Planning Application Details

That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans, 22 GARDEN ROOM, 22 SCSG SL1, 22 SCSG PS01a, 22 SCSG PS01, Boundary treatment plan 001, 22 SCSG DT01 and 22 SCSG SP1E rev A, and the following plans approved under application reference P22/S4608/FUL 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.

That, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority the tree protection measures shall be carried out as per the details approved under application reference P23/S1272/DIS and letter dated 5 May 2023. 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.

That, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority the development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the drawings 22 SCSG SP1E Rev A, 23 SCSG DT01 20/10/2023 and SuDS Drainage Statement received 5 July 2023 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.

That, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority the boundaries of the site shall as shown on Drawing Boundary Treatment Plan 001. 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 be installed as approved prior to occupation of the dwellings 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 and paragraph 179 and 180 of the NPPF.

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.