| Condition Details / Information Notes |
| 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. |
| Unless where required or allowed by other conditions attached to this permission, the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the information provided on the application form and the following plans/drawings/documents –
1954-1000 Location Plan 1:1250
1954-1200 Rev. D Proposed Site Plan
1954-3000 Existing/Proposed Surfaces
1954-4000 Rev. D Ground Floor Plan
1954-4100 Rev. D First Floor Plan
1954-5001 Rev. B Section showing closest neighbour
1954-5100 Rev. A Site Section
1954-6000 Rev. D Proposed Elevations
1954-6100 Rev. C Street Scene Elevation
Travel Plan Statement (P854) dated January 2019
Energy Strategy dated 5th December 2018
PEA and Bat Survey reports dated 9th November 2018
SuDS Drainage Design (C18402) dated April 2019
Highways Technical Note (P854) dated June 2019
Arboricultural Impact Assessment & Method Statement dated 21st June 2019
Reason: To define the permission. |
| Notwithstanding the details shown on the approved plans, the building operations hereby permitted shall not progress beyond slab level until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the apartments have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The details to be submitted shall include:-
- type, colour, texture, size, coursing, finish, jointing and pointing of brickwork;
- type, colour, texture, size and design of roofing materials;
- detailed specification of the new timber cladding showing the dimensions, profile and a description of the stain or paint finish to be applied;
- details of window frame materials, glazing and proposed external finishes, together with details of the position in wall reveal and any surrounding dressings;
- details of the approved rooflights, including drawings showing design, materials and profile;
- details of external vents, extracts and chimney flues including information on specification and colour; and
- details of external doors including information on finish.
The development shall be carried out using the materials as approved.
Reason: To protect, conserve and enhance the significance of heritage assets and to ensure that the new materials are in keeping with the surroundings and/or represent quality design in accordance with Policies SWDP 6, SWDP 21 and SWDP 24 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| No development shall begin until a Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The CEMP shall include the following details:-
a. details to minimise the impact of noise, vibration and dust from construction, demolition and site clearance activities and the traffic associated with this development, including a scheme for vehicle wheel cleaning and other measures to ensure that vehicles leaving the site do not deposit mud or other detritus on the public highway. The CEMP shall broadly accord with BS 5228 - 1&2:2009 +A1:2014 (Code of practice for noise and vibration control on construction and open sites) and the WRS Demolition and Construction Guidance;
b. details of site operative parking areas, material storage areas and the location of site operative facilities (offices, toilets etc);
c. restrictions on burning of waste on site;
d. a strategy for the handling and storage of topsoil;
e. a management strategy and proposals for the minimisation of construction waste.
The measures set out in the approved Plan shall be carried out and complied with in full during the construction of the development hereby approved. Site operatives' parking, material storage and the positioning of operatives' facilities shall only take place on the site in locations approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
The CEMP should generally comply with the requirements of Worcestershire Regulatory Services Code of Best Practice for Demolition and Construction Sites 1st Edition July 2011.
Reason: To protect existing and new occupiers of residential areas from the unreasonable effects of noise, vibration, light and dust nuisance and to avoid and mitigate any effects on highway safety in accordance with Policies SWDP 21, 31 and 33 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Notwithstanding the details shown on the approved plans, the development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until sheltered and secure cycle parking to comply with the County Council’s adopted Streetscape Design Guide (2018) has been provided in accordance with details which shall first be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the approved cycle parking shall be kept available for the parking of bicycles only.
Reason: To comply with the County Council’s parking standards and in the interests of reducing the risk of crime. |
| The development hereby approved shall not be occupied until a residential 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. |
| 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 SWDP 21 and SWDP 25 of South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Before the first use/occupation of the development hereby permitted a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. These details shall include the provision of a Malvern stone wall at the site entrance. The boundary treatment shall be completed before in accordance with a timetable agreed in writing by the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
Reason: To protect the amenities of properties and ensure the proposed development does not have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the area in accordance with Policies SWDP 6, 21 and 24 of South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Before the first use/occupation of the development hereby permitted details of a precise specification of the proposed materials for the hard landscaping of the site (including roads, paths, parking areas and other hard surfaces) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The hard landscaping of the site shall be completed in accordance with a timetable agreed in writing by the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
Reason: To ensure the proposed development represents high quality design and does not have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the area in accordance with Policies SWDP 6, 21 and 24 of South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Before the first use/occupation of the development hereby permitted a schedule of landscape maintenance for the lifetime of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The schedule shall include details of the arrangements for its implementation, long-term design objectives, management responsibilities and maintenance schedules for all communal areas (excluding domestic gardens). The approved landscape maintenance schedule shall be fully implemented.
