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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/02983/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: L01 Rev A, L02,
L03 Rev A, L04 Rev C, Preliminary Ecological Appraisal and Preliminary Roost Assessment dated September 2025.

Reason: To identify the approved plan/s and to avoid doubt.

3) No development shall commence (including any, ground works, site clearance) until an ecological Precautionary Method of Working (PMW) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The PMW shall include the following.
a) Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities.
b) Identification of 'biodiversity protection zones'.
c) Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements).
d) The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features.
e) The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works.
f) Responsible persons and lines of communication.
g) The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works (ECoW) or similarly competent person.
h) Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs.
i) Extent and location of proposed bat box shown on appropriate scale maps and plans.

The approved PMW shall be adhered to and implemented throughout the construction period strictly in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

Reason: This is a pre-commencement condition to ensure the development does not have an adverse impact on bats [(Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended), the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 as amended and s40 of the NERC Act 2006 (Priority habitats & species), Policy EE3, CBLP and Section 15, NPPF)]

4) All ecological measures and/or works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in the September 2025 Preliminary Ecological Appraisal and Preliminary Roost Assessment 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)

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