Description
Conversion of school building to 12 residential flats, alterations to access on Gorwell with 8 new dwellings and a car port (as amended and amplified by agents' letter dated 12 September 1997, by drawing nos. 9 4282/921/049 1137, and 1033A received 20 October 1997 and by drawing nos. 9 4282/921/049 1030C, 915C, 941C and 1124B accompanying agents' letter dated 3 November 1997).
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
That approval of the details of the external appearance of the
buildings and the landscaping of the site (hereinafter called "the
reserved matters") shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority.
Reason: As the application is not accompanied by details of these
matters.
That application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the
Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the
date of this permission.
Reason: By virtue of Sections 91 to 95 of the Town and Country Planning
Act 1990.
That the development hereby permitted shall be begun either before the
expiration of five years from the date of this permission, or before the
expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the
reserved matters to be approved, whichever is the later.
Reason: By virtue of Sections 91 to 95 of the Town and Country Planning
Act 1990.
That no development shall commence on any dwelling hereby permitted
until all buildings specified to be demolished and removed on drawing
no. 9 4282/921/049 1030C accompanying the application have been
demolished and the materials therefrom removed from the land.
Reason: To safeguard the character of the area.
That no development shall take place until there has been submitted to
and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a schedule of
materials and finishes for the external walls and roofs of the new
buildings, for the alterations and extensions to the retained building,
and for the boundary wall, including the car port.
Reason: To ensure that the details of the development are satisfactory.
That development shall not begin until a detailed specification of the
type, design and external finish of all windows, rooflights, external
doors and rainwater goods has been submitted to and approved in writing
by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the windows, rooflights,
external doors and rainwater goods shall be installed in accordance
with the approved schedule.
Reason: To ensure that the details of the development are satisfactory.
That no development shall take place until there has been submitted to
and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of
landscaping which shall include indications of all existing trees and
hedgerows on the land, and details of any to be retained, together with
measures for their protection in the course of development.
Reason: To protect local amenities.
That all hard and soft landscaping works comprised in the approved scheme
of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding
seasons following the occupation of the buildings or the completion of
the development, whichever is the sooner; and any trees or plants which
within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die,
are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced
in the next planting season with others of similar size and species,
unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any
variation.
Reason: To help to assimilate the development into its surroundings.
That no development shall commence until there has been submitted to
and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of
boundary treatments around and within the site; and no dwelling shall
be occupied until the boundary treatments around the boundary of the
site and around the boundary of that dwelling have been provided in
accordance with an approved scheme and such boundary treatments shall
be retained thereafter.
Reason: To ensure that the development is not unneighbourly, to
safeguard the character of the area and to ensure that the
details of the development are satisfactory.
That all rooflights shall be installed with a minimum cill height of
1.7 metres above finished first floor level and shall thereafter be
retained as such.
Reason: To ensure that the development is not unneighbourly.
That notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of, and Classes A, B
and C of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General
Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order revoking or re-enacting
that Order) no windows, dormer windows or rooflights shall be
constructed at first floor level other than those expressly authorised
by this permission.
Reason: To ensure that the development is not unneighbourly.
That no development shall commence until a record of the school
building to be retained has been made in accordance with a recording
method which shall first have been submitted to and approved in writing
by the Local Planning Authority. This should be undertaken by an
archaeologist/building recorder or organisation with acknowledged
experience in the recording of standing buildings and should be
presented in a form which is acceptable to and approved in writing
by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason: As the building is of architectural/historic interest.
That no development shall commence until there has been submitted to
and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme for
the disposal of surface water drainage; and surface water drainage
shall be disposed of in accordance with the approved scheme.
Reason: In the interests of public health and to avoid pollution.
That no dwelling shall be occupied until the whole of the roads and
footpaths shown on drawing no. 9 4282/921/049 1030C accompanying the
application, and all surface water drainage works have been laid out
and constructed in accordance with the Oxfordshire County Council Design
Guide for Residential Roads and the specification for the construction of
works for housing development, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the
Local Planning Authority.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety and convenience.
That prior to the commencement of any other development to which this
permission relates, the means of access between the land and the highway
shall be formed, laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with the
specification of the means of access attached hereto, and all ancillary
works therein specified shall be undertaken strictly in accordance with
the said specification.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety and convenience.
That no dwelling shall be occupied until space has been laid out
within the site for vehicles to be parked as shown on drawing no.
9 4282/921/049 1030C and such parking space shall be retained thereafter.
Reason: To comply with the Local Planning Authority's vehicle parking
standards and to protect local amenities.
That notwithstanding those details accompanying the application, no
development shall commence until there has been submitted to and approved
in writing by the Local Planning Authority, a detailed scheme for the
car port; and no dwelling shall be occupied until the car port has
been constructed in accordance with an approved detailed scheme.
Reason: To ensure that the details of the development are satisfactory
and to protect local amenities.
That, prior to the commencement of any work in connection with the
development hereby permitted details of the slab levels of the new
dwellings shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local
Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall not proceed
other than in accordance with the approved details.
Reason: To ensure the development is not neighbourly and dwellings have
a satisfactory appearance.