Description
Erection of rear dormer window, insertion of front rooflight and conversion of garage into ancillary residential accommodation re-configuring driveway parking and manoeuvring area and provision of additional soft landscaping (site plan revised to accommodate three vehicles as shown on amended plan received 12th May 2017).
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, 2.02, 2.01, 1.01 and 2.03 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.
That the materials to be used for the external walls and roofs of the development hereby approved shall be of the same colour, type and texture as those used on the existing dwelling.
Reason: In the interests of the visual appearance of the development in accordance with Policies CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C4, D1 and H13 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
The dormer window in the north-west facing elevation of the en-suite hereby permitted shall be glazed in obscure glass with a minimum of level 3 obscurity, 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 H13 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 2.03, Rev A and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, drained and completed to be compliant with sustainable drainage (SuDS) principles, 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 G2, D2, H13, T1 and T2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
Prior to the first occupation of the conversion hereby permitted, concrete or blacktop should be laid in a 1 metre strip from the boundary of the driveway with the road to the start of the gravelled area to help reduce the problem of gravel being carried onto the pavement.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety and in accordance with Policies G2, H13 and T1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.