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Agenda item

25/03122/FUL - Wyck Hill Farm Racing Stables, Stow-on-the-Wold

Proposal

Proposed re-location of stable yard including provision of new access, new buildings and siting of a mobile home.

 

Case Officer

Martin Perks

 

Ward Member

Councillor Dilys Neill

 

Recommendation

PERMIT subject to completion of S106 legal agreement covering Biodiversity Net Gain

 

 

 

Minutes:

The proposal was to re-locate a stable yard including provision of new access, new buildings and siting of a mobile home.

Case Officer: Martin Perks

Ward Member: Councillor Dilys Neill

Recommendation: To PERMIT subject to completion of S106 legal agreement covering Biodiversity Net Gain

 

The Chair invited the Case Officer to introduce the application who made the following points:

  • The agent requested flexibility in condition wording and timeframes to allow phased submissions, and delegated authority was proposed for officers to amend the relevant timeframes accordingly.
  • The Case Officer shared a map, site contour map, aerial photographs, site location map and site section.

 

Speaker 1 – Ward Member – Councillor Dilys Neill

The legal representative was satisfied that the Chair had confirmed that they would be able to approach the application openly and transparently.

 

The proposal supported a long-established equestrian business by modernising stables, converting two redundant barns to housing to fund the business, providing a mobile home for the groom, creating local employment, and improving access with a safer, Council-approved entrance.

 

Member Questions

  • The stone barn qualified for conversion under paragraph 84 as non-designated charity assets, with the Dutch barn’s setting enhanced by removal of surrounding buildings and landscaping, and the land already had an equestrian use from a 2004 permission.
  • Highways had no objection, noting that the new entrance provided the required 215?m visibility, with average recorded speeds of 57?mph, and they had requested clarification on space and distances which had been addressed.

 

Member comments

  • The development supported a local equestrian business, which was an important contributor to the local economy.
  • Changing the entrance was welcomed for existing safety concerns.

 

Councillor Joe Harris proposed and Councillor Daryl Corps seconded the proposal to permit the application. Delegated authority was proposed for the officer to make minor amendments to condition timeframes, with a Section 106 agreement ensuring monitoring of biodiversity net gain (BNG) over the coming months. The proposal was put to the vote and agreed by the Committee.

 

RESOLVED: To PERMIT subject to completion of S106 legal agreement covering Biodiversity Net Gain with delegated to Officers to condition timeframes.

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