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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/22/04054/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 109854 PA02 REV C; 109854 PA03 REV C; 109854 PA04 REV C; 109854 003 REV A; 109854 004 REV A; CU-250-MP-03-B.

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

3) 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)

4) No later than six months following the end of the 30 year operation of the solar facility hereby approved (operation taken as commencing upon first export of electricity) the photovoltaic panels and all associated buildings and infrastructure shall be removed from the site and the land shall be returned to its former condition as evident prior to the construction of this facility.

Reason: In the interests of safeguarding the character of the area, in accordance with Policies EMP1, EE5 and HQ1.

5) Works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in the January 2023 "Great Crested Newt Precautionary Method of Construction Working" as already submitted with the planning application and agreed in principle with the Local Planning Authority prior to determination.

Reason: In order to ensure that adverse impacts on great crested newts are adequately mitigated and to comply with the objectives of Policy EE2 and EE3 of the CBLP

6) Prior to the commencement of the development, full details of a scheme for off-site tree planting, to achieve a minimum canopy coverage of 30% of the gross development area of 0.98 hectares (or 9,800sqm) and to include species type, location and quantity of planting, and a Management and Maintenance Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme thereby approved shall be implemented by the end of the full planting season immediately following the completion and/or first use of the development hereby permitted (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 Management and Maintenance Plan and any which die or are destroyed during this period shall be replaced during the next planting season.

Reason: To accord with the objectives set out in Policy EE9 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and the Forest of Marston Vale: Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Document (2022).

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