Planning Application Details

P18/S1066/FULApplication Type: Full Application (Show Map - opens in new window)
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Description
Conversion of existing barn to residential use
Location
Benwells Farm Barn. Land adjoining Benwells Farmhouse Bix RG9 4RT
Grid Reference
472500/184861
Applicant
 Peter A,  Susan A and Jane W Armstrong and White
Benwells Farm Barn
Bix
Reading
RG9 4RT
Agent
Matthew T Young Architect
25 Hunts Mill
Goldsmiths Lane
Wallingford
OX10 0DN
Case Officer
Marc Pullen
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
 
Bix & Assendon Parish Council
Jane Pryce
56 Galsworthy Drive
Caversham Park Village
Reading
RG4 6PP
07 04 2018
30 04 2018
 
Countryside Officer(South Oxfordshire & Vale of White Horse)
01 05 2018
15 05 2018
 
Forestry Officer (South Oxfordshire District Council)
07 04 2018
02 05 2018
 
Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
07 04 2018
24 04 2018
 
Benwells Farmhouse
Bix
Henley-On-Thames
RG9 4RT
06 04 2018
 
Drews Wood Cottage
Bix
Henley-On-Thames
RG9 4RT
06 04 2018
 
Application Type
Minor (Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received  
27th March 2018
Registration Date  
28th March 2018
Start Consultation Period  
6th April 2018
End Consultation Period  
27th April 2018
Target Decision Date  
23rd May 2018
Decision
Planning Permission on 18th May 2018
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): P21/S1232/DIS

That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans, PL.05, PL.04, PL.03, ABFB.PL.01, 2048.01, HTS01GPb, 2048.07, 2048.06, 2048.05, 2048.04, 2048.03, 2048.02, PL.06 and PL02, 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.

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 Policy CSQ3 and CSEN1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies E8, G2 and D1 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-02 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 T1 and T2 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 scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation or use of 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 CSEN1 and 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 Policies CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C9 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The development hereby approved shall be implemented in accordance with all of the measures stated in sections 3 and 4 of the supporting Bat Method Statement (United Environmental Services Ltd, 14/03/2018, Ref: UES02143/02). Any variation from the approved details shall be agreed in writing prior to any such change being implemented. Reason: To ensure that the important species on site are protected, in accordance with Policies C6 and C8 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan, Policy CSB1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy and Paragraph 109 of the NPPF.

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any site clearance or demolition, evidence of the successful receipt of a European protected species licence from Natural England, related to this specific development, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Reason: To ensure that the important species on site are protected, in accordance with Policies C6 and C8 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan, Policy CSB1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy and Paragraph 109 of the NPPF.

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, Class B, Class C, Class D of the Order shall not be undertaken without obtaining planning permission for 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 and CSEN1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies E8,G2 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

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 obtaining planning permission for 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 in accordance with Policy CSQ3 and CSEN1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies E8, G2 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
Appeal
No appeal lodged.
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