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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/23/01790/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) No development shall commence and no equipment, machinery or materials shall be brought on to the site for the purposes of development until an Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

No equipment, machinery or materials shall be brought on to the site for the purposes of development until details of substantial protective fencing for the protection of any retained tree(s), has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the fencing has been erected in the positions shown on the approved Tree Protection Plan. The approved fencing shall be maintained until all equipment, machinery and surplus materials have been removed from the site. Nothing shall be stored or placed in any area fenced in accordance with this condition and the ground levels within those areas shall not be altered, nor shall any excavation be made.

All works to or affecting trees on or adjoining the site shall be carried out in full accordance with the relevant recommendations of the Arboricultural Method Statement.

Reason: Details are required prior to the commencement of development to protect trees, in accordance with Policy EE4 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
3) No development above slab level shall commence until a soft landscaping scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

The soft landscaping scheme shall include:
a Planting Specification including details of the location type, size and density of all planting.
replacement tree planting, including tree lined streets.
full details of tree pits with consideration to the location of underground service routes.
provision of defensible boundaries to all dwellings including ground floor windows of flats.
habitat creation in accordance with the approved Ecological Enhancement Scheme.
details of triggers, phasing and timescales for the completion of all soft landscaping.

The development shall be carried out in full accordance with the approved landscaping scheme and in accordance with the approved timetable.

Reason: to ensure that the appearance of the development would be of a high quality, in accordance with Policies EE1, EE2, EE3, EE4, EE5, EE13, CC1, CC3 and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021), the Arlesey Neighbourhood Plan and the NPPF.
4) No development above slab level shall commence until an Ecological Enhancement Strategy (EES) for the creation of new wildlife features has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The content shall be informed by the Ecological Appraisal. The EES should also include the:
purpose and objectives for the proposed works;
detailed design(s) and/or working method(s) necessary to achieve stated objectives (including, where relevant, type and source of materials to be used);
extent and location of proposed works shown on appropriate scale maps and plans;
timetable for implementation, demonstrating that works are aligned with the proposed phasing of construction; and
persons responsible for implementing the works.

The works shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved details and in accordance with the approved phasing and timescales.

Reason: to ensure development is ecologically sensitive and protected species mitigation is secured in accordance with Policies EE2, and EE3 of Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and the National Planning Policy Framework.
5) No dwelling hereby approved shall be first occupied until a landscape and ecological management plan (LEMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The content of the LEMP shall include the following.
Description and evaluation of features and landscaping to be managed. 
Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management.
Aims and objectives of management.
Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives.
Prescriptions for management actions.
Preparation of a work schedule (including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a five-year period).
Details of the body or organization responsible for implementation of the plan.
Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures.

The LEMP shall include details to ensure that for at least the first five years any trees, shrubs and grass which die or are destroyed during this period shall be replaced during the next planting season.

The LEMP shall also include details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which the long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery. The plan shall also set out (where the results from monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the LEMP are not being met) how contingencies and/or remedial action will be identified, agreed and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme. The trees, shrubs, grass and ecological features shall subsequently be maintained and managed in accordance with the approved details, in perpetuity.

Reason: To secure the appropriate maintenance and management of landscaping and ecological enhancement features, to ensure landscape visual impacts and ecological impacts are mitigated and the development would form high quality development that delivers a net gain in green infrastructure and biodiversity, open space to promote healthy lifestyles, tree lined streets and a high quality landscaping scheme, in accordance with Policies EE1, EE2, EE3, EE4, EE5, EE12, EE13 and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
6) Notwithstanding the details submitted, no development shall commence until a detailed surface water drainage scheme, to manage surface water runoff from the development for up to and including the 1 in 100 year event (+40%CC), via attenuated discharge to an existing watercourse and Anglian Water system, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be constructed and drained in full accordance with the approved scheme, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

The surface water drainage scheme shall:
be based on the agreed FRA & drainage Strategy (Ref: Woods Hardwick, 19280/FRA and DS, 23/5/23 and Drawing 19280-KING-5-SK001 REV D) and DEFRAs Non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems (March 2018).
feature a discharge rate from the development that is limited to the equivalent 1 in 1 year rate, or an appropriate rate as agreed by the Bedford Group of Internal Drainage Boards.
include details of all subsurface and surface elements, including the design of any visible surface water drainage features such as headwalls.
The surface water drainage scheme shall include surface features that are integrated within the open space and are designed to provide multiple environmental benefits.

