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The applicant has failed to submit a Groundwater Survey to demonstrate that the risks posed by the development to groundwater can be satisfactorily managed and not pose an unacceptable risk of causing a detrimental impact to groundwater quality. Accordingly, due to the lack of information the applicant has not provided sufficient evidence to allow adequately assess the impact of the development on groundwater. The application is therefore in conflict with adopted Local Plan policies CS24 ‘Conserving and Enhancing the Water Environment’ and SP47 ‘Understanding and Managing Flood Risk and Drainage’, as well as paragraph 174 of the National Planning Policy Framework and the document “The Environment Agency’s approach to groundwater protection” (2018).
02
The applicant has failed to submit a Biodiversity Net Gain report and biodiversity metric in order to establish ecological value of the site and indicate the potential of the proposal to provide a biodiversity gain. As such the application would be in conflict with adopted Local Plan policies CS20 ‘Biodiversity and Geodiversity’, SP33 ‘Conserving the Natural Environment’ and SP35 ‘Protected and Priority Species’ and adopted Supplementary Planning Document ‘Biodiversity Net Gain’, as well as paragraph 174 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
POSITIVE AND PROACTIVE STATEMENT
The applicant did not enter into any pre application discussions with the Local Planning Authority. Whilst discussions during the determination of the application have identified a possible acceptable alternative to this proposal, the applicant has been unwilling to amend the scheme. This was not considered to be in accordance with the principles of the National Planning Policy Framework and resulted in this refusal.
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