Planning Application Details

P19/S3220/FULApplication Type: Full Application (Show Map - opens in new window)
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Description
Installation of a synchronous gas-powered standby generation facility, ancillary infrastructure and equipment and access. As clarified by revised flood risk assessment received on 17 December 2019 and revised traffic figures received on 29 January 2020.
Location
Land Off Old London Road Wheatley
Grid Reference
461003/205440
Applicant
Balance Power Projects Limited
Alexandra Business Park
Prescot Road
St Helens
WA10 3TP
Agent
Aardvark EM Limited
Aardvark EM Ltd   Higher Ford
Wiveliscombe
Taunton
TA4 2RL
Case Officer
Sharon Crawford
Telephone: 01235 422600
Email: planning@southoxon.gov.uk
View officers committee report (12/02/2020) 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
 
Wheatley Parish Council
c/o Michelle Legg
The Parish Office
The Merry Bells
89 High Street
Wheatley
OX33 1XP
23 10 2019
13 11 2019
 
National Grid Plant Protection
23 10 2019
 
Countryside Access
23 10 2019
29 10 2019
 
SGN Plant Protection Team
22 10 2019
22 10 2019
 
The Lodge
Wheatley Farm Shop
Old London Road
Wheatley
Oxford
OX33 1DW
22 10 2019
 
South Oxfordshire District of CPRE
04 11 2019
 
Drainage - (South&Vale)
12 11 2019
23 12 2019
 
Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
30 01 2020
24 02 2020
 
Application Type
Minor (Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received  
14th October 2019
Registration Date  
14th October 2019
Start Consultation Period  
22nd October 2019
End Consultation Period  
12th November 2019
Target Decision Date  
14th February 2020
Target Committee Meeting  
12th February 2020
Decision
Planning Permission on 14th February 2020
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, DNO-01, GS-01, LOT-01, PAL-01, SR-01, TR-01, WC-01, WHTLY-AP-001, WHTLY-EL-001, WHTLY-EL-002, WHTLY-EL-003, WHTLY-EL-004, WHTLY-ESPT-001, WHTLY-LP-001 and WHTLY-PSP-001, 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 planning permission hereby granted is for a period from the date of this decision until the date occurring 25 years after the date of commencement of the development hereby permitted. Written notification of the date of commencement shall be given to the local planning authority no later than 14 days after the event. Reason: In view of the temporary nature of the development and in accordance with Policy G2 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan.

No later than 12 months prior to the end of this permission, a site restoration scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include a programme of works to remove the plant and related equipment, and shall be fully implemented within 12 months of the expiry of this permission. Reason: To safeguard the character of the area in accordance with Policy CSEN1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027 and Policy G2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

That a scheme for the landscaping of the site, including the planting of live trees and shrubs, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted. 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, C9 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the commencement of development, a full surface water drainage scheme, including details of the size, position and construction of drainage works, shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The drainage scheme shall be designed to accommodate a 1 in 10 year storm + 40% CC and will be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved Reason: To prevent pollution and flooding in accordance with Policies EP1, EP4 and EP6 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

A Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) in respect of routing of vehicles and delivery times for construction materials/equipment shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development. The approved CTMP shall be implemented prior to any works being carried out on site, and shall be maintained throughout the course of the development. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to mitigate the impact of construction vehicles on the surrounding highway network, road infrastructure and local residents, particularly at morning and afternoon peak traffic times and in accordance with Policy T1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to the first use of the development hereby approved, the parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with the approved plan whtly-psp-00A 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.

No building or raising of land levels shall take place along the line of the access track within the flood zone 3 land. Reason: To prevent increased risk of flooding due to impedance of flood flows and reduction of flood storage capacity in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework.
Appeal
No appeal lodged.
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