Reason: Details are required prior to the commencement of development to ensure the approved system will function to a satisfactory minimum standard of operation and to prevent the increased risk of flooding both on and off site, as well as to secure a well-designed naturalistic solution to surface water drainage that would deliver multiple environmental benefits, in accordance with Policies HQ1, EE1, EE2, EE4, CC3, CC4 and CC5 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF with supporting technical guidance.
7) No building/dwelling shall be occupied until a finalised 'Maintenance and Management Plan' for the entire surface water drainage system, inclusive of any adoption arrangements and/or private ownership or responsibilities, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the surface water drainage system shall be managed and maintained in full accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure that the long term operation of a sustainable drainage system (SuDS), in accordance with Written Statement HCWS161.
8) No dwelling hereby approved shall be first occupied until a detailed foul drainage scheme, to manage foul drainage flows from the development, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be constructed and drained in full accordance with the approved scheme, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: to prevent environmental and amenity problems arising from flooding, in accordance with policies CC6, CC7 and CC8 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
9) No development shall commence until details of the existing and final ground and slab levels of the development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such details shall include sections through both the site and the adjoining land.

Thereafter the site shall be developed in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: Details are required prior to the commencement of development to ensure that an acceptable relationship results between the new development and adjacent buildings and public areas in accordance with Policies HQ1 and EE5 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
10) Notwithstanding the details submitted, no dwelling shall be first occupied until scheme detailing all boundary fencing, railings and walls have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include the provision of a 1.8m fence upon the northern boundary of plots 13 and 19 (as shown on drawing number 17729 1001 Rev F). Thereafter, no dwelling shall be first occupied until the boundary fencing, railings and walls within its curtilage have been constructed and installed in full accordance with the approved details.

Reason: to safeguard visual amenities and ensure security and privacy of private amenity spaces and parking courts, in accordance with Policy HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
11) No development above slab level shall commence, until details of the bricks, render and roof tiles 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, in accordance with Policy HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Policy MA8 of the Central Bedfordshire (North): Site allocations Development Plan Document 2011, the Arlesey Cross Masterplan, the Arlesey Neighbourhood Plan and the NPPF.
12) 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:

a method statement for the investigation of any archaeological remains that will be affected by the development;
method statements for the preservation in situ of any archaeological remains that cannot be fully investigated (if appropriate); and
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.

This condition shall only be fully discharged when:

all elements of the archaeological fieldwork have been undertaken and the date of completion has been confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority;
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 12 months of the date of completion of the archaeological fieldwork unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority;
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; and
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 vi, and vii of this condition shall be completed within 18 months of the archaeological fieldwork date of completion.

Reason: This condition is pre-commencement to ensure an approved programme of investigation is in place before any development works that could have an irreversible impact on archaeological remains are undertaken, and to ensure any archaeological remains affected by the development are investigated and recorded, to mitigate the impact of the proposed development, to safeguard the long-term future of the archive and to make the record of all the work publicly available, 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).
13) No development shall commence until a Sustainability Statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Sustainability Statement shall:
detail how all dwellings would be designed to achieve a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10%, based on emission rates determined by Part L of the Building Regulations applicable at the time of the application; and
detail how opportunities to use renewable and low carbon sources have been maximised.

Thereafter no dwelling hereby shall be first occupied until a Verification Report for that dwelling has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Verification Report shall confirm that the measures to address climate change and sustainability, as set out in the approved Sustainability Statement, have been implemented in full.

The verification report shall include:
a summary table containing information on carbon emissions (DER &TER); and overheating status for each of the dwellings; and
as-built compliance documents Part L; and Part O.

Reason: Details are required prior to the commencement of development to ensure the dwellings would meet the Council's energy efficiency and sustainability requirements, in the interests of sustainability and to ensure that the proposed development increases its resilience to the impacts of climate change in accordance with Policy CC1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and the objectives of sustainability set out in the NPPF (2023).
14) All dwellings 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, as well as the NPPF.
15) No works above slab level shall take place and no construction of hard surfacing shall take place, until a scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority for the provision of fire hydrant(s) at the development. Prior to the first occupation of a dwelling the fire hydrants serving that development shall be installed as approved. Thereafter the fire hydrants shall be retained as approved in perpetuity.

