Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Demolition of existing hotel and outbuilding. Demolition of existing single storey lean-to to no. 1 Bridge Terrace and provision of private garden. Erection of two new buildings comprising of 12 apartments with associated parking, access and bin store.
Location
Essex House Hotel & 1 Bridge Terrace 149 Chinnor Road, Thame OX9 3LS
Grid Reference
471649/205171
Applicant
Thomas Homes Ltd
2 The Long Yard
Ermin Street
Shefford Woodlands
HUNGERFORD
RG17 7EH
Agent
Spratley & Woodfield
Overy Farm
Dorchester-on-Thames
WALLINGFORD
OX10 7JU
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
Alan Pope, Developer Funding Officer
31 01 2006
CPRE (Henley/M'durham Area)
CPRE (Thame/Bullingdon Area)
CPRE -N J Moon (Rights of Way)
Leisure & Economic Development
03 02 2006
c/o Ms Helen Stewart
Town Hall
High Street
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3DP
25 01 2006
1 Cotmore Gardens
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LZ
31 01 2006
143 Chinnor Road
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LS
31 01 2006
2 Cotmore Gardens
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LZ
31 01 2006
Windrush
Bridge Terrace
Chinnor Road
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LU
31 01 2006
145 Chinnor Road
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LS
30 01 2006
4 Bridge Terrace
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LU
30 01 2006
4 Cotmore Gardens
THAME
Oxon
30 01 2006
Ridge Way
Bridge Terrace
Thame
Oxon
OX9 3LU
30 01 2006
2 Bridge Terrace
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LU
25 01 2006
3 Bridge Terrace
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LU
25 01 2006
3 Cotmore Gardens
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LZ
25 01 2006
42b Park Street
Thame
Oxon
OX9 3HR
25 01 2006
63 Cotmore Gardens
Thame
OXON
OX9 3NB
25 01 2006
147 Chinnor Road
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LS
149 Chinnor Road
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LS
16 Ludsden Grove
Thame
OX9 3BZ
5 Cotmore Gardens
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LZ
80 Chinnor Road
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LR
BBC Radio Oxford
269 Banbury Road
Summertown
Oxford
OX2 7DW
Bucks Free Press
Loudwater Mill
Station Road
Loudwater
HP10 9TY
Chiltern House
30 Queens Road
Thame
OX9 3NQ
Henley Standard
Caxton House
Henley-on-Thames
Oxon
Oxford Mail
45 Wykeham Park
West Street
Thame
Oxon
OX9 3JU
Oxford Star
Osney Mead
OXFORD
OX2 0EJ
Planning Committee
South Oxfordshire District Council
Police House
145 Chinnor Road
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3LS
Radio 210
Thames Valley
Broadcasting
PO Box 210
Reading, Berks
Reading Evening Post
Tessa Road
READING
Berks
Room 3/20
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6PN
Thame Gazette
2 Swan Walk
Upper High Street
Thame
OX9 3HN
Wallingford Herald
23 St Martin's Street
Wallingford
OX10 0AL
Application Progress
Date Received
23rd December 2005
Registration Date
23rd December 2005
Start Consultation Period
23rd December 2005
End Consultation Period
15th February 2006
Target Decision Date
17th February 2006
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 23rd March 2006
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
That having regard to the size, height, bulk, massing and detailing of the proposed two apartment buildings and to their siting adjacent to the footpath in Cotmore Gardens and in close proximity to Bridge Terrace, the proposal would appear prominent, intrusive and out of keeping with the character of the area and would detract from the modest character of Bridge Terrace. In addition the proposal would result in the permanent loss of Essex House Hotel which is considered to be an important landmark building of local historic interest that should be retained. In this way the proposal would be contrary to policies G2, G6 and H4 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 and to advice contained in the South Oxfordshire Design Guide. In addition the application is not accompanied by a site analysis or design statement to justify the proposals in their context.
That having regard to the size, height, bulk and massing of the proposed apartment buildings, to the first and second floor windows looking across Cotmore Gardens and Chinnor Road and to the restricted window to window distances of between 13 and 16 metres, the proposal would appear unacceptably overbearing and unneighbourly by virtue of overlooking and loss of privacy to the occupiers of dwellings in Chinnor Road and Cotmore Gardens. In this way the proposal would be contrary to policies D4 and H4 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 and to advice contained in the South Oxfordshire Design Guide.
Appeal
Appeal Dismissed on 15 March 2007
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