Planning Application Details

P18/S2331/FULApplication Type: Full Application (Show Map - opens in new window)
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Description
Demolition of the existing dwelling and the erection of two two-storey 5-bedroom dwellings together with detached double garages and formation of new access with entrance gates (rear balconies removed and reduction in the rear roofline as shown on amended plans received 1st November 2018 and levels, materials, landscaping and tree protection details shown on amended and additional plans received 20th November 2018 and drainage details as shown on plans received 30th November 2018).
Location
Beechwood Tokers Green Lane Tokers Green RG4 9EB
Grid Reference
469989/177794
Applicant
Bentier Homes Ltd
37 St Peters Avenue
Caversham
Reading
RG4 7DL
Agent
Anderson Orr Architects Ltd
The Studio
70 Church Road
Wheatley
OXFORD
OX33 1LZ
Case Officer
Paul Lucas
Telephone: 01235 422600
Email: planning@southoxon.gov.uk
View officers committee report (16/01/2019) 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
 
Kidmore End Parish Council
c/o Mr R F Penfold
30 Venetia Close
Emmer Green
READING
RG4 8UG
23 11 2018
15 11 2018
 
Mapledurham Parish Council
c/o Mr R F Penfold
30 Venetia Close
Emmer Green
READING
RG4 8UG
23 11 2018
15 11 2018
 
Countryside Officer(South Oxfordshire & Vale of White Horse)
19 07 2018
01 08 2018
 
Drainage - (South&Vale)
12 12 2018
12 12 2018
 
Forestry Officer (South Oxfordshire District Council)
23 11 2018
10 12 2018
 
Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
19 07 2018
13 08 2018
 
The Club at Mapledurham
Chazey Heath
Mapledurham
Reading
RG4 7UD
13 09 2018
 
Newlyn
Tokers Green Lane
Tokers Green
Reading
RG4 9EB
02 11 2018
12 11 2018
 
Cherry Trees
Tokers Green Lane
Tokers Green
Reading
RG4 9EB
02 11 2018
24 09 2018
 
Mulroy
Tokers Green Lane
Tokers Green
Reading
RG4 9EB
13 09 2018
 
Wingfield
Tokers Green Lane
Tokers Green
Reading
RG4 9EB
13 09 2018
 
Little Orchard
Tokers Green Lane
Tokers Green
Reading
RG4 9EB
02 11 2018
03 10 2018
 
Donnington Lodge
1 Skarries View
Tokers Green
Reading
RG4 9EA
02 11 2018
24 09 2018
 
Sandford House
2 Skarries View
Tokers Green
Reading
RG4 9EA
13 09 2018
 
Shiplake House
3 Skarries View
Tokers Green
Reading
RG4 9EA
13 09 2018
 
Goodacres
Tokers Green Lane
Tokers Green
South Oxfordshire
RG4 9EB
02 11 2018
16 09 2018
 
Cherry Trees
Tokers Green Lane
Tokers Green
Reading
South Oxfordshire
RG4 9EB
02 11 2018
11 11 2018
 
consulted by email
04 11 2018
 
Application Type
Minor (Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received  
6th July 2018
Registration Date  
6th July 2018
Start Consultation Period  
18th July 2018
End Consultation Period  
18th November 2018
Target Decision Date  
31st August 2018
Target Committee Meeting  
16th January 2019
Decision
Planning Permission on 24th January 2019
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, 17095.PP401, 17095.SU001, 17095.L01, 17095.TOPO, 17095.PE101b, 17095.PE201b, 17095.PP101b, 17095.PP201b, 117095-PP601, 17095-PP501, 17095.PP302c, BEN, 17095-IP002c, 17095.PS301c, Appendix 4 17095.PP301b, 3324-S4-TOKE-ICS-01-XX-DR-C-003-P2, 17095.PP301b, 3324-S4-TOKE-ICS-01-XX-DR-C-002-P2, 3324-S2-TOKE-ICS-01-XX-DR-C-005-P2, 3324-S4-TOKE-ICS-01-XX-DR-C-010-P2, 3324-S4-TOKE-ICS-01-XX-DR-C-012-P2 and 3324-S4-TOKE-ICS-01-XX-DR-C-004-P2, 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.

Except in the case of the details shown on the approved plans, no change in the levels of the land shall take place unless in accordance with a detailed scheme which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any development commences on site. The scheme shall include details of existing and proposed ground levels. Reason: To ensure a satisfactory form of development in accordance with Policies CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C4, 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 in the schedule of materials submitted with the application hereby approved or in materials which shall previously have been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To safeguard the character of the area in accordance with Policies CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C4, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The first floor bathroom and en-suite windows in the north-facing elevation of Plot 1 and the first floor bathroom and en-suite windows in the south-facing elevation of Plot 2 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 H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development Order) 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order), no development as specified in Schedule 2, Part 1, Classes A - Extensions, B - Roof Extensions, E - Outbuildings; 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 CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C4, D1, D4 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to occupation of the development hereby permitted the proposed means of access onto Tokers Green Lane 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 Policies G2, H4 and T1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Before the proposed access is first used, the existing access onto Tokers Green Lane shall be permanently stopped up by the means of reinstatement of the highway verge and proposed planting to the approval of the Local Planning Authority and in accordance with the local highway authority's specifications. Thereafter the closed access shall not be used by any vehicular traffic whatsoever. Reason: In the interest of highway safety in accordance with Policies G2, H4 and T1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the first occupation of the development vision splays measuring 2.4 metres by 33 metres shall be provided to each side of the access and the vision splays shall not be obstructed by any object, structure, planting or other material with a height exceeding or growing above 0.9 metres as measured from carriageway level. Reason: In the interest of highway safety in accordance with Policies G2, H4 and T1 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 drawing no. 17095-PP301B 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, H4, T1 and T2 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 planning permission from the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure the provision of adequate off-street car parking in accordance with Policies G2, D2, H4, T1 and T2 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 Policies G2, H4 and T1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The landscaping scheme as shown on the approved plan BEN dated 5th November 2018 shall be implemented prior to the first occupation or use 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 CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policies G2, C4, C9, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the commencement of development, the tree protection measures as set out on the approved site plan 17095 - PP301B received 12th December 2018 and listed within the Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) of the submitted Tree Survey Report shall be implemented before starting any on site works including demolition and thereafter shall be retained in situ for the duration 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, C4, C9, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The development hereby approved shall be implemented in accordance with the approved surface water and foul drainage details. Reason: To prevent pollution and flooding in accordance with Policies EP1, EP4 and EP6 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
Appeal
No appeal lodged.
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