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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/20/03943/FULL
Conditions or Reasons:
1) The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than three years 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) No caravan located on the Site shall be occupied for residential purposes by persons other than Gypsies and Travellers, as defined in annexe 1 of Planning Policy for Traveller Sites 2015.

Reason: To ensure that the occupation of the residential caravans on the site is restricted to Gypsies and Travellers only, given the location of the site in the Green Belt and the very special circumstances case that has justified the development.
3) The occupation of the caravans on the Site hereby permitted shall be limited to the following persons and their dependant relatives:

Mr John Price and his wife Mrs Linda Price, Ms Queenie Price (and partner) and Ms Tuppence Price (and partner).

Reason: In recognition of the location of the site in the Green Belt and the "very special circumstances" case accepted in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for traveller sites (2015).
4) The development hereby approved, shall be laid out and thereafter retained as shown on approved plan number BP-02a-2020 where only one static caravan and one touring caravan can occupy each of the three pitches hereby approved.

Reason:  In recognition of the protection of the amenities of the occupiers of the site in accordance with Policy BE8 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and Section 12 of the NPPF and having regard to the location of the site in the Green Belt, and open countryside in accordance with Sections 13 and 15 of the NPPF.
5) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) or any Order or enactment amending or re-enacting that Order no ancillary buildings or other structures, walls, fences, gates or other means of enclosure shall be erected on the site or on the adjoining land in the applicant's ownership other than in accordance with such amendment thereto as may be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority or in accordance with a specific grant of planning consent in that regard.

Reason:  In order to ensure that the overall appearance of the development has regard to the views into and over the site and that the development has no unacceptable adverse effect upon general or residential amenity and having particular regard to the location of the site in the Green Belt and open countryside in accordance with Sections 13 and 15 of the NPPF and Policy BE8 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review.
6) Notwithstanding the details of the planning application including the description of the proposed use or any previous planning consent relating to the site or any part thereof no commercial activities shall take place at the site, including the storage of materials.

Reason:  In order to ensure that the development has no unacceptable adverse effect upon general or residential amenity in accordance with Policy BE8 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and having particular regard to the location of the site in the Green Belt, and open countryside in accordance with Sections 13 and 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework, (NPPF).
7) All residential caravans together with any structures, equipment and materials brought on to or erected on the land, or works undertaken to it in connection with the siting of the caravans, shall be removed and the land shall be restored to its condition before the development took place within 28 days of the date of failure to meet any one of the requirements set out in (A) to (D) below:

(A) within 3 months of the date of this decision a scheme detailing:

the waste storage facilities to serve the various parts of the site; and
a landscaping scheme, clearly identifying details of any tree, hedge and shrub planting including details of species, plant sizes and proposed numbers; and
a detailed design of the surface water drainage, to manage surface water run off from the development for up to and including the 1 in 100 year event (+40%CC). The discharge rate from the development will be limited to the equivalent 1 in 1 year rate, or an appropriate rate as agreed by the Bedford Group of Internal Drainage Boards; and
the surfacing of the access from the existing carriageway on Dunstable Road and for a minimum of a further 5m into the site (measured from the highways boundary); and
demonstrating an adequate foul drainage system is serving the site.

(B) within 11 months of the date of this decision the site development scheme shall have been approved by the Local Planning Authority or, if the Local Planning Authority refuse to approve the scheme, or fail to give a decision within the prescribed period, an appeal shall have been made to, and accepted as validly made by, the Secretary of State;

(C) if an appeal is made in pursuance of (B) above, that appeal shall have been finally determined and the submitted site development scheme shall have been approved by the Secretary of State; and

(D) the approved scheme shall have been carried out and completed in accordance with the approved timetable, or in accordance with any amended details and/or revised timetables as might be agreed from time to time in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In order to ensure that the proposal takes account for the need for hard and soft landscaping, that the development has no adverse effect upon general or residential amenity, that the proposal does not result in surface water flooding, results in highway safety problems or has an unacceptable foul drainage provision, all in accordance with Policy BE8 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and having particular regard to the location of the site in the Green Belt and open countryside in accordance with Sections 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the NPPF.
8) At the same time as the site development scheme required by Condition 7 is submitted to the Local Planning Authority there shall be submitted a programme of management and maintenance of the surface water drainage system for the lifetime of the development. The drainage system shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the approved programme.

Reason: In order to ensure that the development has no unacceptable adverse effect upon general or residential amenity in accordance with Policy BE8 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and having regard to Section 14 of the NPPF.
9) At the same time as the site development scheme required by Condition 7 is submitted to the Local Planning Authority there shall be submitted a programme of management and maintenance of the foul water drainage system for the lifetime of the development. The drainage system shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the approved programme.

Reason: In order to ensure that the development has no unacceptable adverse effect upon general or residential amenity in accordance with Policy BE8 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and having regard to Section 14 of the NPPF.
10) Within three months of the scheme being approved, visibility splays shall be provided at the junction of the vehicular access with the public highway. The splays shall extend to the limits of the highway frontage of the applicant's ownership on each side of the access from a point on the centre line of the access measured 2.4m back from the road channel. The vision splays so described shall be maintained free of any obstruction to visibility thereafter.

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.
11) The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers BP-02a-2020, LP-01-2020 and DR-01-2021

Reason: To identify the approved plans and to avoid doubt.


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