Planning Application W/22/01420/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 –

Dr. numbers:-
Site location Plan
Site location, plan 023 Rev B
7059/017 Rev B Elevations
018 Rev A Elevations.
013 Floor Plan
019 Rev A section
024 Rev B Proposed site plan
025 Rev B Proposed Plot Plan
026 Rev B proposed, plot plan
22-361-SK00004 P3 Proposed Sections and Flood Compensation Strategy

Ecological Mitigation and Enhancement Strategy, ref.2509 Rev.01, by Focus Ecology dated May 2022.

Reason: To define the permission.

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The Development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the access, parking and turning facilities have been provided as shown on drawing 7059-023 Revision B. Reason: To ensure conformity with submitted details.

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The Development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the applicant has implemented the Travel Plan using Modeshift STARS Business format as they submitted. They must meet green level accreditation before occupation and bronze level accreditation within 12 months of occupation.

Reason: To reduce vehicle movements and promote sustainable access in accordance with policy SWDP4 of the adopted South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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Before the substantial completion of development hereby permitted, details of renewable and/or low carbon energy generation measures as outlined in the submitted ESC Energy Statement (June 2022)shall carried out on site .The measures shall contribute to at least 10% of the predicted energy requirements of the development and the building shall not be occupied until these measures are operational..

Reason - To ensure the development supports the delivery of low carbon/renewable energy and safeguards natural resources in accordance with policy SWDP27 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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Before the first use/occupation of the development hereby permitted a scheme of landscaping shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The landscaping scheme shall include:- (i) a plan(s) showing details of all existing trees and hedges on the application site. The plan should include, for each tree/hedge, the accurate position, canopy spread and species, together with an indication of any proposals for felling/pruning and any proposed changes in ground level, or other works to be carried out, within the canopy spread. (ii) a plan(s) showing the layout of proposed tree, hedge and shrub planting and grass areas. (iii) a schedule of proposed planting - indicating species, sizes at time of planting and numbers/densities of plants. (iv) a written specification outlining cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment. (v) a schedule of maintenance, including watering and the control of competitive weed growth, for a minimum period of five years from first planting. All planting and seeding/turfing shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details in the first planting and seeding/turfing seasons following the completion or first occupation/use of the development, whichever is the sooner. The planting shall be maintained in accordance with the approved schedule of maintenance. Any trees or plants which, within a period of five years from the completion of the planting, die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species. Reason - 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.

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Prior to the first use/occupation of the development hereby permitted, the details set out in the submitted Water Management Statement which is found in the Flood Risk Assessment submitted with the application shall be fully implemented and remain thereafter.

Reason: To ensure that an appropriate sustainable drainage system is provided to serve the development in accordance with policy SWDP29 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan 2016.

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Prior to its construction as part of this development details of the wall as shown on dr. no. 22-361-SK00004 P3 that will need to be erected to the perimeter of the northern and eastern part of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be constructed in accordance with those details.

Reason: In the interests of the ecological retention and enhancement of the area in accordance with policy SWDP22 of the SWDP.

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The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations set out in the para 8.2.2 of the Ecological Mitigation and Enhancement Strategy, ref.2509 Rev.01, by Focus Ecology dated May 2022 submitted with this application. In particular: - bat and bird boxes, log piles and hedgehog houses.

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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Notwithstanding the information contained within the Ecological Mitigation and Enhancement Strategy, ref.2509 Rev.01, by Focus Ecology dated May 2022, a Biodiversity Net Gain Strategy shall be submitted to and approved in writing prior to the construction of the warehouse building hereby approved. This shall be based on Defra Metric 3.1 calculations of the habitats present at the time the application was submitted. It shall include the land between and including the southern and eastern plot boundaries of the wider Plot 700 boundary and Unit A of the current development site, identified as BNG Plot 1 on plan 2509, entitled “Estimated land use areas”, and shall provide a timetable for implementation. The Biodiversity Net Gain Strategy shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the approved details and timetable.

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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A 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 submission of the Biodiversity Net Gain Strategy. The content of the LEMP shall be based on the Biodiversity Net Gain Strategy and 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 30 years period;
g. Details of the body or organisation responsible for implementation of the plan;
h. Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures.
A report describing the results of monitoring shall be submitted to the local planning authority at intervals identified in the LEMP strategy. The plan and monitoring report 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 will be 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 details.

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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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 that lighting is directed away from the vegetated corridors and that the brook is kept as dark as possible and 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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