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Application Type:Full Application
Date Received:09 / 10 / 2023
Registration (Validation) Date:23 / 11 / 2023
Consultation Start Date:23 / 11 / 2023
Earliest Decision Date (Consultation Period Expires):12 / 02 / 2024
Target Date for Decision:09 / 04 / 2024
Location:Astral Green, Land south of Leighton Road and north of the A505, Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard
Parish Name:Billington
Conservation Area:Not available
Listed Building Grade:Not available
Environmental Assessment:Not available
Expected Decision Level:Not available
Description:Installation of an Energy Park development comprising: a wind turbine; a ground mounted solar array with string inverters; land for a National Grid 'Exit Point'; a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS); access tracks; transformers, underground cables and conduits; perimeter fencing; an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station with coffee outlet and associated car parking, access road and roundabout from the A505; temporary construction compounds; associated infrastructure; and planting scheme.
Case Officer:Andrew Cundy
Case Officer Tel:0300 300 4532
Case Officer Email:andrew.cundy@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Status:Decided
Agent:Mr M Schmull
Clarks Barn
Bassetsbury Lane
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 1QX
Press Date:05 / 12 / 2023
Site Notice Date:30 / 11 / 2023
NeighboursResponses Received: 101
and Representatives:In Favour: 93
Representation DetailsAgainst: 8
Comments: 0
Petitions Against: 0
Petitions For: 0
Officer Site Visit Date:30/11/2023
Committee Site Visit Date:No date
Committee Meeting Date:06 / 03 / 2024
Decision Level:Development Management Committee
Date Decision Made:08 / 04 / 2024
Date Decision Despatched:08 / 04 / 2024
Decision:Full Application - Granted
Conditions or Reasons:View Conditions or Reasons
Informative Notes:
1 )Drainage Informative 1. We will require a SuDS maintenance and management plan including who is responsible for what. 2. The Council does not, and is not required to, adopt any SuDS feature. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the surface water drainage system, in its entirety, will be effectively maintained in the long-term. We therefore expect confirmation of the proposed arrangements for maintenance to be provided with the final detailed design, including the future maintenance and operational needs and the responsible bodies for undertaking maintenance (for all public and private drainage components). 3. The final detailed design including proposed standards of operation, construction, structural integrity and ongoing maintenance must be compliant with the 'Non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems (March 2015, Ref: PB14308), 'Central Bedfordshire Sustainable Drainage Guidance' (Adopted April 2014, Updated May 2015), and recognised best practise including the Ciria SuDS Manual (2016, C753).Drainage Informative 1. We will require a SuDS maintenance and management plan including who is responsible for what. 2. The Council does not, and is not required to, adopt any SuDS feature. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the surface water drainage system, in its entirety, will be effectively maintained in the long-term. We therefore expect confirmation of the proposed arrangements for maintenance to be provided with the final detailed design, including the future maintenance and operational needs and the responsible bodies for undertaking maintenance (for all public and private drainage components). 3. The final detailed design including proposed standards of operation, construction, structural integrity and ongoing maintenance must be compliant with the 'Non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems (March 2015, Ref: PB14308), 'Central Bedfordshire Sustainable Drainage Guidance' (Adopted April 2014, Updated May 2015), and recognised best practise including the Ciria SuDS Manual (2016, C753).
2 )Highways Informatives The applicant is advised that the requirements of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 will apply to any works undertaken within the limits of the existing public highway. Further details can be obtained from the Central Bedfordshire Council's Highway Help Desk, P.O.Box 1395, Bedford, MK42 5AN. The applicant is advised that if it is the intention to request the Central Bedfordshire Council as Local Highway Authority, to adopt the proposed highways as maintainable at the public expense then details of the specification, layout and alignment, width and levels of the said highways together with all the necessary highway and drainage arrangements, including run off calculations shall be submitted to the Development Planning and Control Group, Central Bedfordshire Council's Highway Help Desk, P.O.Box 1395, Bedford, MK42 5AN. No development shall commence until the details have been approved in writing and an Agreement made under Section 38 of the Highways Act 1980 is in place. The applicant is advised that in order to comply with Condition ... of this permission it will be necessary for the developer of the site to enter into an agreement with Central Bedfordshire Council as Highway Authority under Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 to ensure the satisfactory completion of the access and associated road improvements. You are advised to contact the Highways Agreements Officer, Community Services, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ. E-mail highwaysagreements@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk All roads to be constructed within the site shall be designed in accordance with Central Bedfordshire Council's publication Central Bedfordshire Council's publication 'Highway Construction Standards & Specifications Guidance, Central Bedfordshire Council' and the Department of the Environment/Department of Transport's 'Manual for Street.Highways Informatives The applicant is advised that the requirements of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 will apply to any works undertaken within the limits of the existing public highway. Further details can be obtained from the Central Bedfordshire Council's Highway Help Desk, P.O.Box 1395, Bedford, MK42 5AN. The applicant is advised that if it is the intention to request the Central Bedfordshire Council as Local Highway Authority, to adopt the proposed highways as maintainable at the public expense then details of the specification, layout and alignment, width and levels of the said highways together with all the necessary highway and drainage arrangements, including run off calculations shall be submitted to the Development Planning and Control Group, Central Bedfordshire Council's Highway Help Desk, P.O.Box 1395, Bedford, MK42 5AN. No development shall commence until the details have been approved in writing and an Agreement made under Section 38 of the Highways Act 1980 is in place. The applicant is advised that in order to comply with Condition ... of this permission it will be necessary for the developer of the site to enter into an agreement with Central Bedfordshire Council as Highway Authority under Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 to ensure the satisfactory completion of the access and associated road improvements. You are advised to contact the Highways Agreements Officer, Community Services, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ. E-mail highwaysagreements@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk All roads to be constructed within the site shall be designed in accordance with Central Bedfordshire Council's publication Central Bedfordshire Council's publication 'Highway Construction Standards & Specifications Guidance, Central Bedfordshire Council' and the Department of the Environment/Department of Transport's 'Manual for Street.
Appeal Received Date:This case has no appeals against it
Planning Obligation Status:Not available

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