| 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/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 –241202 - 01-01 Rev B, 01-14 Rev A, 01-02 Rev C, 01-04 Rev A, 01-05, 01-07, 01-08, 01-09, 01-10 & 01-13.
Reason: To define the permission. |
| The shepherd’s huts approved by this planning permission shall only be sited in the area within the area marked in red on the approved block plan. The shepherds huts shall comply with the definition of a caravan set down in Section 29(1) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, Section 13(1) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 and the Social Landlords (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2006 (Definition of Caravan) (Amendment)(England) Order 2006.
Reason: To ensure that the shepherd’s huts are located in an areas which are visually unobtrusive from the wider surroundings and to ensure the accommodation remains mobile and is not a permanent structure in the interests of the amenities of the area and to comply with Policies SWDP25 & SWDP36 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.
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| The shepherds huts hereby approved shall only be used for holiday accommodation purposes and not for any other residential use falling within Class C3 of the Town and Country Planning Use Classes Order 1987 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification).
Note: “any other residential use” would include a person or persons' a main residence, or a permanent residential unit of occupation.
Reason: To ensure that the shepherds huts are not used for permanent residential occupation which, given the open countryside location would represent an unsustainable form of development in accordance with Policies SWDP2 and SWDP36 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.
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| The owners/operators of the holiday let unit/visitor accommodation 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 . |
| Positive and Proactive Statement. In dealing with this application, the Council has worked with the applicant in the following ways:- seeking amendments to the proposed development following receipt of the application.
In such ways the Council has demonstrated a positive and proactive manner in seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to the planning application. |
| Prior to the first use/occupation of the development hereby permitted, the details set out in he 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 2016. |
| No building operations hereby permitted shall commence until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the shepherds huts & storage barn hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.
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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| The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations set out in the report carried out by Worcestershire Wildlife Trust dated 10th June 2025 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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| The Development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the visibility splays, access, parking and turning facilities have been provided as shown on drawing 241202-01-14 Rev A.
Reason: To ensure conformity with summited details. |
| The Development hereby approved shall not be occupied until the first 5 metres of the access into the development, measured from the edge of the carriageway has been surfaced in a bound material. Any access gates shall be set back 5 metres from the adjoining carriageway edge, and made to open inwards only.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety. |
| Only external lighting in accordance with approved details set out on drawing No: 01-07 Rev A 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. |
| The landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with the details set out in the planning statement and as shown on the approved landscaping Plan 01-10 Rev A. All planting 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. |
| The Development hereby approved shall not commence until a Construction Environmental Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 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 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.
• Details of any temporary construction accesses and their 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 approved. 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.
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| The approved Biodiversity Gain Plan shall be implemented in accordance with the details and timescale agreed within the Plan and maintained thereafter in accordance with the approved Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) & Scheme of Landscaping.
Reason: To ensure that the proposed development delivers a biodiversity net gain in accordance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan.
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| The development shall not commence until a Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (the HMMP), has been prepared in accordance with the approved Biodiversity Gain Plan and the approved landscape scheme, submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. It shall include:
(a) a non-technical summary;
(b) the roles and responsibilities of the people or organisation(s) delivering the HMMP;
(c) the planned habitat creation and enhancement works to create or improve habitat to achieve the biodiversity net gain in accordance with the approved Biodiversity Gain Plan;
(d) the management measures to maintain habitat in accordance with the approved Biodiversity Gain Plan for a period of 30 years from the completion of development; and
(e) the monitoring methodology and frequency in respect of the created or enhanced habitat to be submitted to the local planning authority,
Notice in writing shall be given to the Council when the habitat creation and enhancement works as set out in the HMMP have been completed.
The created and enhanced habitat specified in the approved HMMP shall thereafter be managed and maintained in accordance with the approved HMMP.
Monitoring reports shall be submitted to the local planning authority in writing in accordance with the methodology and frequency specified in the approved HMMP.
The plan shall also set out where the results of the monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the HMMP are not being met, how contingencies and/or remedial action are identified, agreed and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme.
Reason: To ensure the development delivers a biodiversity net gain on site in accordance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan
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