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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/13/04358/FULL

Conditions or Reasons:

1) The development hereby approved shall be commenced within three years of the date of this permission.

Reason: To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which is designed to ensure that a planning permission does not continue in existence indefinitely if the development to which it relates is not carried out.

2) A scheme shall be submitted for written approval by the Local Planning Authority setting out the details of the materials to be used for the external walls and roof. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.

Reason: To protect the visual amenities of the building and of the area generally.

3) The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers [ ].

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt.

4) A scheme shall be submitted for written approval by the Local Planning Authority indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed in accordance with the approved scheme before the building is occupied

Reason: To safeguard the appearance of the completed development and the visual amenities of the locality.

5) Full details of both hard and soft landscaping shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These details shall include:-

proposed finished levels or contours;
materials to be used for any hard surfacing;
planting plans, including schedule of size, species, positions, density and times of planting;
cultivation details including operations required to establish new planting;
details of existing trees and hedgerows on the site, indicating those to be retained and the method of their protection during development works.

The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In order to ensure that the landscaping is carried out within a reasonable period in the interest of the visual amenities of the area.

6) No development shall commence until details of existing and proposed ground levels and plans showing that the ridge height of the house shall be no higher than that of number 128 High Street shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and development shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the approved plans.

Reason: To produce a satisfactory relationship with adjacent properties.

7) Notwithstanding any provision of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 1995 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no extensions or alterations shall be carried out to the property without the prior approval in writing from the Local Planning Authority by way of a planning permission.

Reason: To protect the amenities of occupiers of neighbouring properties and to safeguard the character and appearance of the site.

8) The two side facing windows in the roof space shown on Drawing No 231113 dated 29/01/214 shall be permanently glazed with obscured glass and fitted with restricted openings.

Reason: To protect the privacy of the occupiers of adjoining properties.

9) Notwithstanding any provision of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no further window or other opening shall be formed on the side facing elevations of the building.

Reason: To protect the amenities of occupiers of neighbouring properties.

10) The new dwelling hereby approved shall not be occupied until the modified vehicle access onto High Street, having a minimum width of 5.0m has been constructed within the public highway to the satisfaction of the highway authority and to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure that the proposed road works are constructed to an adequate standard.

11) Before the access is first brought into use a triangular vision splay shall be provided on each side of the new access drive and shall be 2.8m measured along the back edge of the highway from the centre line of the anticipated vehicle path to a point 2.0m measured from the back edge of the footway into the site along the centre line of the anticipated vehicle path. The vision splays so described shall be maintained free of any obstruction to visibility exceeding a height of 600mm above the adjoining footway level at all times.

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.

12) The proposed vehicular parking areas within the site shall be constructed and surfaced in a durable bound material before the premises are occupied. 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: To avoid the carriage of mud or other extraneous material or surface water from the site into the highway so as to safeguard the interest of the highway.

13) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order 1995, or any amendments thereto, the garage accommodation on the site shall not be used for any purpose, other than as garage accommodation, unless permission has been granted by the Local Planning Authority on an application made for that purpose.

Reason: To retain off-street parking provision and thereby minimise the potential for on-street parking which could adversely affect the convenience of road users.

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