority's specifications and all ancillary works specified shall be undertaken. Reason: In the interest of highway safety in accordance with Policy T1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P16/S1896/DIS

The proposed vision splay shall be formed, laid out and constructed in accordance with detailed plans which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved and the vision splays shall not be obstructed by any object, structure, planting or other material with a height exceeding or growing above 0.6 metres as measured from carriageway level. Reason: In the interest of highway safety in accordance with Policies T1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Related application(s): P16/S1896/DIS

No surface water from the development shall be discharged onto the adjoining highway. Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policy T1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Any gates provided shall be set back a minimum of 5.0 metres from the edge of the carriageway and shall open inwards into the site. Reason: To ensure that vehicles may wait clear of the highway while the gates are opened or closed in the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policy T1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with the approved plan PL-03 D and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, drained and completed, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking of vehicles associated with the development at all times. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and in accordance with Policies T1, T2 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The proposed rooflights on the first floor of the rear elevation of the dwelling hereby permitted on plot 2 shall either be obscure glazed and fixed shut non-opening rooflights or positioned so that the cill level is more than 1.7 metres above the floor level of the associated room. Reason: To ensure that the development is not unneighbourly in accordance with Policies D4 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
Appeal
No appeal lodged.
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