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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/01384/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: 23-17-SK-00-C, 23-17-SK-01, 23-17-SK-02-C, 23-17-SK-03-A, 23-17-SK-04-C, 23-17-SK-05, 23-17-SK-06, 23-17-SK-07 & RHC-24-104 - 02A.

Reason: To identify the approved plan/s and to avoid doubt.
3) Prior to commencement, a scheme showing off-street parking for all vehicles including all previously approved parking layouts and proposed, required spaces - shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be fully implemented before the development is first occupied or brought into use and thereafter retained for this purpose.
Reason: This is a pre-commencement condition to ensure that the arrangement of the site is adequate for the provision for car parking clear of the highway. (CBLP Policies T1 & T2 & Section 94, NPPF)
4) Prior to commencement, a scheme showing adequate turning space for light goods/emergency vehicles (7.0m in length) within the curtilage of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be fully implemented before the development is first occupied or brought into use and thereafter retained for this purpose.
Reason: This is a pre-commencement condition to ensure that the site is arranged to adequately enable vehicles to draw clear and turn outside of the highway limits thereby avoiding the reversing of vehicles on to the highway. (CBLP Policies T1 & T2 and Section 94, NPPF)
5) No development shall take place until a scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority for the provision of fire hydrants at the development. Prior to the first occupation of the dwelling(s) the fire hydrant(s) serving that development shall be installed as approved. Thereafter the fire hydrant(s) shall be retained as approved in perpetuity.

Reason: In the interests of fire safety and providing safe and accessible developments.
(Section 7, NPPF)
6) No development above slab level shall take place until 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 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)
7) Prior to the construction of vehicular parking areas associated with the approved dwellings, a scheme for the charging of electric and ultra-low emission vehicles shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall accord with Policy T5 of CBLP or the most up to date guidance and shall include the following:
Details of active charging posts or passive provision such as cabling and electricity supply for the dwelling
Timescales / triggers for implementation of the scheme.

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 in line with Policy T5 of the CBLP and the National Planning Policy Framework.
8) Prior to the commencement of any above slab level works, a scheme for ecological enhancements such as bird/bat box's, hedgehog dome and insect houses is to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented prior to the occupation of the dwelling.

Reason: To ensure a biodiversity net gain and ecological enhancements for wildlife (Policy EE2 of the CBLP and Section 15 of the NPPF).
9) Prior to the occupation of any dwelling on the site, a scheme for the provision of waste receptacles for each dwelling shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The receptacles shall be provided before occupation takes place.

Reason: In the interest of residential amenity and to reduce waste generation in accordance with the Councils's Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2014, Policy WSP5 and the adopted SPD "Managing Waste in New Developments" (2006).
10) The section of hedging within the approved visibility splays shown on drawing number RHC-24-104-03 shall be cut back and fully implemented before the development is first occupied or brought into use and maintained in perpetuity keeping it clear of obstruction.
Reason: In the interests of road safety.
(CBLP Policies T1 & T2 and Section 94, NPPF)
11) The 'existing log cabin' denoted with by a red dashed outline to the south east of the site, shown on site plan 23-17-SK-03-A shall be removed within three months of the occupation of the dwelling hereby approved.

Reason: In the interests of preserving the visual amenity and openness of the Green Belt. (Section 13 NPPF)
12) The approved development shall be built using external materials as set out on plan number: 23-17-SK-05, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To control the appearance of the building in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality (Policy HQ1 of the CBLP and Section 12, NPPF).
13) Notwithstanding, The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (or any order revoking and/or re-enacting those orders with or without modification), the dwelling hereby permitted shall be constructed as a self-build dwelling within the definition of self-build and custom housing in the 2015 Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act (as amended by the 2016 Housing and Planning Act):
(i) The first occupation of the dwelling in the development shall be by persons who had a primary input into the design and layout of the dwelling.
Reason: To ensure the development complies with the self-build and custom house building definition and help to meet the Councils self-build requirement
14) The dwelling 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 (2024).
15) The residential curtilage of the dwelling hereby approved shall not exceed the limits of the red line boundary shown on drawing number 23-17-SK-04.

Reason: In the interests of preserving the visual amenity and openness of the Green Belt (Section 13, NPPF)
16) Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 1 Class E of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no buildings or other structures shall be erected or constructed within the curtilage of any of the properties without the grant of further specific planning permission from the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To control the external appearance of the development and for the protection of the visual amenities and openness of the Green Belt. (Section 13, NPPF)
17) Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 1 Classes A, B and C of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no alterations or extensions to the dwelling hereby approved shall be constructed without the grant of further specific planning permission from the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To control the external appearance of the development and for the protection of the visual amenities and openness of the Green Belt. (Section 13, NPPF)
18) The development hereby permitted shall be undertaken in full accordance with the Council's 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).
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).


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