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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/23/02675/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 above slab level shall take place until a landscaping scheme to include all hard and soft landscaping and replacement trees, 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 and 15, NPPF)
3) No developmentabove slab level shall take place, notwithstanding the details submitted with the application, until 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)
4) All ecological measures and/or works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in the November 2020 Ecology Report as already submitted with the planning application and agreed in principle with the local planning authority prior to determination.

Reason: To ensure that works are ecologically sensitive and do not result in adverse impacts to protected species. (Section 15 of the NPPF)
5) No development shall take place above slab level until an Ecological Enhancement Plan (EES) for the creation of new wildlife features such as hibernacula, the inclusion of integrated bird/bat and bee boxes in buildings/structures and hedgehog holes in fences and tree, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

Reason: To ensure development is ecologically sensitive and secures biodiversity enhancements in accordance with Section 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
6) No development shall take place above slab level 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 be informed by the PEA and Net Gain Assessment which accompanies the application and include the following.

a) Description and evaluation of features to be managed.
b) Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management.
c) Aims and objectives of management.
d) Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives.
e) Prescriptions for management actions.
f) Preparation of a work schedule (including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a five-year period).
g) Details of the body or organization responsible for implementation of the plan.
h) Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures.

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 approved plan will be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure the longevity of the landscaping scheme and the ecological enhancement area and to protect the biodiversity value of the site and the visual amenity and character of the area. (Section 15, NPPF).
7) Prior to the occupation of a development, details of an electric charging points for each dwelling, including details of equipment design and colour, within the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved details shall be implemented, with the charging point available for use prior to occupation.

Reason: To ensure that adequate parking with facilities for the charging of electric vehicles are provided in accordance with Central Bedfordhsire Local Plan (2021) Policy HQ1 High Quality Development, Policy T5 Ultra Low Emission Vehicles; Policy T3 Parking; Policy T2 Highways Safety and Design and Policy CC1 Climate Change and Sustainability and the National Planning Policy Framework.
8) No building shall be occupied until the junction of the proposed vehicular access with the highway has been constructed in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In order to minimise danger, obstruction and inconvenience to users of the highway and the premises. (Section 9, NPPF)
9) Notwithstanding the details shown, visibility splays shall be provided at the junction of the access with the public highway before the development is brought into use. The minimum dimensions to provide the required splay lines shall be 2.4m measured along the centre line of the proposed access from its junction with the channel of the public highway and 43.0m measured from the centre line of the proposed access along the line of the channel of the public highway. The required vision splays shall for the perpetuity of the development remain free of any obstruction to visibility.

Reason: To provide adequate visibility between the existing highway and the proposed access, and to make the access safe and convenient for the traffic which is likely to use it. (Section 9, NPPF)
10) No dwelling shall be occupied until a pedestrian refuge located adjacent to the access with an informal pedestrian crossing point to similar, on the opposite side of the road to access the footway in accordance with details of the approved drawing/or scheme to be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. Any Statutory Undertakers equipment or street furniture shall be resited to provide an unobstructed footway.

Reason: In the interests of road safety and pedestrian movement. (Section 9, NPPF)
11) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order 2015, or any amendments thereto, the parking provision on the site, including the visitor parking space shall not be used for any purpose, other than as 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. (Section 9, NPPF)
12) The refuse collection point as indicated on the approved plan 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. (Section 9 NPPF)
13) Notwithstanding the details shown, any new boundary planting should be set back 1.0m into the site measured from the site boundary with the public highway.

Reason: To allow pedestrian access along the public highway and to provide adequate intervisibility at the accesses with those using the site and the highway, for the avoidance of doubt and the avoidance of future vegetative growth into the highway. (Section 9, NPPF)
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 (2021) and the objectives of sustainability set out in the NPPF (2021)
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 be undertaken in full accordance with the Councils adopted Construction Code of Practice for Developers and Contractors - November 2023 Update 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)
17) The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers:

Location Plan D92-23-70-DR-A-010 Rev P1
Street Scene D92-23-70-DR-A-0102 Rev P1
Proposed Block Plan D92-23-70-DR-A-012 Rev P7
Proposed Elevations D92-23-70-DR-A-100 Rev P1
Proposed Elevations D92-23-70-DR-A-101 Rev P1
Proposed Plans D92-23-70-DR-A-021 Rev P1
Tree Protection Plan (proposed layout) V4 dated 06.12.2023
Tree constraints and removals V3 dated 06.12.2023

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


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