Reason: To ensure the proposed development does not have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the area in accordance with Policies SWDP 21 and SWDP 25 of South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied, details of 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 proposed development maintains the character and appearance of the area, reduces the risk of crime and contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site and wider area, in accordance with Policies SWDP 21 and SWDP 22 of South Worcestershire Development Plan.
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| Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a scheme for surface water drainage shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Prior to submission of the scheme an assessment shall be carried out into the potential of disposing of surface water by means of a sustainable drainage system (SuDS), and the results of this assessment shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. If infiltration techniques are used then the plan shall include the details of field percolation tests. There shall be at least 20% reduction in the surface water run-off rate, compared with the pre-development situation, for up to a 1 in 100 year storm event plus 40% allowance for climate change. The scheme shall provide an appropriate level of run-off treatment. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the development is first brought into use. Where a sustainable drainage scheme is to be provided, the submitted details shall:-
i. provide information about the design storm period and intensity, the method employed to delay and control the surface water discharged from the site and the measures taken to prevent pollution of the receiving groundwater and/or surface waters;
ii. include a timetable for its implementation; and
iii. provide a management and maintenance plan for the lifetime of the development which shall include robust arrangements to secure the operation of the scheme throughout its lifetime.
Reason: 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 SWDP 28 and SWDP 29 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| No building hereby permitted shall be occupied until details of the design, implementation, maintenance and management of foul water drainage works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out, and the drainage maintained/managed, in accordance with the approved details.
Reason: To ensure development would not result in unacceptable risk of pollution or harm to the environment in accordance with Policy SWDP 30 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Prior to its construction and laying out, details of the works to create the pedestrian link from the west of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. These details shall illustrate precisely how the difference in ground levels between the site and pavement are to be addressed, while minimising any negative impacts on Tree T7 (Field Maple), as shown within the Arboricultural Impact Assessment & Method Statement by Countryside Consultants Ltd dated June 2019.
Reason: To prevent existing trees/hedges from being damaged during construction work and to preserve the amenities of the locality in accordance with Policies SWDP 21 and 25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Before the first occupation of the development hereby permitted an ecological enhancement scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include but not be limited to the recommendations contained in the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal and Bat Survey reports by Countryside Consultants Ltd dated 9th November 2018, together with 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 SWDP 22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, details of superfast broadband facilities or alternative solutions to serve the dwellings shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The submitted details shall include an implementation programme. The facilities shall be provided in accordance with the approved details.
Reason: To ensure the proposal incorporates satisfactory telecommunication facilities in line with Policy SWDP 26 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.
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| Prior to the first occupation of the development a Water Management Statement, setting out water efficiency measures and confirming that the daily non-recycled water use per person will not exceed 110 litres per day, shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the first occupation of the development and retained thereafter.
Reason: To ensure sustainability measures are taken into account in the development in accordance with Policies SWDP 21 and SWDP 30 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.
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| Prior to their installation, details of the boilers to be incorporated into the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. If gas boilers are to be used, the installation specification shall be Ultra-Low NOx boilers with maximum NOx emissions less than 40 mg/kWh. The details as approved shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the development and thereafter be permanently retained.
Reason: In the interests of energy sustainability and the living conditions of occupiers of nearby properties and future occupiers of the site, in accordance with Policies SWDP 27 and 31 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.
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| Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted, details of refuse and recycling storage facilities to serve the development and/or each of the buildings hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved storage facilities shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the associated development and/or building(s) and retained thereafter.
Reason: To ensure adequate refuse and recycling storage facilities are incorporated in the development and/or ensure high quality design in accordance with Policies SWDP 21 and SWDP 33 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations for mitigation at Section 5 of the Bat Survey report carried out by Countryside Consultants Ltd dated 9th November 2018 and submitted with this application. In particular, this shall include the provision of six Schwegler 1FR bat tubes or similar integrated boxes inside walls on the new buildings on the site. Moreover, to provide immediate replacement habitat, and a location to transfer any hand captured bats, two Schwegler 1FF or similar bat boxes will be installed on suitable elevations of retained mature trees within the site boundary.
Reason: To ensure the development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site and the wider area in accordance with Policy SWDP 22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.
