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  • Application Number: 17/25/00018
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Application Registered:
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27/08/2025
Application Decided:
29/08/2025

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Type:
Prior Approval Business (E) to Dwelling
Location:
Cheltenham And Gloucester Building Society, Union Street, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3NA
Proposal:
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2No. Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3).
Case Officer:
Graham Northern
Registered Date:
13/03/2025
Applicant:
DOW PROPERTIES LTD
Applicant Address:
195 Hale Lane Edgware HA8 9QN
Agent:
WHITEBOX ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN, 3 Kenswick Manor
Agent Address:
3 Kenswick Manor Kenswick Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QB
Consultation Start Date:
12/08/2025
Earliest Decision Date:
27/08/2025
Decision Level:
Delegated
Decision:
Prior Approval Approved
Decision Date:
29/08/2025

Conditions and Reasons

Number
Condition
Complied Date
1
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.
2
No occupation of the building shall commence until details of a scheme for sufficient safe on site storage of waste and recycling facilities to service the development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to ensure that no detriment to amenity arises from the accumulation of waste, smell, flies or vermin and shall thereafter be maintained for the life of the approved development. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the area, residential amenity and highway safety having regards to Policies D24 and D25 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.
3
The apartments hereby permitted shall not be occupied until one parking space per apartment has been provided in a position submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The said spaces and access thereto shall be properly consolidated and surfaced, and shall thereafter be kept clear of obstruction in perpetuity and not used other than for the parking of vehicles or for the purpose of access. Reason: To ensure that off-street parking is available.
4
The development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted flood risk assessment (ref Flood Risk Assessment by Shaw Savage Civil and Environmental Consultants Dated 12 August 2025) and the following mitigation measures it details:   First Floor Safe Refuge Area for Flat 1. Proposed Ground Flood shall be set no lower than existing at 11.39 mAOD (metres above ordnance datum). Water resistant materials and installations shall be set no lower than 600mm above the estimate fluvial flood level (930mm above proposed finished floor level).   These mitigation measures shall be fully implemented prior to occupation and subsequently in accordance with the scheme's timing/ phasing arrangements. The measures detailed above shall be retained and maintained thereafter throughout the lifetime of the development.   Reason: To reduce the risk of flooding to the proposed development and future occupants
5
No development shall take place, including any demolition works, until a construction management plan or construction method statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved plan/statement shall be adhered to throughout the demolition/construction period. The plan/statement shall provide for: - 24 hour emergency contact number; - Hours of operation; - Parking of vehicle of site operatives and visitors (including measures taken to ensure satisfactory access and movement for existing occupiers of neighbouring properties during construction); - Routes for construction traffic; - Locations for loading/unloading and storage of plant, waste and construction materials - Method of preventing mud being carried onto the highway - Measures to protect vulnerable road users (cyclists and pedestrians) - Any necessary temporary traffic management measures - Arrangements for turning vehicles - Arrangements to receive abnormal loads or unusually large vehicles - Methods of communicating the Construction Management Plan to staff, visitors and neighbouring residents and businesses Reason: In the Interests of Highway Safety
6
The development hereby permitted must not be occupied or utilised until the precise technical details of the electric vehicle charging points and parking bays are submitted to the Local Planning Authority. Each charging point should be at least 7kW, an untethered connection i.e. only a socket without a built in cable, and capable of Mode 3 charging. These details shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme must be constructed before the development is occupied or utilised and, thereafter, must be maintained, kept free from obstruction and available for the purpose specified in perpetuity. Reason In order to facilitate sustainable methods of Transport.
7
The development hereby permitted must not be occupied until a scheme showing precise details of the proposed cycle parking facilities for at least 4 bicycles is submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing. Once approved, any such scheme must be constructed before the development is occupied and, thereafter, must be maintained, kept free from obstruction and available for the purpose specified. Reason: To facilitate non car modes of transport.
8
Prior to commencement of development, the Local Planning Authority shall be provided with either: a) a copy of the licence issued by Natural England pursuant to Regulation 55 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 authorising the development to go ahead; or b) a copy of a letter from Natural England confirming that the works fall within the remit of a Bat Mitigation Class Licence (WML-CL21) and that the site has been registered in accordance with the class licence; or c) submission of a statement from the licensed bat ecologist to the effect that he/she does not consider that the specified development will require a licence including full justification for this position, to be approved in writing by the LPA. Reason: A pre-commencement condition in the interest of the strict protection of European protected species and in accordance with Policy D20 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011 2032

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