Planning Application W/22/02335/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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No works, other than those to form the site access, shall be carried out before details of the form, colour and finish of the materials to be used externally on the walls and roofs of the dwellings and any ancillary buildings hereby approved have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the materials so approved and retained in that form.

Reason: To ensure that the development is visually satisfactory in accordance with Policy SWDP21 of the 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 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.

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No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until visibility splays have been provided from a point of 1.05m above carriageway level at the centre of the vehicle access to the application site and 2.4 metres back from the near side edge of the adjoining carriageway, (measured perpendicularly), for a distance of 57metres in an eastbound direction and 54metres in a westbound direction measured along the nearside edge of the adjoining carriageway, to a vertical offset distance of 0.6m from the edge of the carriageway. Nothing shall be planted, erected and/or allowed to grow on the triangular area of land so formed which would obstruct the visibility described above.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policy SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until the vehicular access, entrance, shared driveway arrangements, parking spaces and turning facilities to serve each individual property has been provided as shown on drawing AR-330-002 A.

Reason: In the interest of highway safety, provision of adequate parking facilities and to ensure conformity with submitted details in accordance with Policy SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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Prior to the commencement of any works on site, details of the provision for the sustainable disposal of surface water within the site so as to prevent its discharge onto the highway shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In the interests of sustainable drainage and highway safety in accordance with Policy SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until sheltered and secure cycle parking to comply with the Council’s adopted streetscape design guide has been provided in accordance with details which shall first be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and thereafter the approved cycle parking shall be kept available for the parking of bicycles.

Reason: In the interests of sustainable development and to comply with the Council’s parking standards in accordance with Policies SWDP4 and SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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Before the commencement of construction works on 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 (i) 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 the South Worcestershire Development Plan, and (ii) enhance site biodiversity in accordance with policy SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations set out in the Updated Phase 1 Habitat Survey report carried out by Cotswold Wildlife Surveys dated October 2022 and submitted with this application.

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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Prior to the commencement of development hereby approved a landscape and ecological management plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The content of the LEMP shall be based on the approved Landscape Scheme and shall be guided by the requirement to achieve Biodiversity Net Gain, and maintain this after implementation, and shall include the following:

a. Details (type and location) of wildlife boxes and hibernacula;
b. Description and evaluation of the features to be managed;
c. Updated BNG calculations based on the approved landscape plan;
d. Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management;
e. Aims and objectives of management;
f. Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives;
g. Prescriptions for management actions;
h. Preparation of a work schedule, including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a five-year period and for a minimum of 30 years thereafter;
i. Details of the body or organisation responsible for implementation of the plan;
j. On-going 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 LEMP 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 to ensure the proposal harmonises with the surroundings in accordance with policies SWDP21, SWDP22 and SWDP25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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Prior to the commencement of development, a Construction Traffic Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (in consultation with Worcestershire County Council Highways). This shall include but not be limited to the following:-

• Measures to ensure that vehicles leaving the site do not deposit mud or other detritus on the public highway;
• Details of site operative parking areas, material unloading and storage areas and the location of site operatives facilities (offices, toilets etc);
• The hours that delivery vehicles will be permitted to arrive and depart, and arrangements for unloading and manoeuvring;
• The hours that clearance and construction works are permitted to take place;
• Details of any temporary construction accesses and their reinstatement; and
• A highway condition survey, timescale for re-inspections, and details of any reinstatement.

The measures set out in the approved Plan shall be carried out and complied with in full during the construction of the development hereby permitted. Site operatives' parking, material storage and the positioning of operatives' facilities shall only take place on the site in locations approved by in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure the provision of adequate on-site facilities and in the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policy SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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The development hereby approved shall not be occupied until a Residential Travel Welcome Pack promoting sustainable forms of access to the development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The pack shall be provided to each resident at the point of occupation.

Reason: To reduce vehicle movements and promote sustainable access in accordance with Policies SWDP4 and SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan

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Demolition, clearance or construction work and deliveries to and from the site in connection with the development hereby approved shall only take place between the hours of 08.00 and 18.00 Monday to Friday and 08.00 and 13.00 on a Saturday. There shall be no demolition, clearance or construction work or deliveries to and from the site on Sundays or Bank Holidays. Reason - To preserve the amenities of the locality in accordance with Policy SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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Prior to the occupation of any part of the development hereby permitted details of renewable or low carbon energy generating facilities to be incorporated as part of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall demonstrate that at least 10% of the predicted energy requirements of the development will be met through the use of renewable/low carbon energy generating facilities. The approved facilities shall be provided prior to any part of the development hereby permitted being first occupied or in accordance with a timetable submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority as part of the details required by this condition. Reason: To ensure the proposed development includes sufficient renewable/low carbon energy generating facilities to comply with Policy SWDP27 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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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 –

Studio Spicer Architects drawing numbers AR_130_001; AR_330_001;

Amended plans (received on 25 July 2023)

Studio Spicer Architects drawing numbers AR_130_002_A; AR_330_002_A; AR_330_100;

Reason: To define the permission.

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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 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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The applicants attention is drawn to the existence of an agreement made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), and the restrictions imposed therein.

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