Planning Application Details

That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans, PL00, PL04 C, PL02 B, PL03 B and PL01 C, 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 materials to be used for the external walls and roofs shall be as approved under application P18/S2120/DIS unless otherwise first approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 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, Policies G2, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011, and Policy P1 of the Watlington Neighbourhood Plan.

The tree protection details as shown on the approved Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Scheme dated 5 February 2018 submitted in respect of application P18/S0523/FUL shall be retained in situ for the duration of development, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To safeguard trees which are visually important in accordance with Policies CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027, Policies G2, C9 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011, and Policy P1 of the Watlington Neighbourhood Plan.

A landscaping scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the development, or within a timescale first agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in accordance with details to be first submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the landscaping shall 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, Policies G2, C9 and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011, and Policy P1 of the Watlington Neighbourhood Plan.

The cill level of the roof lights in the north west elevation of Plot 1 and the cill level of the first floor window and roof lights in the south east elevation of Plot 2 shall be at least 1.7 metres above the floor level of the associated rooms and shall be retained as such. Reason: To ensure that the development is not unneighbourly in accordance with Policies H4 and D4 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 enlargement, improvement or other alteration of any dwellinghouse as described in Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A 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 Policies CSEN1 and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2027, Policies G2, H4, and D1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011, and Policy P1 of the Watlington Neighbourhood Plan.

Prior to the occupation of the dwellings hereby approved the existing means of access onto Hill Road shall be improved 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 Policy T1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

Prior to occupation of the dwelling on Plot 2 hereby permitted the proposed means of access onto Hill Road 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 Policy 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 the approved plan, PL01 C, 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.

The vision splays shown on the approved plan, Drawing 1, submitted under application P18/S0523/FUL, 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 Policy T1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The garage buildings hereby permitted shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the associated dwellings. Reason: As the separate occupation of the accommodation would represent an undesirable sub-division of the property and result in inadequate standards of amenity and privacy in accordance with Policy H13 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The reptile mitigation strategy shall be carried out in accordance with the details approved under application P18/S2120/DIS. Reason: To protect the important species on the site, in accordance with Policy CSB1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy and Policy C8 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.

The garage buildings hereby approved shall only be constructed in place of, and not in conjunction with the garage buildings previously approved under applications P18/S0523/FUL or P18/S3664/FUL. 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, Policies G2, D1 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011, and Policy P1 of the Watlington Neighbourhood Plan.