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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/22/03074/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) The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers: A/54403/2, A/54403/3/C, A/54403/4/C, A/54403/5/C and A/54403/6/C.
Reason: To identify the approved plan/s and to avoid doubt.
3) Part A: No development shall take place until an archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI), has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The WSI shall contain the following components:

1. A method statement for the investigation of any archaeological remains that will be affected by the development.

2. An outline strategy for post-excavation assessment, analysis, archive preparation and publication, including details of the timetable for each stage of the post-excavation works The said development shall only be implemented in full accordance with the approved archaeological scheme.

Part B: This condition shall only be fully discharged when:

1. All elements of the archaeological fieldwork have been undertaken and the date of completion has been confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

2. The post-excavation assessment, analysis and final archaeological report has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall be done within 8 months of the date of completion of the archaeological fieldwork unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

3. The preparation of the site archives (including the production of an archive report) for deposition at stores approved by the Local Planning Authority has been undertaken and confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. For the digital archive this will include confirmation of the intention to deposit with a CoreTrustSeal certified repository dedicated to storing archaeological archives

4. The publication report text has been prepared for submission to a recognised archaeological journal, or an approved final archaeological report is submitted for inclusion in the Historic Environment Record, and this has been confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority Unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority, items 3, and 4 of Part B of this condition shall be completed within 18 months of the archaeological fieldwork date of completion


Reason: In line with policy HE1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan 2015-2035 (adopted July 2021) and paragraph 205 of the National Planning Policy Framework (July 2021): to investigate and record any archaeological remains affected by the development, to safeguard the long-term future of the archive and to make the record of all the work publicly available. Part A of this condition is pre-commencement because development works can have an irreversible impact on archaeological remains and an approved programme of investigation must be in place before the development starts. This is advice is in line with Chapter 18 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan 2015-2035 (adopted 2021) and Chapter 16, NPPF (2021).
4) 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 shall be 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)
5) Notwithstanding the details submitted with the application, details of the materials to be used for the external walls and roofs of the development hereby approved shall be 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)
6) Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 1, Class A of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no extensions or alterations to the building hereby permitted shall be carried out without the grant of further specific planning permission from the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To control the external appearance of the building in the interests of the amenities of the area and the setting of the Grade Iisted Monks Pool.
(Sections 12 and 16, NPPF)
7) The building shall only be used for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling know as Monks Pool and not as a separate dwelling unit.

Reason: To prevent the introduction of an inappropriate use harmful to the residential character of the area and the setting of the Grade II listed Building.
(Sections 12 and 16, NPPF)
8) No development hereby permitted shall take place except in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Council's organisational licence (WML-OR112) and with the proposals detailed on plan 'Monks Pool: Impact Plan for great crested newt District Licensing (Version 1)', dated 3rd November 2022.

Reason: In order to ensure that adverse impacts on great crested newts are adequately mitigated and to ensure that site works are delivered in full compliance with the organisational licence (WML-OR112).
9)
No development hereby permitted shall take place except in accordance with Part 1 of the GCN Mitigation Principles, as set out in the District Licence WML-OR112 and in addition in compliance with the following:- Works which will affect likely newt hibernacula may only be undertaken during the active period for amphibians.

Reason: In order to adequately mitigate impacts on great crested newts.


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