| 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)
All external works hereby permitted shall be carried out in materials to match as closely as possible in colour, type and texture, those of the existing building.
Reason: To safeguard the appearance of the completed development by ensuring that the development hereby permitted is finished externally with materials to match the existing building in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality.
(Section 12, NPPF) |
3)
The development shall not be occupied 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) |
4)
A scheme shall be submitted for approval in writing by the Local Planning Authority indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed in accordance with the approved scheme before the buildings are occupied and be thereafter retained.
Reason: To safeguard the appearance of the completed development and the visual amenities of the locality.
(Section 12, NPPF) |
5)
The development hereby permitted shall not begin until a scheme to deal with contamination of land/ground gas/controlled waters has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include all of the following measures, unless the local planning authority dispenses with any such requirement specifically in writing:
1. A Phase I site investigation report carried out by a competent person to include a desk study, site walkover, the production of a site conceptual model and a human health and environmental risk assessment, undertaken in accordance with The Environment Agency Land Contamination Risk Management guidance.(LCRM).
2. A Phase II intrusive investigation report detailing all investigative works and sampling on site, together with the results of the analysis, undertaken in accordance with LCRM. The report shall include a detailed quantitative human health and environmental risk assessment.
3. A remediation scheme detailing how the remediation will be undertaken, what methods will be used and what is to be achieved. A clear end point of the remediation
shall be stated, and how this will be validated. Any ongoing monitoring shall also be determined.
4. If during the works contamination is encountered which has not previously been identified, then the additional contamination shall be fully assessed in an appropriate remediation scheme which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.
5. A validation report detailing the proposed remediation works and quality assurance certificates to show that the works have been carried out in full accordance with the approved methodology shall be submitted prior to first occupation of the development. Details of any post-remedial sampling and analysis to demonstrate that the site has achieved the required clean-up criteria shall be included, together with the necessary documentation detailing what waste materials have been removed from the site.
Reason: To minimise and prevent pollution of the land and the water environment and in accordance with national planning policy guidance set out in section 196 and 197 of the NPPF, and in order to protect human health and the environment. |
6)
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 160.0m 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. (Policy T2, Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 9, NPPF) |
7)
Before the premises are occupied all on site vehicular areas shall be surfaced in a stable and durable materials in accordance with details to be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Arrangements shall be made for surface water drainage from the site to soak away within the site so that it does not discharge into the highway or into the main drainage system.
Reason: To avoid the carriage of mud or other extraneous material or surface water from the site so as to safeguard the interest of highway safety and reduce the risk of flooding and to minimise inconvenience to users of the premises and ensure satisfactory parking of vehicles outside highway limits. (Policy T2, Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 9, NPPF) |
8)
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order 2015, or any amendments thereto, the parking provision on the site 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 ad-hoc parking which would compromise manoeuvring vehicles within the site which could adversely affect the convenience of road users. (Policies T2 and T3, Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 9, NPPF) |
9)
Prior to occupation, a scheme for the secure and covered parking of cycles on the site (including the internal dimensions of the cycle parking area, stands/brackets to be used and access thereto), calculated at one cycle parking space per bedroom, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be fully implemented before the development is first occupied or brought into use and thereafter retained for this purpose.
(See Notes to the Applicant)
Reason: To ensure the provision of adequate cycle parking to meet the needs of occupiers of the proposed development in the interests of encouraging the use of sustainable modes of transport. (Policy T2, Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 9, NPPF) |
10)
Details of a refuse collection point located at the site frontage and outside of the public highway and any visibility splays shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of any dwelling. The scheme 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.(Policy T2, Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 9, NPPF) |
11)
The proposed parking spaces shall measure 2.5m x 5.0m each, unless against a structure, planting or boundary treatment where the parking space shall measure 3.5m x 5.0m. There shall be no less than 6.0m clear in front of the parking spaces to allow access and egress from the parking space.
Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and to provide adequate and workable parking provision. (Policy T3, Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 9, NPPF) |
12)
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.
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 paragraph 112 of the National Planning Policy Framework. |
13)
All ecological measures and/or works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in the October 2025 "Ecological Method Statement GCN" and November 2025 "Ecological Appraisal" as already submitted with the planning application and agreed in principle with the local planning authority prior to determination (or any equivalent document submitted to include updated survey results).
Reason: To ensure that works are ecologically sensitive and do not result in adverse impacts to protected species. (Section 15 of the NPPF) |
14)
No development shall take place until an Ecological Enhancement Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include details of bat and bird box installation, hedgehog provisions and other ecological enhancements. The content shall be informed by the November 2025 Ecological Appraisal as already submitted with the planning application and agreed in principle with the local planning authority prior to determination. The details shall be implemented as approved and retained thereafter.
Reason: To ensure development is ecologically sensitive and secures biodiversity enhancements in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework. |
15)
The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers NA-23083-PA-100.A 'Site Location Plan', NA-23083-PA-101 'Block Plan', NA-23083-PA-103.A 'Proposed Floor Plans and Elevations Plans'.
Reason: To identify the approved plan/s and to avoid doubt. |
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