Reason: to ensure appropriate access to fire hydrants for use in the event of emergency in accordance with policy HQ1 of Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and Section 12 of the NPPF.
16) No development above slab level shall take place until a scheme for the charging of electric and ultra-low emission vehicles has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of the location and design/appearance of charge points, and shall ensure cables do not obstruct pedestrian movements, accesses to dwellings and do not clutter the street scene. 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 and to secure a high quality design, in accordance with Policies HQ1 and T5 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (2023).
17) No dwelling hereby approved shall be first occupied and no external lighting shall be erected or installed on any part of the site until details of a suitable lighting design scheme and impact assessment devised to eliminate any detrimental effect caused by obtrusive light from the development on neighbouring land use for that part of the site and ecological corridors, as well as minimise landscape visual impacts, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be prepared by a suitably qualified lighting engineer in consultation with an Ecologist in accordance with relevant publications and standards. Only the details thereby approved for that part of the site shall be implemented.

If within a period of 12 months following the first use of the lighting columns the planning authority required the alignment of the light to be adjusted and or hoods or shields to be fitted, this shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed scheme within 7 days of official notification. The means of illumination shall thereafter be implemented only in accordance with the agreed scheme.

Reason: To protect the future neighbouring occupiers, the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside and protected species from light pollution associated with the use of the business park, in accordance with Policies HQ1, EE2, EE3, EE5 and CC8 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
18) All dwellings hereby approved shall be connected to and shall benefit from broadband infrastructure capable of providing minimum available speeds of 100Mbps, unless alternative details are submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: to ensure the expansion and improvement of electronic communication networks, which are critical to supporting and growing business and economic productivity, in accordance with Policy HQ5 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021).
19) The development hereby permitted shall be undertaken in full accordance with the Council's 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).
20) No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until all measures to protect the dwelling from noise and overheating have been completed in full accordance with the noise mitigation and ventilation recommendations as set out within the document: Proposed Residential Development Noise Impact Assessment, Report ref. PJB9529/23031/V1.1, dated 24 May 2023 (by Spectrum Acoustic Consultants).

Reason: To protect the amenity of future occupiers and to safeguard the interests of local businesses, in accordance with Policies CC8 and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021).
21) No development shall commence (including demolition, ground works, vegetation clearance) until a construction environmental management plan (CEMP: Biodiversity) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The CEMP (Biodiversity) shall include the following:
Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities.
Identification of 'biodiversity protection zones'.
Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements).
The location and timing of sensitive works to harm to biodiversity features.
The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works.
Responsible persons and lines of communication.
The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works (ECoW) or similarly competent person.
Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs.

The approved CEMP shall be adhered to and implemented throughout the construction period strictly in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

Reason: Details required prior to the commencement of development to ensure the construction works results in an acceptable impact in the context of ecology and biodiversity, in accordance with Policy EE2 and EE3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
22) No development hereby permitted shall commence until a scheme to deal with contamination of land/ground gas/controlled waters has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include all of the following measures, unless the local planning authority dispenses with any such requirement specifically in writing:
A Phase II intrusive investigation report detailing all investigative works and sampling on site, together with the results of the analysis, undertaken in accordance with BS 10175:2011 Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Sites Code of Practice. The report shall include a detailed quantitative human health and environmental risk assessment.
A remediation scheme detailing how the remediation will be undertaken, what methods will be used and what is to be achieved. A clear end point of the remediation shall be stated, and how this will be validated. Any ongoing monitoring shall also be determined.
If during the works contamination is encountered which has not previously been identified, then the additional contamination shall be fully assessed in an appropriate remediation scheme which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.
A validation report detailing the proposed remediation works and quality assurance certificates to show that the works have been carried out in full accordance with the approved methodology shall be submitted prior to first occupation of the development. Details of any post-remedial sampling and analysis to demonstrate that the site has achieved the required clean-up criteria shall be included, together with the necessary documentation detailing what waste materials have been removed from the site.

Reason: Details are required prior to the commencement of development to minimise and prevent pollution of the land and the water environment and in order to protect human health and the environment, in accordance with Policy CC8 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
23) The dwelling hereby approved, consisting of a ground floor flat at Plots 1, and 4 as indicated on drawing numbers 17729 1001 Rev F and 17729 124 Rev A, shall only be constructed in accordance with the optional requirements of M4(3) (2)(a) for wheelchair adaptable dwellings as defined in the Building Regulations 2010 as amended and Approved Document M (Access to and use of buildings).

