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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/22/03009/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) Notwithstanding the details submitted with the application, prior to any development above slab level, details of the materials to be used for the external walls and roofs of the development hereby approved have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To control the appearance of the building in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality.
(Section 12, NPPF)
3) Prior to the commencement of development, details of a tree protection plan showing suitable protection for the trees off site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved protection measures shall then be adhered to throughout the construction of the development.

Reason: To ensure no harmful impact upon the trees to the rear of the site
4) No building shall be occupied until the junction between the proposed access and the highway as shown on plan no. L-03 rev B, has been constructed in accordance with the approved details including the demarcation of the highway boundary along the site frontage, amended as necessary by the technical and safety audit process, and opened to traffic.

Reason: In order to minimise danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and of the proposed estate road.
5) The proposed vehicular access shall be surfaced in accordance with the details annotated on the approved plan no. L-03 rev B, laid to manufacturers specifications, and shall thereafter remain as porous paving unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority

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 highway safety.
6) Any gates provided shall open away from the highway and be set back a distance of at least 8.0 metres from the highway boundary. The gates shall be free of obstruction to opening to allow access to the turning area to all vehicles using the site

Reason: To enable vehicles to draw off the highway before the gates are opened and to allow vehicles to turn and leave the site in forward gear
7) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order 1995, or any amendments thereto, the garage accommodation and parking provision including the visitor parking space on the site shall not be used for any purpose, other than as garage accommodation, cycle parking provision and storage pertaining to the residential use and parking provision 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 and obstruct the manoeuvring area for vehicles within the site leading to vehicles reversing into the highway and along a narrow access which has other users.
8) The turning space for vehicles illustrated on the approved Plan no. L-03 rev B shall be constructed before the development is first brought into use and remain unobstructed in perpetuity of the development

Reason: To enable vehicles to draw off, park and turn outside the highway limits thereby avoiding the reversing of vehicles on to the highway.
9) The scheme for the refuse collection point shall be fully implemented prior to occupation of any dwelling and shall be retained thereafter.

Reason: In the interest of amenity and in order to minimise danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and the premises.
10) Prior to the construction of vehicular parking areas associated with the approved dwelling, a scheme for the charging of electric and ultra-low emission vehicles shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall accord with Policy T5 of CBLP or the most up to date guidance and shall include the following:
Details of active charging posts or passive provision such as cabling and electricity supply for each dwelling
Timescales / triggers for implementation of the scheme.

The development shall be completed in accordance with these approved details including the agreed timescales / triggers.

Reason: To assist with the transition to low-emission vehicles in line with Policy T5 of the CBLP and paragraph 110 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
11) The dwelling hereby approved must comply with the water efficiency standard of 110 litres per person per day as detailed by Regulation 36(2)(b) of Part G of Schedule 1 and Regulation 36 to the Building Regulations 2010 (as amended).
Reason: To ensure the efficient use of water in accordance with Policy CC1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and the objectives of sustainability set out in the NPPF (2021).
12) No development above slab level until a landscaping scheme to include all hard and soft landscaping and a scheme for landscape maintenance for a period of five years following the implementation of the landscaping scheme have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented by the end of the full planting season immediately following the completion and/or first use of any separate 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. (Sections 12 & 15, NPPF)
13) A scheme shall be submitted for approval in writing 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 dwelling is and be thereafter retained.

Reason: To safeguard the appearance of the completed development and the visual amenities of the locality. (Section 12, NPPF)
14) The development hereby permitted shall be undertaken in full accordance with the Councils 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 (Section 12, NPPF)
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 not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers 12/01, L-03 rev B, 12/03B, 12/04B.

Reason: To identify the approved plan/s and to avoid doubt.


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