Planning Application W/22/00804/FUL

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Application Details

This application has been approved

The following conditions and information notes are associated with the approval

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The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. Reason: To conform with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

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Unless where required or allowed by other conditions attached to this permission/consent, the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the information (including details on the proposed materials) provided on the application form and the following plans/drawings/documents –


Drawing numbers Pro Map OS Plan 1:2500 and drawing number 882 2 /101A

Reason: To define the permission.

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The 12 caravan lodges positioned on the site shall meet the definition of a caravan as set out in section 29 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and section 13 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968.

Reason: To define the permission hereby granted and to ensure the appearance of the site is satisfactory and causes no harm to the visual
amenities of the area in line with policies SWDP25 and SWDP36 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan 2016.

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The development hereby approved shall be restricted to short-term holiday purposes only. No holiday lodge caravan stationed on the site shall be occupied at any time as permanent residential accommodation.

Reason: To prevent the permanent residential occupation of the site which would be contrary to policy SWDP2, where new residential development is unacceptable in principle and to define the permission under policy SWDP36 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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The owners/operators of the holiday lodge caravans hereby approved shall maintain an up-to-date register of the names of all owners/occupiers of the unit/accommodation. This register shall be made available within 1 calendar month of a written request by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: The proposed unit/visitor accommodation would be situated in the open countryside, outside any defined settlement boundary where new residential development will be strictly controlled. The proposed unit/accommodation is only acceptable as a holiday let/ tourism development in accordance with policy SWDP12 and/or SWDP35 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. To grant permission without such a condition would be contrary to policy SWDP2 and/or SWDP12 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan

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The units hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the internal shared roadways, accesses and vehicle parking areas shown on the approved plans have been properly implemented. These areas shall thereafter be retained and kept available for those users at all times.

Reason In the interests of highway safety in accordance with South Worcestershire Development Plan policy SWDP21 (Design).

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The landscape and ecological management plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to and be approved in writing by the local planning authority within one month of the commencement of the development hereby approved. The content of the LEMP shall include the following:
a. Description and evaluation of the features to be managed;
b. Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management.
c. Aims and objectives of management;
d. Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives;
e. Prescriptions for management actions;
f. Preparation of a work schedule, including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a five-year period and longer term thereafter;
g. Details of the body or organisation responsible for implementation of the plan;
h. Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures.
The plan shall also set out where the results of the monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the LEMP are not being met, how contingencies and/or remedial action identified, agreed and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme.
The approved plan will be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme.

Reason: To ensure that the proposed development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site and for the wider area in accordance with SWDP 22.

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The external facing material of any holiday lodge caravans that are brought onto the site shall be dark brown or dark green in colour.

Reason: To define the permission and to harmonise the caravans in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality in accordance with policy SWDP25 (Landscape Character).

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The development hereby approved shall be carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations made in section 4 of the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal by ArbTech, updated 8th July 2022, which includes both precautionary measures as well as details of bat and bird boxes to be installed.
On completion of works the development shall be inspected by a qualified ecologist and a statement of conformity shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority to confirm whether all of the measures for enhancing biodiversity have been implemented in accordance with the details approved under this condition.
Reason: To ensure the development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site and the wider area in accordance with policy SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and to ensure compliance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

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All planting and seeding/turfing comprised in the submitted landscape scheme in accordance with Landscape Planting Proposals -Revised Area 882.2/102, hereby approved, shall be carried out in the first planting season following the first occupation/use of the development or in accordance with the submitted implementation programme. All planting shall be watered as necessary and competitive weed growth controlled to ensure successful establishment. Any trees or plants that die, or  are removed; or become seriously damaged or diseased within a period of five years from the completion of the planting, shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species. Reason: To ensure the development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site and the wider area in accordance with policy SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and to ensure the proposed development does not have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the area in accordance with policies SWDP21 and SWDP25 of South Worcestershire Development Plan 2016.

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Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied/used, details of any external lighting to be provided in association with the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include times when the external lighting will not be switched on. Only external lighting in accordance with approved details shall be provided on the application site. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) there shall be no other external lighting provided on the application site. Reason: To ensure the development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site and the wider area in accordance with policy SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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Positive and Proactive Statement. In dealing with this application, the Council has worked with the applicant in the following ways:- - seeking further information following receipt of the application; - seeking amendments to the proposed development following receipt of the application; - considering the imposition of conditions and or the completion of a s.106 legal agreement. In such ways the Council has demonstrated a positive and proactive manner in seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to the planning application.

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