From: Julie Shea Sent: 13 October 2009 13:56 To: DC Secretaries Subject: FW: PublicAccess for Planning - Application Comments (09/01275/F) -----Original Message----- From: publicaccess@cherwell-dc.gov.uk [mailto:publicaccess@cherwell-dc.gov.uk] Sent: 13 October 2009 13:13 To: Public Access DC Comments Subject: PublicAccess for Planning - Application Comments (09/01275/F) PublicAccess for Planning - Application Comments (09/01275/F) "Richard Butt" has used the PublicAccess for Planning website to submit their comments on a Planning Application. You have received this message because you are the Case Officer for this application or because this is a designated mailbox for PublicAccess comments submissions. Comments were submitted at 13/10/2009 13:12:56 Application Summary ------------------- Application Number: 09/01275/F Address: Bishops End Burdrop Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5RQ Proposal: Alterations and extension to barn to provide 4no. en-suite letting rooms. Case Officer: Shona King Customer Details ---------------- Name: Richard Butt Address: College Barn Farm Colony Road Sibford Gower Oxfordshire Postcode: OX15 5RY Comments -------- Submission Type: Customer wishes to comment on the Planning Application. Comments: Richard Butt, College Barn Farm, Sibford Gower, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5RY For the attention of Shona King Cherwell District Council Letter of support for the planning application 09/01275/F with reservations. Date 14th October 2009 Subject to the following amendments/corrections being made I would support the application 09/01275/F 1. The proposed development is ugly and bears no architectural merit particularly as it is located in a conservation area it does not preserve or enhance the conservation area as required by local planning. The proposed development needs to match the existing front part of the Bishops Blaize as near as is possible in materials and design. 2. The bar appears to have been removed from the plans submitted .Surely the Bishop Blaize cannot be opened as a pub without one? Without the bar The Bishop Blaize cannot function as a pub. 3. The development in the Car park looks to be 2 to 3 metres higher than the existing pub roof. (the plans are so poor it is difficult to ascertain the true height) The roof line to be aesthetically acceptable should be no higher than that of the existing building. 4. The planned development removes 3 or 4 parking places from the Bishop Blaize car park and creates a need for 4 more spaces. (that is without designated spaces for the disabled/handicapped) There is also another parking space needed for the existing permission re the restaurant, a total of 9 extra car parking spaces are therefore needed. When the Bishop Blaize had competent management the car park was filled and overflowing on to adjoining roads on a regular basis. 5. The existing storage space on G. Noquets calculation is reduced by 25% by the conversion of the barn to a bedroom. Where are the beer barrels etc going to be stored? An underground cellar would probably be acceptable. 6. There does not appear to be a provision in the plans for a screened central heating fuel tank or refuse bin area. 7. The application states that there are NO BATS at the Bishop Blaize! I have personally seen them at the BB for around the last 44 years. To avoid disturbing a protected species a bat survey is therefore necessary .(before any planning consent is considered) 8. An access to bedroom two, three, and four is through bedroom one, I am sure that any occupant of bedroom one would probably not be too happy about this, I would also assume that it is contravening Health and safety rules. 9. The barn (to be bedroom 1) currently forms part of a licensed premises, I cannot find a change of use application anywhere on the Cherwell Planning Portal from A4 to C1 for the barn. I would object to this application if the applicant seeks a change of use from A4 to C1. Subject to the aforementioned amendments/corrections as points 1-9 I would support the application. If the amendments/corrections are not made I would object to the application. Richard Butt PublicAccess for Planning. (c) CAPS Solutions Ltd.