Reason: To ensure the provision of wheelchair adaptable dwellings in accordance with Policy H2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021).
24) The dwellings hereby approved at Plots 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 25, 26, 29, 30 31, 32, and 33, as indicated on drawing number 17729 1001 Rev F, shall only be constructed in full accordance with the optional requirements of M4(2) for accessible and adaptable dwellings as defined in the Building Regulations 2010 as amended and Approved Document M (Access to and use of buildings).

Reason: To ensure the provision of accessible and adaptable dwellings in accordance with Policy H2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021).
25) No development above slab level shall take place at Plots 19, 20, 21, and 22 until the final details of the internal layouts of the buildings have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The buildings at Plots 19, 20, 21, and 22 shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure the dwellings at Plots 19, 20, 21, and 22 would qualify as Custom Build and to control the appearance of the building in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality, in accordance with Policies HQ1 and H6 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan.
26) No road junction within the site shall be first brought into use until Visibility splays for the road junction have been provided. The minimum dimensions to provide the required splay lines shall be 2.4m measured along the centre line of the side road from its junction with the channel to the through road and 25.0m measured from the centre line of the side road, in both directions, along the channel of the through road. The vision splays required shall be provided and defined on the site by or on behalf of the developers and be entirely free of any obstruction.

Reason: To provide adequate visibility at road junction in the interest of road safety.
27) The private means of vehicular access serving plots 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 onto the estate road (as shown on drawing number 17729 1001 Rev F) shall be first brought into use until Visibility splays have been provided. The minimum dimensions to provide the required splay lines shall be 2.0m measured along the centre line of the private means of access from its junction with the channel to the through road and 25m measured from the centre line of the access along the channel of the through road. The vision splays required shall be provided and defined on the site by or on behalf of the developers and be entirely free of any obstruction.

Reason: To provide adequate visibility at road junction in the interest of road safety.
28) Driver-pedestrian intervisibility splays shall be provided at all individual and shared private means of access before being first brought into use. The triangular vision splays shall be provided on each side of the access and shall be 2.8m measured along the back edge of the highway (including footway, where present) from the centre line of the anticipated vehicle path, to a point 2.0m measured from the back edge of the highway (including footway, where present) into the site along the centre line of the anticipated vehicle path. The vision splays so described and on land under the applicant's control (and subsequently a dwelling occupier's control, where relevant) shall be maintained free of any obstruction to visibility exceeding a height of 600mm above the adjoining highway level.

Reason: To provide adequate intervisibility between the drivers emerging from private accesses and pedestrians using the highway.
29) Notwithstanding the details submitted, no dwelling shall be occupied until a scheme for the construction of a continuous 3.0m wide footway/ cycleway to the west of plots 1-3 and plot 7, connecting to the existing cycleway to the north and south of the site, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Any Statutory Undertakers equipment or street furniture shall be re-sited to provide an unobstructed footway/ cycleway.
The scheme shall include:
details of the route;
details of surfacing materials;
details of levels and gradients;
details of interfaces (connection) between the proposed footpath/cycleway and the existing footpath / cycleway to the north and south of the site; and
timescale/ triggers for the completion of the footway/ cycleway.

Thereafter the footway / cycleway shall be constructed in complete accordance with the approved details and in accordance with the approved timescales/ triggers.

Reason: In the interests of promoting sustainable modes of transport, in accordance with Policy HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Policy MA8 of the Central Bedfordshire (North): Site allocations Development Plan Document 2011, the Arlesey Cross Masterplan, the Arlesey Neighbourhood Plan and the NPPF.
30) No development shall commence until details of the relief road connections to the northern and southern boundaries of the site have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter no more than 50% of the dwellings hereby permitted shall be occupied until those connections have been constructed in accordance with the approved details.
Reason: Details are required prior to commencement of development In order to ensure an appropriately designed relief road would be delivered in the interest of minimising danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and of the proposed estate road.
31) No development shall commence until detailed plans and sections of the proposed road(s) and driveways / car parking areas, including gradients, materials, laying patterns, pedestrian crossing points and method of surface water disposal, as well as a phasing plan for the completion and final surfacing of all roads, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter no building shall be occupied until:
the driveway/ car parking area serving that dwelling has been completed and surfaced, and
the section of road which provides access to that dwelling has been constructed (apart from final surfacing),
in full accordance with the approved details.

