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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/00705/DOC

Conditions or Reasons:

2) No development shall commence until details of the existing and final ground and slab levels of the dwelling and garage hereby approved 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 properties, the location of which shall first be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the site shall be developed in full accordance with the approved details.

Reason: This is a pre-commencement condition to ensure that an acceptable relationship results between the new development and adjacent buildings and public areas.
(Section 12, NPPF)

3) Notwithstanding the details submitted, no development shall commence until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the dwelling and garage hereby permitted 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: This is a pre-commencement condition to control the appearance of the building in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality.
(Section 12, NPPF)

4) No development shall commence until an Ecological Enhancement Plan (EES) for the creation of new wildlife features such as the inclusion of integrated bird/bat boxes in the building and hedgehog holes in fences, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

Prior to first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved, the works shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained in that manner thereafter.

Reason: This is a pre-commencement condition to ensure development is ecologically sensitive and secures biodiversity enhancements in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (Section 15 NPPF).

5) No development shall commence until full details of a fire-fighting strategy, including the provision of a fire hydrant or a suitable sprinkler system has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved details shall be fully implemented prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved.

Reason: This is a pre-commencement condition in the interests of fire saftey (Section 12, NPPF, 2023)

6) No development shall commence above slab level until a landscaping scheme to include all 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)

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