Planning Application W/22/02339/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
001 rev P03 (Site location plan)
003 rev P06 (Proposed site plan)
005 rev P01 (Proposed day room plans and elevations)
006 rev P01 (Proposed refuse store plans and elevations)
PLAN REF: 170523_0064_TPP_V3 DWG REF: 004
PLAN REF: 170523_0064_TPP_V3 DWG REF: .
Reason: To define the permission.

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Before the commencement of development hereby permitted an ecological mitigation and enhancement scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall be based on the recommendations contained within the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal report by Sharpe Ecology dated October 2022 and shall include an implementation timetable. The works shall thereafter be carried out 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.

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The Development hereby approved shall not be occupied until the access, parking and turning facilities have been provided as shown on Drawing No. 003/P06.
REASON: To ensure conformity with submitted details

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Development shall not begin until visibility splays are provided from a point 0.6m above carriageway level at the centre of the access to the application site and 2.4 metres back from the near side edge of the adjoining carriageway, (measured perpendicularly), for a minimum distance of 115 metres in each direction measured along the nearside edge of the adjoining carriageway and offset a 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.

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The Development hereby approved shall not be occupied until the visibility splays shown on drawing p2022_047/07 have been provided. The splays shall at all times be maintained free of level obstruction exceeding a height of 0.6m above adjacent carriageway.
REASON: In the interests of highway safety

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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. The minimum heights at which hedgerows will be maintained should also be indicated. (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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The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved Arboricultural Impact Assessment (AIA REF: 250423_0064_ARB_V2). Unless indicated on the approved Arboricultural Impact Assessment to be removed, all existing trees and hedges on the application site, or branches from trees on adjacent land that overhang the application site, shall be retained and shall not be felled or pruned or otherwise removed. If any retained tree/hedge is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, replacement planting shall be carried out in the first available planting season, in accordance with details to be approved in writing by the local planning authority. Reason – To preserve the visual amenities of the surrounding natural and built environment. This is in accordance with policies SWDP21 and SWDP25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan

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The site shall not be occupied by any persons other than Gypsies and Travellers, defined as persons of nomadic habit of life whatever their race or origin, including such persons who on grounds only of their own or their family’s or dependants’ educational or health needs or old age have ceased to travel temporarily or permanently, but excluding members of an organised group of travelling showpeople or circus people travelling together as such.

Reason – The development is to meet the specific accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers in accordance with Policy SWDP17 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. Unrestricted residential caravan development in this location would not represent sustainable development and be contrary to the development location strategy set out in policy SWDP2 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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No more than 12 caravans, as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968 as amended (of which no more than 6 shall be a static caravan) shall be stationed on the site at any time.
Reason – To (i) define the consent hereby granted, and (ii) preserve the amenities of the locality in accordance with Policy SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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The site shall not be used for any trade or business purpose other than as a home base for light vehicles (i.e. not exceeding 3.5 tonnes) used by the occupants of the site for the purposes of making their livelihood off site. In particular, no materials associated with such activities shall be stored in the open on the site
Reason - The site is primarily a residential caravan site and not considered to be suitable for commercial activities. This will help to preserve the amenities of the locality in accordance with Policy SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied/first used until full details of all foul and surface water drainage systems to serve the development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved drainage works shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the first occupation/use of the development hereby permitted and shall be retained thereafter. Reason – To ensure development would not result in unacceptable risk of pollution or harm to the environment and to ensure the proposed development does not exacerbate flood risk and deals with surface water run-off from the site in a sustainable manner, in accordance with policies SWDP28, SWDP29 and SWDP30 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.

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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 (i) the proposed development does not have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the area in accordance with policies SWDP1, SWDP21 and SWDP25 of South Worcestershire Development Plan, and (ii) 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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The hereby approved utility/day rooms and refuse storage shall be constructed from timber with a natural finish. Reason - To ensure that the new materials are in keeping with the surroundings and represent quality design in accordance with policy SWDP21 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 . 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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