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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/16/03530/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) All external works hereby permitted shall be carried out in materials to match as closely as possible in colour, type and texture, those of the existing buildings on the site.

Reason: To safeguard the appearance of the completed development by ensuring that the development hereby permitted is finished externally with materials to match the existing building in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality, policy BE8 South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and the provisions of the NPPF.
3) Before the development hereby permitted is brought into use additional parking within the curtilage of the school, clear of the public highway, shall be provided and made available for use in accordance with a scheme that has first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall comply with the standards of the Local Planning Authority. Once provided the parking facilities shall thereafter retained for the parking of vehicles.

Reason: To minimise the potential for on-street parking and thereby safeguard the interest of the safety and convenience of road users, in accordance with the provisions of the NPPF.
4) The Tree Protection Plan and Arboricultural Method Statement hereby approved (document 8117 Oak Bank School Sandy Lane, Leighton Buzzard Arboricultural Statement dated May 2016) shall be fully implemented in strict accordance with the required tree protection measures, and shall remain in force throughout the entire duration of development thereafter.

Reason: To secure the protection of the root and branch system of the retained Oak tree and other adjacent vegetation from all site activity, and to protect the rooting medium from compaction damage due to site access, machinery, plant and material storage, so as to ensure the health, stability, amenity and biodiversity value of the trees, policy BE8 South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and the provisions of the NPPF.
5) The landscaping scheme hereby approved shall be implemented by the end of the full planting season immediately following the completion and/or first use of any part of the development (a full planting season means the period from October to March). The trees, shrubs and grass shall subsequently be maintained in accordance with the approved landscape maintenance scheme 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 and to promote biodiversity, policy BE8 South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and the provisions of the NPPF.
6) The surface water drainage scheme herby approved shall be fully implemented in strict accordance with the submitted details, including the 30% capacity allowance for climate change, prior to the first occupation of any part of the development hereby permitted. Once provided the approved drainage facilities shall be retained.

Reason: To minimise the potential for on and off site flooding, policy BE8 South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review and the provisions of the NPPF.
7) Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied, a Travel Plan shall be prepared and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The plan shall contain details of:

a. plans for the establishment of a working group involving the School, parents and representatives of the local community
b. pupil travel patterns and barriers to sustainable travel
c. measures to encourage and promote sustainable travel and transport for journeys to and from school
d. an action plan detailing targets and a timetable for implementing appropriate measures and plans for annual monitoring and review
e. measures to manage the car parking on site

All measures agreed therein shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved plan.

There shall be an annual review of the Travel Plan to monitor progress in meeting the targets for reducing car journeys generated by the proposal and this shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety, to reduce congestion and to promote the use of sustainable modes of transport in accordance with the provisions of the NPPF.
8) This consent relates only to the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers SD003, DD010 Rev G, DD104 Rev C, DD001 Rev A, SD001, SD002 Rev A, SD005, SD006, DD015, DD103 Rev O, 16143-E101 Rev R2, 16143-E102 Rev R1, AMR/OAKBANK/ELEV/00.001 and AMR/OAKBANK/ELEV/00.002, 575-100D, 2463/16/B/1 and Tree Protection Plan and Arboricultural Method Statement (document 8117)

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


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