Planning Application Details

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, 3D, 110, 1132-1A, 1132-2A, 1132-3A and 1132-4A, 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.

That the existing buildings specified in the application to be demolished shall be demolished within 1 month of the first occupation of the buildings hereby permitted. Reason: To ensure satisfactory comprehensive development in accordance with Policies CSEN3 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, CON1, CON5, CON7, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The exterior of the development hereby permitted shall only be constructed in the materials specified on the plans hereby approved or in materials which shall previously have been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of the visual appearance of the development in accordance with Policies CSEN3 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, CON5, CON7, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The first floor window in the south-east elevation of the garage hereby permitted shall be glazed in obscure glass, and shall be fixed shut with the exception of a top hung openable fanlight, prior to the first occupation of the accommodation and it shall be retained as such thereafter. Reason: To ensure that the development is not unneighbourly in accordance with Policies G2, D4 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The cill level of the roof lights in the south-west elevation of the dwelling hereby approved shall be at least 1.7 metres above the floor level of the associated rooms and shall be retained as such. No additional rooflights shall be inserted into the south-west elevation of the development hereby approved without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that the development is not unneighbourly in accordance with Policies G2, D4 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development Order) 1995 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order), no development as specified in Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A - Extensions; Class E - Outbuildings; Class F - Hardstandings shall be undertaken without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority. Reason: The specific circumstances of this site warrant the Local Planning Authority having control over any further development as specified in the condition in the interests of amenity and in accordance with Policies CSEN3 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, CON5, CON7, D1, D4 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The garage accommodation hereby approved shall be retained as such and shall not be adapted for living purposes without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of ensuring that vehicles are discreetly located in accordance with Policies G2, CON5, CON7, D2 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

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 treatment shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The hard landscaping scheme shall be implemented as approved prior to first occupation of the development and thereafter retained as such. The soft landscaping scheme shall be implemented as approved within the first planting season 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 Policies CSEN3 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C9, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the commencement of any site works including demolition, the tree protection measures set out in the arboricultural method statement by Jenks dated November 2015 submitted with the application shall be put in place and thereafter retained for the duration of development. Reason: In order to safeguard important trees in accordance with Policies CSEN3 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C9, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to any demolition and the commencement of the development a professional archaeological organisation acceptable to the Local Planning Authority shall prepare an Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation, relating to the application site area, which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation and prior to any demolition on the site and the commencement of the development (other than in accordance with the agreed Written Scheme of Investigation), a staged programme of archaeological evaluation and mitigation 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 usable archive and a full report for publication which shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To secure the protection of and proper provision for any archaeological remains in accordance with Policy CSEN3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, CON11, CON13, CON14 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.