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 development hereby permitted shall not commence (including demolition, ground works, 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:a) Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities.b) Identification of 'biodiversity protection zones'.c) Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce direct and indirect impacts to habitats, amphibians, badgers, bats, birds, hedgehog, otter and water vole.d) The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features.e) The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works.f) Responsible persons, lines of communication and written notifications of operations to the Local Planning Authority.g) The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works (ECoW) or similarly competent person.h) Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs.i) Ongoing monitoring, including compliance checks by a competent person(s) during construction and immediately post-completion of construction works.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 European 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: Policy D20 - Biodiversity and Geodiversity.

Prior to the installation of any external lighting, a lighting design for bats, following Guidance Note 08/18 Bats and artificial lighting in the UK (ILP and BCT 2018), shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 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: In the interests of the 'Favourable Conservation Status' of populations of European protected species and in accordance with Sedgemoor District Council Local Plan: Policy D20 - Biodiversity and Geodiversity

The buildings(s) hereby approved shall not be brought into use until measures for the enhancement and protection of biodiversity have been installed in accordance with details that have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such enhancement measures shall include:- Bird boxes Habitat for invertebrates, amphibians and small mammals Rough grassland to borders of site. Once installed such features shall be retained at all times thereafter. Reason: To safeguard and enhance biodiversity in accordance with policy D20 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032