The final surfacing of the roads shall be carried out and completed in full accordance with the approved details and in accordance with the approved timescales/ triggers on the approved phasing plan.

Reason: Details are require prior to the commencement of development to ensure that the proposed roadworks are constructed to an adequate standard and to safeguard the visual amenities of the locality, in accordance with Policies T1, T2, and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Policy MA8 of the Central Bedfordshire (North): Site allocations Development Plan Document 2011, the Arlesey Cross Masterplan, the Arlesey Neighbourhood Plan and the NPPF.
32) Before the new access is first brought into use, any existing access to be abandoned due to the implemented of the proposal hereby approved shall be closed in a manner to the Local Planning Authority's written approval.

Reason: In the interest of road safety and to reduce the number of points at which traffic will enter and leave the public highway.
33) If the proposed road is not constructed to the full length and layout illustrated on the approved plan, a temporary turning space for vehicles shall be constructed within the site in a position to be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any building taking access from the road is occupied.

Reason: To avoid the need for vehicles to reverse into or from the highway in the interest of road safety.
34) The maximum gradient of all vehicular accesses onto the estate roads shall be 10% (1 in 10).

Reason: In the interests of the safety of persons using the access and users of the highway.
35) No dwelling hereby permitted shall be first occupied until a scheme for the parking of cycles on the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, no dwelling shall be first occupied until the cycle parking to serve that dwelling has been fully installed/ implemented.

Reason: To ensure the provision of adequate cycle parking to meet the needs of occupiers of the proposed development in the interests of encouraging the use of sustainable modes of transport, in accordance with Policies T1 and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
36) No dwelling hereby permitted shall be first occupied until details of bin storage/ collection points has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, no dwelling shall be first occupied until the bin storage/ collection point to serve that dwelling has been provided in full accordance with the approved details.

Reason: in the interest of visual amenity and highway safety, in accordance with Policies T2 and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
37) Development shall not commence until a scheme detailing provision for on site parking for construction workers for the duration of the construction period has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented throughout the construction period.

Reason: To ensure adequate off street parking during construction in the interests of road safety, in accordance with Policy T2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan.
38) No dwelling hereby approved shall be first occupied until a residential travel plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The travel plan shall include details of:
Predicted travel to and from the site and targets to reduce car use;
Details of existing and proposed transport links, to include links to both pedestrian, cycle and public transport networks;
Proposals and measures to minimise private car use and facilitate walking, cycling and use of public transport;
Timetable for implementation of measures designed to promote travel choice;
Plans for monitoring and review, annually for a period of 5 years at which time the obligation will be reviewed by the planning authority;
Details of provision of cycle parking in accordance with County Council guidelines;
Details of marketing and publicity for sustainable modes of transport to include site specific welcome packs. Welcome packs to include walking, cycling, public transport and rights of way information; and
Details of the appointment of a travel plan co-ordinator.

Thereafter, no part of the development shall be occupied prior to implementation of those parts identified in the Travel Plan [or implementation of those parts identified in the Travel Plan as capable of being implemented prior to occupation]. Those parts of the approved travel plan that are identified therein as being capable of implementation after occupation shall be implemented in accordance with the timetable contained therein and shall continue to be implemented as long as any part of the development is occupied.

Reason: To reduce reliance on the private car by promoting public transport and sustainable modes of transport, in accordance with Policies T1 and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the NPPF.
39) The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers: 17728 1000 Rev A; 17728 1001 Rev F; 17728 1002 Rev C; 17728 1003 Rev C; 17728 1004 Rev C; 17728 1005 Rev B; 17728 1006 Rev B; 17728 1007 Rev B; 17728 100 Rev A; 17728 101 Rev A; 17728 102 Rev B; 17728 103 Rev B; 17728 104 Rev A; 17728 105 rev A; 17728 106 Rev A; 17728 107 Rev A; 17728 108 Rev A; 17728 109 Rev A; 17728 110 Rev A; 17728 111 Rev A; 17728 114 Rev A; 17728 115 Rev A; 17728 116 Rev A; 17728 117 Rev C; 17728 118 Rev C; 17728 119 Rev B; 17728 120 Rev A; 17728 121 Rev A; 17728 122 Rev A; 17728 123 Rev A; 17728 124 Rev A; 17728 125 Rev A; and 17728 129 Rev B.

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


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