Planning Application Details

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): P23/S1272/DIS

That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans, 22 SCSG SP1 Rev D, 23 SCSG V01 Rev A, 22 SCSG P1 Rev D, P-2500 Rev 01, 22 SCSG P1 Rev D, P-2500 Rev 01, 3227-1, 22 SCSG SL1 and SHPE23_01, 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.

Prior to the commencement of any site works (including demolition or site clearance) a protected area shall be designated for all existing trees which are shown to be retained, and the trees shall be protected in accordance with a scheme which complies with the current edition of BS 5837: "Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction" that shall first have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The agreed measures shall be kept in place during the entire course of development. Reason: To safeguard trees which are visually important in accordance with Policies ENV1, DES1, and DES2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

Prior to the commencement of development, with the exception of any demolition, a full surface water drainage scheme following the surface water drainage hierarchy as set out in Ciria C753 and by providing infiltration testing undertaken in accordance with BRE 365, shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The design of the surface water drainage system will be in accordance with the non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems, including details of the levels, size, position and construction of drainage works. The drainage scheme shall be sized to accommodate a minimum of the worst case 1 in 30 year storm, with evidence to demonstrate that the site can accommodate the worst case 1:100 year storm + 40% Climate Change storm, without any flows exiting up to this storm event and any storage on site not causing a nuisance or flooding to property. The approved scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved. Reason: To ensure the proper provision of surface water drainage and to ensure flooding is not exacerbated in the locality in accordance with Policy EP4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

Details of all boundary walls, fences and any other means of enclosure to include gaps at the bottom for hedgehogs shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of any development/any development above slab level . All such approved means of enclosure shall be erected prior to the first occupation of the development. Reason: In the interests of the visual appearance of the development, for ecological benefits and to ensure that the development is not unneighbourly in accordance with Policies ENV2, DES1, DES2 and DES6 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

Prior to occupation of the development hereby permitted the proposed means of access onto Springhill 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 TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

Prior to first occupation of the development, the existing means of access onto Springhill 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 TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

Prior to the first occupation of the development vision splays measuring 2.4 metres by 43 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 Policy TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with the approved plan 22 SCSG SP 1D 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 Policy TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

Prior to first occupation, all carbon reduction energy efficiency measures shall be implemented in accordance with the Energy Statement hereby approved and a Verification Report shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing. The Verification Report shall demonstrate (with photographic evidence) that the energy efficiency measures have been implemented. These measures shall be retained and maintained as such thereafter in accordance with the Energy Statement and Verification Report. Reason: To ensure high standards of sustainable design and construction in accordance with Policy DES10 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, an Electric Vehicle Charging Point shall be installed for each dwelling and thereafter retained as such. Reason: To ensure sustainable forms of transport in accordance with Policy TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

The landscaping scheme as shown on the approved plan SHPE23/01 and accompanying key document 'Garden Design' 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 soft landscaping so planted dying or being seriously damaged or destroyed within 5 years of the completion of the development, replacement planting, 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 ENV1, DES1 and DES2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

The biodiversity enhancements shown on drawing 22 SCSGP1D shall thereafter be installed as approved and prior to occupation of the development a letter report from a suitably qualified ecologist with photos of the bricks in situ shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the council. Reason: To incorporate biodiversity in and around developments in accordance with Policies ENV2 and ENV3 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

No surface water from the development shall be discharged onto the adjoining highway Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policy TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

The exterior of the development hereby permitted shall only be constructed in the materials specified on page 16 of the Design and Access Statement 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 Policies DES1 and DES2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

All trees, hedges and shrubs or similar vegetation where birds may nest which are to be removed as part of the development, are to be cleared outside the bird-nesting season (March - August inclusive) or if clearance during the bird-nesting season cannot reasonably be avoided, a suitably qualified ecologist will check the areas to be removed immediately prior to clearance and advise whether nesting birds are present. If active nests are recorded, no vegetation clearance or other works that may disturb active nests shall proceed until all young have fledged the nest. Reason: To ensure that wildlife is not adversely affected by the proposed development in line with and wildlife legislation and Policies ENV1, ENV2 and ENV3 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

The bathroom windows at first floor level in the side elevations of the dwellings shown as Plot 1 and 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 (or other means of opening to be first agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority) 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 Policy DES6 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.