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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/01710/DOC

Conditions or Reasons:

3) No development above slab level 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.

Reason: To ensure development is ecologically sensitive and secures biodiversity enhancements in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework.
(Section 15 of the NPPF)

13) The building hereby approved shall not be occupied until further details of the noise mitigation measures in relation to the acoustic barrier have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The noise mitigation measures shall be carried out in accordance with the Noise Impact Assessment (Joynes/Nash, Jan 2025) and the approved details prior to the occupation of the building and shall be retained thereafter. This mitigation shall reduce the plant noise emissions by the values calculated in order that the plant installed does not exceed the existing background level when measured or calculated according to BS4142:2014.

Reason: To protect the amenity of neighbouring occupiers
(Section 12 & 14 NPPF).

18) Prior to first occupation of the use hereby approved, details of the proposed EV charging points and ducting shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning
authority. Details to be submitted should include:

Proposals to provide a minimum of 1 space with active provision and 1 space with passive provision charging points within the site for the charging of electric vehicles, together with associated signed / delineated car parking spaces, where required.
Details of the specification(s) of charge point(s) including power output, ducting / cable routes to all other car parking spaces within the site to enable charging points for the charging of electric vehicles to be provided for all other parking spaces in the site in the future.
Equipment design and colour.
A management and maintenance scheme outlining how the charging points and associated car parking spaces will be managed and operated.
The process users can go through to activate passive charging points.

The approved development shall not be occupied until the scheme has been provided in accordance with the approved details, including the approved ducting / cable routes. The charging points and associated car parking spaces shall thereafter be retained, as approved, and shall remain available for use. The charging points and associated car parking spaces shall be managed and operated at all times in complete accordance with the approved Charge Point Operation and Management Strategy (or alternative method statement as may have been approved in writing by the local planning authority).

Reason: To ensure that adequate parking with facilities for the charging of electric vehicles are provided in accordance with Policy HQ1 High Quality Design, 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.

19) Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, a 30 year (or as amended by sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 9 of Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) Habitat Maintenance and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The HMMP shall include:

how the habitat will be maintained
who is responsible for creating or enhancing the habitats
who is responsible for maintenance, management and monitoring

All maintenance and monitoring shall be carried out in accordance with the details provided.

Reason: To ensure the provision and maintenance of BNG in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Policy EE2 of the Local Plan.

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