Linda Griffiths
Cherwell District Council
Planning & Development Services
Bodicote House White Post Road
Bodicote
Banbury
OX15 4AA

	

Our ref:	WA/2016/122425/01-L01
Your ref:	15/02103/REM

Date:		18 May 2016

Dear Ms Griffiths,

Reserved matters to application 06/00967/OUT - provision of local centre to include community centre (class D1), youth centre (class D1), nursery (class D1), convenience store (class A1), 4 x retail units (class A1/A2/A3/A4 and/or A5) and associated development including public square, landscaping, car parking, recycling point and ancillary servicing yard off whitelands way, at the kingsmere development, south west bicester.   
Formerly 2 Whitelands Farm Cottages Street From Middleton Stoney Road To Whitelands Farm Chesterton Bicester OX26 1RS      

Thank you for consulting us.

Due to increased workload prioritisation we are unable to provide comments on this application.

We are not a Statutory Consultee for reserved matters applications.

We would hope that as long as the proposed details comply with the planning conditions we requested on the outline planning permission, together with any advice provided in our consultation response, that the submitted details would be sufficient for you to determine the application.

Other Consents
As you are aware we also have a regulatory role in issuing legally required consents, permits or licences for various activities. We have not assessed whether consent will be required under our regulatory role and therefore this letter does not indicate that permission will be given by the Environment Agency as a regulatory body. 

The applicant should contact 03708 506 506 or consult our website to establish if consent will be required for the works they are proposing. Please see http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/topics/permitting/default.aspx

An environmental permit or exemption may also be required for any proposed works or structures, in, under, over or within 8 metres of the top of the bank of designated ‘main rivers’. Until recently this was called Flood Defence Consent. Some activities are also now excluded or exempt. Further details and guidance are available on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-activities-environmental-permits.

An environmental permit is in addition to and a separate process from obtaining planning permission.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr Joseph Callard
Planning Advisor

Direct dial 02084747657
Email planning-wallingford@environment-agency.gov.uk