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| The works hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict accordance with the Arboricultural Impact Assessment & Method Statement by Countryside Consultants Ltd dated June 2019, including the Tree Protection Plan at Appendix 7.
Reason: To prevent existing trees/hedges from being damaged during construction work and to preserve the amenities of the locality in accordance with Policies SWDP 21 and 25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| The development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the access, turning area and parking facilities shown on Drawing No. 1954-1200 Rev. D have been provided. These areas shall thereafter be retained and kept available for their respective approved uses at all times.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure the free flow of traffic using the adjoining highway. |
| The development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the visibility splays shown on Drawing No. 1954-1200 Rev. D 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. |
| Appropriate cabling and an outside electrical socket shall be supplied to each apartment, or a parking space serving that dwelling, to enable ease of installation of an electric vehicle charging point and be operational before the dwellings hereby permitted are first occupied. The socket shall comply with BS:1363 and be provided with a locking weatherproof cover.
Reason: Developments should be designed where practical to incorporate facilities for charging plug-in and other ultra-low emission vehicles, in accordance with paragraph 105 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
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| Prior to first occupation of the development hereby permitted details of the solar photovoltaic panels/tiles to be installed and their position on the roof(s) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The energy output of the solar panels/tiles shall be in accordance with the approved Energy Strategy by Fenton Energy dated 5th December 2018. The solar panels/tiles agreed shall thereafter be implemented and incorporated as part of the development prior to occupation of the development.
Reason: To ensure the proposed development includes sufficient renewable/low carbon energy generating facilities to satisfy at least 10% of the predicted energy requirements of the development and comply with Policy SWDP 27 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Before the first occupation of the apartment buildings hereby permitted the rearward facing windows at upper floor in the elevations adjacent to the shared northern-western boundary shall be permanently fixed shut and fitted with Pilkington Level 4 obscured glazing or equivalent. These windows shall be permanently retained in that condition thereafter. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (or any order revoking, re-enacting, substituting, amending, extending, consolidating, replacing or modifying that Order), no new windows or other openings shall be inserted in these elevations following the completion/first use of the development hereby permitted.
Reason: To protect the amenities of nearby properties from unacceptable overlooking/loss of privacy in accordance with Policy SWDP 21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| 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 18.00hrs Monday to Friday and 08.00 and 13.00hrs 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 SWDP 21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan. |
| Positive and Proactive Statement. In dealing with this application, the Council has worked with the applicant by providing pre-application advice, seeking further information and amendments to the proposed development following receipt of the application, and considering the imposition of conditions and the completion of a s106 legal agreement. In such ways the Council has demonstrated a positive and proactive manner in seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to the application. |
| This permission does not authorise the applicant to carry out works within the publicly maintained highway since such works can only be carried out by the County Council’s Approved Contractor, Ringway Infrastructure Service who can be contacted by email worcestershirevehicle.crossing@ringway.co.uk. The applicant is solely responsible for all costs associated with construction of the access. |
| Drainage arrangements shall be provided to ensure that surface water from the driveway and/or vehicular turning area does not discharge onto the public highway. No drainage or effluent from the proposed development shall be allowed to discharge into any highway drain or over any part of the public highway. |
| The applicant's attention is drawn to the need to ensure that the provision of the visibility splays required by this permission are safeguarded in any sale of the application site or part(s) thereof. |
| Severn Trent Water Ltd (STWL) has advised that there may be a public sewer located within the application site. Although the statutory sewer records do not show any public sewers, there may be sewers that have been recently adopted under the Transfer Of Sewer Regulations 2011. Public sewers have statutory protection and may not be built close to, directly over or be diverted without consent.
For the use or reuse of sewer connections, either direct or indirect, to the public sewerage system the Applicant will be required to make a formal application to STWL under Section 106 of the Water Industry Act 1991. The Applicant may obtain copies of current guidance notes and application form from either the STWL website or by contacting the Development Services Team (Tel: 0800 707 6600). |
| Buildings, and particularly roofs and the spaces underneath them, are frequently used as roosting sites by bats. Bats and their 'roost' sites are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and the Conservation of Habitats & Species Regulations 2010, the latter of which deems them a European Protected Species. It is a criminal offence to deliberately kill or injure a bat, to disturb or destroy a bat roost or to obstruct an entrance to a roost. If evidence of bats is found, work should stop immediately and an ecological consultant contacted for advice on the best way to proceed. All contractors working on site should be made aware of the advice and provided with the contact details of a relevant ecological consultant. |
