The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. Reason: In accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 ( as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004).

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans listed in schedule A. Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

The holiday units hereby approved shall be occupied for holiday purposes only and shall not be occupied as a person's sole or main residence. The site operators and/or owners shall maintain an up to date register of the names of all owners/occupiers, including their guests, and evidence of their main home addresses, and shall make this information available at all reasonable times to the local planning authority. Reason: To ensure that this rural proposal meets the identified need in accordance with policies C01 and D17 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

With the exception of site clearance and preparation, no development hereby approved shall be commenced until a landscape planting scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Such scheme shall provide for new shrub/ hedgerow planning as indicated on the proposed site layout plan and shall include details of the habitat to be created and planting plan to include native species. Unless agreed otherwise in writing, the approved scheme shall be fully carried out within nine months from the date of commencement of the development. The trees/shrubs shall be protected and maintained, and any dead or dying trees/shrubs shall be replaced in accordance with the LEMP agreed by condition 7. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity, the integrity of a European site, the 'Favourable Conservation Status' of populations of European Protected Species and UK protected species, UK priority species and habitats listed on s41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, and in accordance with Sedgemoor District Council Local Plan 2011 - 2032 Policies D2, D19, D20 and D23 and the National Planning Policy Framework 2021.

No external lighting shall be installed unless it is in accordance with a lighting design for bats, following Guidance Note 08/18 Bats and artificial lighting in the UK (ILP and BCT 2018), that has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to its installation. The design shall show how and where external lighting will be installed. Lux levels should be below 0.5 Lux within 'dark corridors' used by horseshoe bats. All external lighting shall be installed in accordance with the specifications and locations set out in the design, and these shall be maintained thereafter in accordance with the design. Under no circumstances should any other external lighting be installed without prior consent from the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To minimise light pollution in the interests of the character and amenity of area and of the integrity of a European site, the 'Favourable Conservation Status' of populations of European Protected Species and UK protected species, UK priority species listed on s41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, and in accordance with Sedgemoor District Council Local Plan 2011 - 2032 Policies D24, D20 and D23 and the National Planning Policy Framework 2021.

No development shall take place (including ground works or vegetation clearance) until a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP: Biodiversity) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The CEMP (Biodiversity) shall include the following: Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities. Identification of 'biodiversity protection zones'. Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction, in particular in relation to lighting. The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features. The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works. Responsible persons, lines of communication and written notifications of operations to the Local Planning Authority The role and responsibilities on site of an Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) or similarly competent person. Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs. The approved CEMP shall be adhered to and implemented throughout the construction period strictly in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of the integrity of a European site, the 'Favourable Conservation Status' of populations of European Protected Species and UK protected species, UK priority species and habitats listed on s41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, and in accordance with Sedgemoor District Council Local Plan 2011 - 2032 Policy D20 and D23 and the National Planning Policy Framework

A Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to, and be approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority prior to the commercial operation of the development. The content of the LEMP shall include the following: a) Description and evaluation of features to be managed. b) Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management. c) Aims and objectives of management. d) Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives. e) Prescriptions for management actions. f) Preparation of a work schedule (including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a five-year period). g) Details of the body or organization responsible for implementation of the plan. h) On-going monitoring and remedial measures. The LEMP shall also set out (where the results from monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the LEMP are not being met) how contingencies and/or remedial action will be identified, agreed and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme. The approved plan will be implemented in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In the interests of the integrity of a European site, the 'Favourable Conservation Status' of populations of European Protected Species and UK protected species, UK priority species and habitats listed on s41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, and in accordance with Sedgemoor District Council Local Plan 2011 - 2032 Policy D20 and D23 and the National Planning Policy Framework

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), or any statutory instruments revoking or re-enacting the Order with or without modification, there shall be no extension of the dwellings hereby approved or erection of any outbuilding, garage, shed or other garden structure within the garden area without the prior grant of planning permission. Reason: In the interests of residential amenity and to safeguard the character and appearance of the building and locality in accordance with policies D2 and D25 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

The holiday lets hereby approved shall not be occupied unless the acoustic fence to the west boundary of the site has been installed in accordance with the details shown on the approved drawings. Thereafter the acoustic fence shall be maintained for as long as the development is occupied. Reason: To safeguard the living conditions of the occupiers of the holiday units in accordance with policy D25 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.