Report by Director for Planning & Place (PN7).
The application seeks permission for the provision of a new permanent aggregate unloading and storage facility which will serve:
• the High Speed 2 (HS2) development;
• the existing onsite asphalt and concrete batching plant; and
• various national and local infrastructure projects in the surrounding area.
The local member has requested that the application be determined by the Planning & Regulation Committee. Objections have been received from Banbury Town Council due to the transport, dust and noise and air quality impacts
The report outlines the relevant planning policies along with the comments and recommendation of the Director for Planning and Place.
The development accords with the Development Plan as a whole and with individual policies within it, as well as with the NPPF. It is considered to be sustainable development in terms of environmental, social and economic terms. The proposed development would be beneficial in terms of safeguarding a rail depot site for the importation of aggregates into Oxfordshire. It is considered that potential impacts can be adequately addressed through planning conditions and legal agreements.
It is RECOMMENDED that subject to a routeing agreement and a S.106 agreement to secure highway works first being entered into that planning permission for Application MW.0026/20 be approved subject to conditions to be determined by the Director for Planning and Place including the matters set out in Annex 2 to the report PN7.
Decision:
Application MW.0026/20 withdrawn by the Applicant.
Minutes:
Application MW.0026/20 had been withdrawn by the Applicant.