| Conditions or Reasons: | 1)
No caravan located on the Site shall be occupied for residential purposes by persons other than Gypsies and Travellers, as defined in annexe 1 of Planning Policy for Traveller Sites 2024.
Reason: To ensure that the occupation of the residential caravans on the site is restricted to Gypsies and Travellers only, given the location of the site in the Green Belt and the case that has justified the development.
(Section 13, National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (December 2024); Planning policy for traveller sites (December 2024); and Policy SP4, Central Bedfordshire Council Local Plan, (CBCLP), (July 2021)). |
2)
The use of the site hereby permitted shall be limited to five pitches. No more than two caravans, as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968, shall be stationed on a single pitch at any one time, of which no more than one caravan shall be a static caravan.
Reason: To reduce the impact on the openness of the Green Belt and visual amenity of the countryside.
(Sections 13 and 15, NPPF (December 2024); and Policy SP4, CBCLP (July 2021).) |
3)
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any other order revoking and re-enacting that order with or without modifications), no sheds or amenity/utility buildings, or other buildings or structures, walls, fences or other means of enclosure, or external lighting or CCTV other than those shown on the approved plans, shall be erected on the site unless details have previously been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
Reason: To reduce the impact on the openness of the Green Belt and visual amenity of the countryside.
(Sections 13 and 15, NPPF (December 2024); and Policy SP4, CBCLP (July 2021). |
4)
No vehicle over 3.5 tonnes shall be stationed, parked or stored on this site.
Reason: To reduce the impact on the openness of the Green Belt and visual amenity of the countryside and to protect the amenities of adjoining residents.
(Sections 12, 13 and 15, NPPF (December 2024); and Policies SP4 and HQ1, CBCLP (July 2021).) |
5)
No commercial activities shall take place on the site, including the storage of materials, plant or equipment.
Reason: To reduce the impact on the openness of the Green Belt and visual amenity of the countryside and to protect the amenities of adjoining residents.
(Sections 12, 13 and 15, NPPF (December 2024); and Policies SP4 and HQ1, CBCLP (July 2021).) |
6)
Within 3 months of this decision, 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 to enhance and integrate the development into the surrounding countryside and Green Belt location.
(Sections 12 & 15, NPPF, December 2024 and Policies SP4, HQ1 and EE5 CBC Local Plan). |
7)
The surface water drainage shall be shall be based on the agreed FRA & Drainage Strategy (Ref: Meridian, MC0251 Stokes Dunstable Road SWDS, August 2025) and DEFRAs Non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems (March 2018) and shall be implemented and maintained as approved. The scheme will manage surface water runoff from the development for up to and including the 1 in 100 year event (+40%CC,+10%UC), attenuated discharge to a watercourse will be limited to the 1 in 1 year greenfield runoff rate, and there is to be no increase in peak flow in a receiving watercourse. The approved surface water drainage scheme will be implemented early in the construction phase, prior to the construction of any impermeable surfaces and at slab level of phase one at the latest. Any variation to the connections and controls indicated on the approved scheme and supporting drawings, which may be necessary at the time of construction, would require the resubmission of those details to the Local Planning Authority for approval. The applicant must provide details to satisfy points 1 to 9 of the attached informative when submitting details to discharge the condition.
Reason: To ensure the approved system will function to a satisfactory minimum standard of operation and maintenance and prevent the increased risk of flooding both on and off site, in accordance with CBC Local Plan Policies CC3 to CC5 and NPPF Paras 170 to 182 Inclusive of foot notes 62 and 63 and its supporting technical guidance. |
8)
Within 2 months of this permission, the developer shall submit in writing to the Local Planning Authority a finalised 'Maintenance and Management Plan' for the entire surface water drainage system, inclusive of any adoption arrangements and/or private ownership or responsibilities. This shall include a 'verification report' confirming that the surface water drainage scheme has been constructed and is operating as per the approved design. The report shall be prepared by a suitably qualified professional and shall include photographic evidence, testing reports, and any other necessary information to confirm the system's functionality. The surface water drainage system must be proven to be fully operational before any buildings are occupied. Where any SuDS features are used temporarily, they shall be remediated in full accordance with the approved design prior to occupation.
Reason: To ensure that the implementation and long term operation of a sustainable drainage system (SuDS) is in line with what has been approved, in accordance with Written Statement HCWS161, 18th December 2014. |
9)
The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plan, number GP/01/25 REVA, GP/03/25 REV, GP/02/25 REV and the development shall therefater be retained as such, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.
Reason: To identify the approved plan and to avoid doubt. |
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