Application:
24/02372/FUL | Demolition of existing retail buildings and erection of a laboratory and office building for research and development (Use Class E). Provision of a cycle parking store, access, a plant, landscaping and associated works. | Units 2-5 Botley Retail Park Lamarsh Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 0HA
Our Response:
February 2025
We object to this application. Botley Road is one of the principal routes in to the city centre from the West. The application site is set back from Botley Road and borders the Oxford Green Belt, with King George’s Playing Field to the East and Hinksey Meadow to the South. This is an area characterised by two-storey commercial units and two-storey semi-detached houses.
The amendments to this application do not address the issues raised in our previous letter, submitted on 13/11/24. The proposed building’s height still exceeds the limit set out in the Botley Road Technical Advice Note (TAN 17) by almost 8 meters. The proposed development would have an adverse effect on views both towards and out from the city centre.