Agenda

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 13 April 2026 and 12 May 2026, for the Chair to sign them as a correct record and to receive information arising from them.

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Report by Planning Development Manager and Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer

An update and proposed amendment to the resolution of the Planning and Regulation Committee on 19 January 2026 on the former Wicklesham Quarry, Faringdon, further to advice from the Highways Authority.

Officers therefore RECOMMEND that the resolution of the Committee be amended to state as follows:

That subject to further consideration of satisfactory highway treatments for crossing the A420 by highways officers, with the applicant and planning officers; which would come back to the Chair for consideration and a 25m buffer zone on the SSSI and subject to a Section 106 agreement to cover the matters outlined in Annex 2, planning permission for MW.0151/23 be approved subject to conditions to be determined by the Director of Economy and Place, to include those set out in Annex 1.

Report by Planning Development Manager

Application for determination of the conditions to which a planning permission is to be subject (Permission numbers DD1 and DD2).  

It is RECOMMENDED that the Committee weigh the loss of irreplaceable and priority habitats, the relevant development plan and national policy framework, the EIA reasoned conclusion, the statutory ROMP compensation provisions and the financial implications for the Council. Having done so, and having reached a reasoned conclusion on the significant effects of the development on the environment, the committee should determine the application by selecting either option a) or option b) below:

a)    Application no. MW.0041/23 for determination of the conditions to which a planning permission is to be subject (Permission numbers DD1 and DD2) be APPROVED subject to the conditions set out in Annex 4 but omitting the following condition: 

No development shall take place in areas of irreplaceable, or priority habitats as recorded in ES Appendix C Ecological Impact Assessment V2 or Radley Gravel Pits Local Wildlife Site; OR

b)    Application no. MW.0041/23 for determination of the conditions to which a planning permission is to be subject (Permission numbers DD1 and DD2) be APPROVED subject to the conditions set out in Annex 4 including the following condition: 

No development shall take place in areas of irreplaceable, or priority habitats as recorded in ES Appendix C Ecological Impact Assessment V2 or Radley Gravel Pits Local Wildlife Site.