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The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from 24 July 2025.
Reason
In order to comply with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
02
The permission hereby granted shall relate to the area shown outlined in red on the approved site plan and the development shall only take place in accordance with the submitted details and specifications and as shown on the approved plans (as set out below).
• Drawing nos: 3378-CDA-00-XX-DR-A-0402, 3378-CDA-00-ZZ-DR-A-0401 Received 28 April 2025
Reason
To define the permission and for the avoidance of doubt.
03
The premises shall be used as a residential care home for up to 3 children only and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class C2 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification)).
Reason
The premises are not considered suitable for general use within the Class quoted for amenity and highway reasons.
04
Prior to the commencement of the use hereby approved the site access shall be increased in width to 5m with a corresponding increase in the width of the vehicle access crossing. (A S184 licence will be required for these works from the Council’s Streetpride Service).
Reason
In the interest of highway safety
05
Before the development is brought into use, that part of the site to be used by vehicles shall be constructed with either;
a/ a permeable surface and associated water retention/collection drainage, or;
b/ an impermeable surface with water collected and taken to a separately constructed water retention/discharge system within the site.
The area shall thereafter be maintained in a working condition.
Reason
To ensure that surface water can adequately be drained and that mud and other extraneous material is not deposited on the public highway and that each dwelling can be reached conveniently from the footway in the interests of the adequate drainage of the site, road safety and residential amenity.
06
The site frontage shall be made available at all times for vehicular parking purposes.
Reason
To ensure the provision of satisfactory parking space and avoid the necessity for the parking of vehicles on the highway in the interests of road safety.
07
The use hereby permitted shall be restricted to no more than three children and in accordance with the rota details as set out in the submitted Appendix B (Revised) Rota Summary received 4 February 2026.
Reason
In the interests of the amenities of the occupiers of nearby dwellings
Informative
01
The property would benefit greatly from being refurbished to Secured by Design standards, to create a better standard of security.
Surveillance Any landscaping and front boundaries should be kept low at no more than 1 metre high to enable greater informal surveillance into and out from the property.
Lighting All external paths and car parking areas should be well lit with an LED lighting scheme to standard BS5489 with no dark areas. All front and rear doors should be lit with a wall mounted luminaire to provide lighting in line with standard BS5489 which should operate on a dusk to dawn sensor and spread the light downward.
Security of Dwellings In line with SBD standards, all front / rear doors and ground floor windows should comply with PAS 24:2022.
POSITIVE AND PROACTIVE STATEMENT
During the determination of the application, the Local Planning Authority worked with the applicant to consider what amendments were necessary to make the scheme acceptable. The applicant agreed to amend the scheme so that it was in accordance with the principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.
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