Conditions / Refusal Reasons
That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans:
P22-1594_DE_50_E_01 Site Location Plan
23219-23-01 Topographic Site Survey
237610_PD01_Rev K Western Access General Arrangement
1636-013 Rev I Western Access Landscape Masterplan
10772-P-3252 P5 (2024-10-30) WESTERN ACCESS ROAD SUDS DRAINAGE LAYOUT
10772-P-3305 P4 (2024-10-30) WESTERN ACCESS ROAD EXTERNAL LEVELS
and the following document:
10772-Western Access Road Flood Risk & Drainage Statement-Rev 4.0
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.
No building shall be occupied on the adjoining development as approved by planning permission P17/S4254/O, until the whole of the roads and walking and cycling infrastructure, and all surface water drainage works, as shown on the approved plans as per condition 1 of this permission, have been laid out, constructed and completed in accordance details to be agreed with Oxfordshire County Council through the adoptions process.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure a satisfactory standard of construction is provided to serve the adjoining development, in accordance with Policy TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
A scheme for the landscaping of the site, including the planting of live trees and shrubs, the provision of boundary treatment, gates and fences and the location and details of lighting, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These details shall include schedules of new trees and shrubs to be planted (noting species, plant sizes and numbers/densities), the identification of the existing trees and shrubs on the site to be retained (noting species, location and spread), any earth moving operations and finished levels/contours, and an implementation programme. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full in the first planting season prior to first use of the completed road hereby permitted, and 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 ENV1, DES1 and DES2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
Concurrent with the submission of comprehensive details of the proposed landscape works in Condition 3, a maintenance schedule and a long term management plan (for a minimum period of 20 years), for the soft landscaping works shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Landscape Management Plan shall include:
a) Details of long term design principles and objectives.
b) Management responsibilities, maintenance schedules and replacement provisions for existing retained landscape features and any landscape to be implemented as part of the approved landscape scheme.
c) A plan detailing which areas of the site the Landscape Management Plan covers and also who is responsible of the maintenance of the other areas of the site.
d) Summary plan detailing different management procedures for the types of landscape on site
The schedule and plan shall be implemented in accordance with the agreed programme.
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.
Prior to the commencement of any site works or operations, including demolition and site clearance relating to the development hereby permitted, an Arboricultural Method Statement and accompanying Tree Protection Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
The Arboricultural Method Statement must include the following:
(1) A specification of any pruning or tree surgery works to any trees to be retained, to prevent accidental damage by construction or demolition activities;
(2) The specification and location of temporary tree protective fencing and any ground protection required to protect all retained trees in accordance with the current edition of BS 5837 ''Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction'', and details of the timing and duration of its erection;
(3) The definition of areas for the storage or stockpiling of materials, temporary on-site parking, site offices and huts, mixing of cement or concrete, and fuel storage;
(4) The means of demolition of any existing site structures, and of the re-instatement of the area currently occupied thereby;
(5) The route and method of installation of drainage or any underground services in the vicinity of retained trees; Consideration will be made to avoid siting of utilities and service runs within the Root Protection Area (RPA) of all trees to be retained. Only where it can be demonstrated that there is no alternative location for the laying of utilities, will encroachment into the RPA be considered. Methodology for any installation works within the RPA will be provided and must be in compliance with the current edition of NJUG 'Guidelines for the planning and installation and maintenance of utility apparatus in proximity to trees'.
(6) The details and method of construction of any other structures such as boundary walls in the RPA of retained trees and how these relate to existing ground levels;
(7) The details of materials and method of construction of any roadway, driveway, parking, pathway or other surfacing within the RPA, which is to be of a 'No Dig' construction method, in accordance with the principles with in Arboricultural Association Guidance Note 12 "The use of cellular confinement systems near trees" and in accordance with current industry best practice; and is appropriate for the type of roadway required in relation to its usage.
(8) Provision for the supervision of ANY works within the RPA of trees to be retained, and for the monitoring of continuing compliance with the protective measures specified, by an appropriately qualified arboricultural consultant, to be appointed at the developer's expense and notified to the Local Planning Authority, prior to the commencement of development; and provision for the regular reporting of continued compliance or any departure there from to the Local Planning Authority.
Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details with the agreed measures being 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.
The development hereby permitted shall be implemented in accordance with Section 6 of Ecological Appraisal 6724-01 dated March 2024 submitted with the application in all respects. All ecological mitigation and enhancement features shall be delivered on site prior to first use and retained as such thereafter. Any variation shall be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority before such change is made.
Reason: To protect the important species on the site, in accordance with Policies ENV2 and ENV3 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.