PLANNING COMMITTEE - Banbury Town Council

PLANNING COMMITTEE
Minutes of a meeting of the Planning Committee held on Wednesday, 09 April 2014 at
6.30pm in the Town Hall, Banbury.
Present:
Councillor Harrison (Vice Chairman in the Chair)
Councillors: Beere, Clarke, Dhesi, Milne Home, Ross and Wren.
Officers:
Matthew Coyne (Planning & Administration Officer)
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Apologies
Councillors Cullip and Ilott.
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Declarations of Interest
Councillors Beere, Clarke, Milne Home and Ross declared that as Members of the
Planning Committee of Cherwell District Council, any views expressed at the meeting
would be based on the information currently available and that their final decisions,
which in the light of further information, might differ from previous views, would be
made at the Local Planning Authority Meeting.
Councillor Ross declared a personal interest as a Member of the Committee of the
Sunshine Centre, in respect of application No 14/00408/F (The Sunshine Centre,
Edmunds Road) and withdrew from the meeting during the discussion and voting
thereon. Councillor Ross also declared a personal interest as a friend of the architect,
in respect of application No 14/00277/F (land adjoining and north of 6 Hightown Road)
and withdrew from the meeting during the discussion and voting thereon.
Councillor Beere declared a disclosable pecuniary as an employee of Chiltern
Railways, in respect of application No 14/00003/SCOP (OS Parcel 8184 Adjoining And
North of River Cherwell And South West Of Spital Farm Sewage Bankside) and
withdrew from the meeting during the discussion and voting thereon.
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Minutes of the last Meeting
IT WAS RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2014 be
approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
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Planning Applications to be considered
The Committee considered various planning applications that had been referred to the
Town Council for consideration by Cherwell District Council (CDC) and were matters
that had been delegated to the Planning Committee or where a Ward Member had
referred a delegated application.
IT WAS RESOLVED that the comments, as set out in Appendix 1, be forwarded to the
Local Planning Authority.
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Planning Applications Delegated to the Town Clerk
The Town Clerk had submitted a schedule containing details of planning applications
which had been delegated to him in consultation with the Chairman, setting out the
observations that had been forwarded to Cherwell District Council.
IT WAS RESOLVED that the report be noted.
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Banbury Town Council
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Planning Committee
09 April 2014
Decision Notices
Members were advised that there had been no Decision Notices that had been
received where the decision of the Planning Authority was contrary to the observations
of the Town Council.
IT WAS RESOLVED that the report be noted.
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Planning Appeals
Members were advised that an appeal had been submitted by Mr Mike Beames against
the refusal to grant planning permission by Cherwell District Council on the grounds
that the proposed garage extension, due to its size and sitting, ‘represents an overdominant and over-bearing feature which will cause significant harm to the residential
amenity currently enjoyed by the occupants of 36 Kingsway to the rear, contrary to
Saved Policies C28 and C30 of the adopted Cherwell Local Plan 1996 and Government
guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework’.
Members were advised that the appeal lodged by Gallagher Estates, with respect to
planning application 13/00321/OUT, had been withdrawn.
IT WAS RESOLVED that the report be noted.
PL.98/13
Banbury Traffic Advisory Committee
IT WAS RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 05 March 2014 be noted.
PL.99/13
Temporary Road Closure- Banbury – Southam Road Roundabout
Members were advised that a request had been received from Optimise (Water) LLP
for a temporary One Way Traffic restriction and “No Waiting” restriction to apply to a
length of Foundry Street, Banbury whilst essential Thames Water pipe diversion works
were carried out. A temporary Notice was being made by Oxfordshire County Council
to implement the temporary restrictions and would operate from 7 April 2014 for 5
consecutive days (07.30 to 17.00 each day).
IT WAS RESOLVED that the report be noted.
The meeting ended at 7.05pm
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APPENDIX 1
Banbury Town Council
Planning Committee
09 April 2014
Planning Applications considered by the Planning Committee
Application Number
14/00291/OUT
Applicant
Ms Sidra Hill
Location
24A Fergusson Road
Proposal
OUTLINE - Construction of new two storey, three bedroom property
on garden land to south side of existing property. Extension of
access road to new property.
Erection of 2no. Flats
Observations
No Objections
14/00277/F
Mr Paul Raymont
Land Adjoining And North of 6
Hightown Road
13/01948/F AMENDED
14/00404/TPO
LXB RP (Banbury) Ltd &
Prodrive Holdings Ltd
Sunshine Centre Board of
Trustees
Mr Weir
Prodrive Ltd Acorn Way
Variations of Conditions 34 and 39 of 13/00227/F
No Objections
The sunshine centre Edmunds
Road
Sycamore House Firtree Close
Erection of a community café.
No Objections
No Objections
3 Dashwood Terrace Dashwood
Road
1 no. Willow (T1) (Whitebeam on TPO) - Prune Eastern side away
from house to give 2.2 metre clearance. 1 no. Spruce (T3) - Fell. 1
no. Sycamore (T14) - Reduce lower Northern Crown (over drive) by
1 metre. Trees subject to TPO 11/2003
Fell Sweet Chestnut Tree (T4) and replant with Field Maple Subject to TPO 16/2002
T1 x Christmas Tree - Crown raise by 2.0m to give 0.5m clearance
from neighbouring premises guttering
14/00376/TPO
Ms Frances Morrow
Whately Lodge Horse Fair
14/00123/TCA
Mrs Angela Moulder
14/00328/TPO
Mrs Yvonne Gray
146 Bloxham Road
Fell 1 no. Horse Chestnut. Tree Subject to TPO 3/1962
14/00003/SCOP
Chiltern Railways
OS Parcel 8184 Adjoining And
North of River Cherwell And
South West Of Spital Farm
Sewage Bankside
Scoping Opinion - Proposed Banbury train maintenance depot and
associated rail sidings
No Objections - Banbury Town
Council would like to see the tree
replaced, as recommended in 6.0 (ii)
of the tree survey 'report of
inspection'.
No comment at this stage of the
application process
14/00109/TCA
Sue Goss
61 West Street
T1 x Unidentified Broadleaf - Reduce height by three quarters and
reduce branches overhanging neighbours garage back to boundary
14/00408/F
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BTC would like to object to this
application as there is a lack of
access to the proposed development
and there would be concerns over the
safety of this access.
No Objections
No Objections
No Objections
Planning Committee
09 April 2014
R3.0031/14
Oxfordshire County Council
Frank Wise School, Hornbeam
Close
14/00115/TCA
Brian Collins Banbury Town
Council
Peoples Park Warwick Road
new 2 storey building for the 16-19 age group (6th form) at the
Frank Wise School in Banbury to replace the existing temporary
accommodation. The proposals include minor car parking
improvements with the creation of 7 additional parking spaces in
the main school parking area and also 4 spaces for use in
association with the 16-19 building on the site of the temporary
buildings
Various tree works as per attached schedule
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No Objections
No Comment - BTC Application

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