| Conditions or Reasons: | 1)
The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than one year from the date of this permission.
Reason: To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. |
2)
The permission hereby granted shall endure for a period of 35 years from the date
when electricity is first generated by the Solar Farm (the 'First Export Date'). Written
confirmation of the First Export Date shall be provided to the Local Planning Authority
no later than 1 calendar month after the event. Within 6 months, following the
completion of the 30 year period, or the cessation of their use for electricity
generating purposes, whichever is the sooner, the solar panels together with any
supporting apparatus, mountings, cabling, foundations, inverter stations, fencing,
CCTV cameras and other associated equipment shall be removed from the site and
the land restored to agricultural use or to a condition to be agreed in writing by the
Local Planning Authority.
Reason: To ensure that the development is decommissioned and the land returned to
its original use prior to the development in the interest of preserving the openness of
the Green Belt and countryside. |
3)
Notwithstanding the details submitted with the application, no part of the development hereby approved shall be commenced (within the meaning of Section 56 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) until highway / access improvement works have been constructed in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason
In order to minimise danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and the premises. |
4)
Development shall not commence until details of a Construction Traffic Management Plan have been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall then be implemented in strict accordance with the approved details. For avoidance of doubt the Construction Traffic Management Plan should include details of any traffic management required to ensure the safe operation of the construction access and the agreement of routing of vehicles to and from the construction site.
Reason
In order to minimise danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and the site. |
5)
Visibility splays shall be provided at the junction of the access with the public highway prior to the commencement of development. The minimum dimensions to provide the required splay lines shall be 2.4m measured along the centre line of the proposed access from its junction with the channel of the public highway and 160.0m measured from the centre line of the proposed access along the line of the channel of the public highway to the north and 215.0m to the south. The required vision splays shall be kept free of any obstruction.
Reason
To provide adequate visibility between the existing highway and the proposed access, and to make the access safe and convenient for the traffic which is likely to use it. |
6)
Any gates provided shall open away from the highway and be set back a distance of at least 20.0m metres from the nearside edge of the carriageway of the adjoining highway during the construction phase of development. Upon the completion of the construction works any relocated gates shall open away from the highway and be set back a distance of at least 8.0 metres from the nearside edge of the carriageway.
Reason
To enable vehicles to draw off the highway before the gates are opened. |
7)
Any new access works shall be hard surfaced for a minimum of the first 20.0m from the nearside edge of the carriageway of the adjoining highway in a bound material and should include a form of positive drainage to prevent the discharge of water onto the public highway.
Reason
To prevent the discharge of debris, loose material, and water onto the public highway. |
8)
Before the new access is first brought into use, any existing access within the frontage of the land to be developed, not incorporated in the access hereby approved shall be closed in a manner to the Local Planning Authority's written approval.
Reason
In the interest of road safety and to reduce the number of points at which traffic will enter and leave the public highway. |
9)
Before construction work commences an on-site vehicular area for construction vehicles and staff parking shall identified and surfaced in a manner to the Local Planning Authority's approval, so as to ensure satisfactory parking of vehicles outside highway limits. Arrangements shall be made for surface water from the site to be intercepted and disposed of separately so that it does not discharge into the highway.
Reason
In order to minimise danger, obstruction, and inconvenience to users of the highway and of the premises. |
10)
That, within three months of completion of the construction phase works, that the construction access is closed and replaced with a reduced access arrangement for maintenance purposes. Details of any such access to be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority and constructed in accordance with the approved plans prior to being brought into use.
Reason
In order to minimise danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and the site. |
11)
That, prior to any future de-commissioning of the site, a further Logistics and Construction Traffic Management Plan shall be prepared and agreed with the Local Planning Authority prior to any de-commissioning works taking place, and that any subsequent de-commissioning works will be undertaken in accordance with the agreed plan.
Reason
In order to minimise danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and the site. |
12)
No development shall take place until a written scheme of archaeological resource management (WSARM), has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
The WSARM shall include the following components:
method statements for the investigation of all archaeological remains present at the site
method statements for the preservation in situ of any archaeological remains that cannot be fully investigated (if appropriate)
an outline strategy for post-excavation assessment, analysis and publication, including details of the timetable for each stage of the post-excavation works
Part B: The said development shall only be implemented in full accordance with the approved WSARM and this condition shall only be fully discharged when:
it has been confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority that all elements of the archaeological fieldwork have been completed
a Post Excavation Assessment report and an Updated Project Design or a final archaeological report has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall be done within twelve months of the completion of the archaeological fieldwork unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority
the post-excavation analysis as specified in the approved Updated Project Design (if a UPD is prepared); the preparation of the site archive ready for deposition at a store approved by the Local Planning Authority; the preparation of an archive report and the submission of a publication report have all been completed. This shall be done within two years of the conclusion of the archaeological fieldwork unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority
This condition is pre-commencement as a failure to secure archaeological investigation in advance of development and to make the record of that work publicly available would be contrary to paragraph 199 of the National Planning Policy Framework that requires developers to record and advance of understanding of the significance of any heritage assets affected by development before they are lost (wholly or in part).
Chapter 16, NPPF (2019) |
13)
No development approved by this permission shall be commenced until a
scheme for the provision of surface water drainage works has been submitted
to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The drainage works
shall be completed in accordance with the details and timetable agreed.
Reason: To prevent the increased risk of flooding by ensuring the provision of
a satisfactory means of surface water disposal. |
14)
Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, details of proposed landscaping, trees, wildflower areas and arable buffers, with a landscape management plan, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved proposed landscaping and trees shall be implemented by the end of the full planting season immediately following the first occupation of the development (a full planting season means the period from October to March). The landscaping and trees shall subsequently be maintained and retained in accordance with the agreed management plan, and any which die or are destroyed during this period shall be replaced during the next planting season.
Reason: To ensure an acceptable standard of landscaping, to mitigate any visual harm to the countryside, and to ensure a net biodiversity gain.
(Sections 12 & 15, NPPF February 2019) |
15)
The development hereby permitted shall be undertaken in full accordance with the Councils adopted Environmental Code of Practice https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/44/planning/674/codes_of_practice_for_planning/3
Reason: In order to minimise the impact of development on existing trees, landscape features and biodiversity (Section 15, NPPF) |
16)
The development hereby permitted shall be undertaken in full accordance with the Council's adopted 'Construction Code of Practice for Developers and Contractors' https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/44/planning/674/codes_of_practice_for_planning.
Reason: In order to minimise the impact of construction work on the amenities of nearby residential properties, and to protect the countryside (Section 12, NPPF) |
17)
The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers TDA.2009.02(A), 1476[BD]007A, 1476[BD]010, 1476_002_A, C2293 - 05 A, C2293 - 06A A, EPD_001, 1476 001B, EPD_006b, EPD_005, EPD_004, EPD_002, TOPO2020/A, 1476.008, EPD_003, and 1476_002.
Reason: To identify the approved plans and to avoid doubt. |
18)
Development shall not commence until a swept path diagram for HGV movements associated with the construction phase works, showing a HGV entering the site when approaching from the south and exiting the site when heading to the south, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall proceed in accordance with the approved diagram.
Reason: In order to minimise danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and the site. |
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