The demolition of a house to be replaced with two can go ahead after planning permission was granted. 

Mohammed Saddiq applied to remove the house at Lamborough Hill, Wootton, and build a four-bed and a three-bed property.

The application was recommended for permission and was approved by the Vale of White Horse planning committee on Wednesday, September 25. 

The scheme was initially for three new houses, but was amended to be for two. 

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In the planning officers' report, it said: “This application seeks approval for the demolition of the house and its replacement with two detached, two-storey houses, one four-bedroom and one three-bedroom. The original application proposed three dwellings but amended plans reduced this to two. A full re-consultation has been carried out on this amendment.

“The development is supportable in principle and subject to the recommended conditions officers consider it will not be harmful to visual and neighbour amenity, highway safety, ecology and flood risk. Therefore, it is considered that the application accords with the policies of the development plan and the NPPF. Thus, it is recommended that planning permission be granted.”

In the minutes of the meeting, it said that the committee asked for a condition to limit working hours at the site. 

The minutes added: “A motion, moved and seconded, to approve the application subject to additional conditions in relation to a CTMP covering parking during construction, mud on the road and deliveries outside of peak hours and restrictions on working hours was carried on being put to the vote.”