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.

In accordance with BS 5837:2012 (Trees in relation design, demolition & Construction – Recommendations), temporary protective fencing shall be erected in line with root protection areas (RPA) as detailed in the submitted and approved Arboricultural Method Statement (Quantock Ecology, 19 October 2021) and Tree Protection Plan Drg No. 91904A. No materials, fires lit, liquids tipped, rubbish dumped or plant shall be stored within defined RPA. No underground services shall be located within the RPA. The temporary protective fencing shall be retained for the duration of the works and shall not be altered or realigned without prior approval in writing by the LPA. All tree surgery/vegetation removal shall be carried out during the dormant season in accordance with BS 3998:2010 (Tree work – Recommendations) by a suitably qualified arborist. Reason: To ensure that the health and stability of the retained trees are maintained and that operations can be undertaken with minimal risk of adverse impact and to ensure compliance with the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981:Part 1, and to be in accordance with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 policies D20 and D22.

A landscape planting scheme shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval. The approved planting scheme shall be implemented in the first planting season following the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved. The proposed planting scheme shall include a detailed scaled drawing which identifies the proposed planting and includes a plant schedule and planting specification. The planting schedule shall detail the proposed species, quantities, stock sizes, planting densities and spacings. 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. This is in accordance with Section 12 of the NPPF and Policies D2 and D20 of the Sedgemoor District Local Plan 2011-2032.