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.

Prior to the commencement of development hereby approved, details of a scheme for the management of surface water based on sustainable drainage principles should be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the approved scheme for the lifetime of the development. Reason: This is a pre-commencement condition to reduce the risk of flooding to the property and elsewhere in accordance with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D1.

No development shall take place above damp proof course until a 'lighting design for biodiversity' has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The design shall show how and where external lighting, including amenity and security lighting, will be installed (including through the provision of technical specifications) and where required, where SMART anti-reflective glass is installed so that it can be clearly demonstrated that areas to be lit or affected by light spill will not disturb or prevent bats using their territory or accessing their resting places and or causing harm to birds. All external lighting and anti-reflective glass 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. No other external lighting or glazing type shall be installed without prior consent from the Local Planning Authority through submission of a planning application. Reason: In the interests of the Favourable Conservation Status of populations of European protected species; biodiversity generally and in accordance with policy D20 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

No development shall take place above damp proof course level until samples of the materials to be used on the external surfaces of the building hereby approved, to include windows, doors, walls and roof, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved materials. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity in accordance with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D2.

Prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved the existing outbuilding to the north of the proposed dwelling shall be demolished (as shown on the submitted and approved Location Plan and Proposed Site Plan Drg No. S6007/100A) and all resulting materials forthwith removed from the site. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity in accordance with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D2.

The landscape planting shown on the submitted and approved Location Plan and Proposed Site Plan Drg No. S6007/100A shall be implemented no later than the end of the first planting season following the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved. All landscape areas shall be protected and maintained, and 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 a similar size and species. Reason: To ensure that development sites are appropriately landscaped to provide enhancement of the environment, mitigation for vegetation that is to be removed, to ensure biodiversity is maintained and that planting schemes are established and managed into the future in accordance with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D20.

The dwelling hereby permitted shall be first occupied by the applicants Mr & Mrs Buncombe as their sole or main residence. Reason: To ensure the development is implemented as a self-build proposal in accordance with Policy D9 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.