17 September 2024 – Agenda
SUMMONS TO ATTEND A MEETING
TO: All Members of the Planning Committee
Cllrs M Baines (Deputy Chairman), D Dodds, L Emery, H Fickling (Chairman), C Jones, S McGarry, H Richards and P Swan
Ex Officio (Voting) Members – A Gilbert (Town Mayor) & D Dawson (Deputy Town Mayor)
To all other Members for information
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Planning Committee on Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 6.30pm (maximum one hour) in the Upper Chamber (Thame Town Hall) for the transaction of business as set out on the attached agenda.
Mandy Sturdy
Clerk of the Council
Date: Wednesday 11 September 2024
AGENDA
1) Apologies for Absence
To receive, note and agree apologies for absence.
2) Declarations of Interest and Dispensations
To notify of any items that appear in the agenda in which there may be an interest that has not been recorded in the Member’s Register of Interest, and confirmation of any relevant dispensations.
3) Public Participation and Public Questions
To consider applications from members of the public to address the Committee (5 minutes maximum), in respect of any item of business included in the agenda. Applications to speak must have been received by the Town Clerk no later than 5pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
To consider questions from members of the public (who live, work, or run a business in the Parish). Written questions must have been received by the Town Clerk no later than 4pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
4) Minutes
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 20 August 2024.
5) Travel Plan Working Group
To receive an update and consider any relevant actions.
To submit comments for inclusion in Thame Town Council’s official response to the Buckinghamshire LCWIP consultation to the EPO no later than 30th September 2024.
To approve the Terms of Reference for The Community Bus Working Group.
To approve the Terms of Reference for the newly formed LCWIP Working Group.
5. Travel Plan Working Group Update – 17 September 2024 [PDF]
5a. Community Bus Working Group – ToR Sept 2024 [PDF]
5b. Thame LCWIP Working Group – ToR Sep 2024 [PDF]
6) Consultation – Subsidised bus service contracts terminating in March 2025
Oxfordshire County Council are seeking views on current and potential future provision of bus services in advance of the procurement (March 2025) of the new contracts for the following services affecting Thame:
- Service 126: Watlington to Thame via Chalgrove, Stadhampton, Little Milton, the Haseleys, Great Milton and Moreton (Tuesday and Thursday)
- Service 127: Watlington to Thame via Lewknor, South Weston, Postcombe, Tetsworth and Milton Common (Tuesday and Thursday)
To agree a response to submit to Oxfordshire County Council.
6. Bus service consultation information pack [PDF]
7) Planning Applications
a) To consider and agree a response for each of the following planning applications:
1897 – 58 CEDAR CRESCENT
Single storey side and rear extension.
P24/S2571/HH
1897 Policies & Key Issues Report [PDF]
1900 – 34 ASTLEY ROAD
First floor extension to the front elevation above the existing ground floor extension to provide a second bedroom. General repair works to replace all timber cladding to the first floor with a new timber effect cladding.
P24/S2141/HH
1900 Policies & Key Issues Report [PDF]
1901 – 22 NELSON STREET
Proposed two storey rear & side extension.
P24/S2725/HH
1901 Policies & Key Issues Report [PDF]
b) To receive and approve the Officer’s recommendations for the following planning applications (these can be approved in bulk if no comments from the Committee):
1895 – 16 HENRIETTA ROAD
Demolish existing porch. Construct single storey front extension including open porch, reposition main entrance door and alter window opening to front and add high level side window.
P24/S2644/HH
Officer recommendation: Supports
1896 – 5 SOUTHERN ROAD
Replacement of existing skylight windows/glass tiles with conservation roof lights. Removal of wooden cladding on right hand side of property to be replaced like for like.
P24/S2632/LB
Officer recommendation: Supports subject to no objection from the Heritage Officer.
1898 – 2 CHURCH ROAD
Single-storey rear extension, internal alterations, and partial conversion of the existing outbuilding.
P24/S2678/HH
Officer recommendation: Supports subject to no objection from the Heritage Officer.
1899 – 2 CHURCH ROAD
Single-storey rear extension, internal alterations, and partial conversion of the existing outbuilding.
P24/S2679/LB
Officer recommendation: Supports subject to no objection from the Heritage Officer.
8) For Information
a) To note the minutes of the Thame Conservation Area Conservation Committee’s meeting on 11 September 2024.
8a. CAAC Minutes – September 11th 2024 [PDF]
b) Notification of Appeal Dismissed – APP/Q3115/D/24/3338605 (Planning application P23/S3306/S73 – 6 Aylesbury Road – Removal of condition 4 (North facing windows of the dormer) on planning permission P21/S0699/HH Loft conversion, rear extension and porch).
To note that the Planning Inspector dismissed the above appeal on 20 August 2024.
8b. Despatch Cover Letter – Appeals’ Officer – 20 Aug 2024 [PDF]
8b. 3338605 – Appeal Decision [PDF]
c) Notification of Decisions Meeting (OCC)
To note the following decisions as agreed by Oxfordshire County Council on 5 September 2024:
- Elms Road parking restrictions – Approved (TTC supported)
- Amended 20mph speed limits – Partially approved. 20mph will be introduced on Kingsey Road and Oxford Road but Chinnor Road and Aylesbury Road will remain as 30mph.
8c. Decisions 05092024 1000 Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Transport Mgt [PDF]
d) Property Numbering / Removal of Commercial Address Notification: Conversion of first floor office accommodation to 2 flats to be known as: Flat 1 & Flat 2, 3 Pump Lane, THAME OX9 3BT. Also, removal of commercial addresses: Hickman Shearer Ltd. and Pluris at 3 Pump Lane, Thame, OX9 3BT.
8d. Conversion of first floor office accommodation to 2 flats at 3 Pump Lane [PDF]
e) Correspondence with the Case Officer / Planning Agent – P24/S1371/FUL – 3 Cornmarket – Installation of two AC condensers and a cold store unit, to be located on rear elevation facing rear yard; Installation of a vent outlet, to be installed on rear elevation facing yard. (As amended and amplified by information received 10 June 2024).
To note the Neighbourhood Plan Continuity Officer’s correspondence with the Case Officer. It is considered that the Town Council’s objections submitted to the amendment on 27 June 2024 remain valid and stand.
f) Lawful Development Application – P24/S2794/LDP – 56 Youens Drive – Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed construction of rear dormer plus roof window on front roof slope.
To note that the application seeks confirmation from the Local Planning Authority that the proposed development is lawful and therefore they are unable to take any comments on the planning merits of the proposal into account. If any Councillor has specific concerns, please be prepared to raise them at the meeting.