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  • Application Number: 42/23/00013
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Application Registered:
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04/01/2024
Application Decided:
10/07/2024

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Type:
Full Planning Permission
Location:
Pitches 1-4, Batch Barns, Batch Road, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7
Proposal:
Change of use of land to a Gypsy and Traveller site, including four pitches (part retrospective).
Case Officer:
Sarah Tucker
Registered Date:
18/09/2023
Applicant:
Mr Orchard, Douglas, Loveridge, Wells
Applicant Address:
Plots 1 2 3 and 4 Land off Batch Road Puriton TA7 8BY
Agent:
HC Planning Ltd, 3 Maple Court
Agent Address:
3 Maple Court Cheriton Bishop Exeter EX6 6BP
Consultation Start Date:
13/12/2023
Earliest Decision Date:
04/01/2024
Decision Level:
Delegated
Decision:
Granted Permission
Decision Date:
10/07/2024

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
Within three months of the date of this decision the proposed access shall be constructed in accordance with details shown on the submitted and approved Site Development Scheme Drg No SD175/2 Rev 7. Once constructed the access shall be maintained thereafter in that condition in perpetuity. Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 policies D13 and D14.
3
At the proposed access there shall be no obstruction to visibility greater than 600 millimetres above adjoining road level in advance of lines drawn 2.4 metres back from the carriageway edge on the centre line of the access and extending to points on the nearside carriageway edge 43m either side of the access. Such visibility shall be fully provided within three months of the date of this decision and shall thereafter be maintained in perpetuity. Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 policies D13 and D14.
4
Provision shall be made within the site for the disposal of surface water so as to prevent its discharge onto the highway. Such provision shall be installed within three months of the date of this decision and thereafter maintained at all times. Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 policies D13 and D14.
30/01/2025
5
Within three months of the date of this decision, details of the surface water and foul water drainage shall be submitted to the local planning authority for written approval. The approved details shall be implemented and maintained as such in perpetuity. Reason: To ensure there is suitable drainage for the site and in accordance with Policy D1 of the adopted Sedgemoor Local Plan
30/01/2025
6
No development or landscaping shall take place within 6 m from the top of the bank of the rhyne as shown on drawing SD1752/2 rev 7 dated 29/02/2024 Reason: Provide access for maintenance to the rhyne network
7
A Biodiversity Enhancement Plan (BEP) shall be submitted to, and be approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority within three months of the date of this decision). The BEP shall include: a) A native, species rich hedge will be created on the western site boundary and should include nectar, nut and fruit producing species. All hedgerows will be retained and managed as a screen and habitat feature, at a height over three meters where possible, with a minimum of 1 individual tree allowed to mature. Hedgerows should be managed to promote a greater range of age classes and native species through appropriate planting and management of hedgerow species and understorey. b) The creation of an orchard habitat within the lawned area at the northeast section of the site. This shall include planting of 4x fruiting trees including apple of local provenance and at least one other type of native fruiting species. The grassland of the orchard will be sown with a native species wildflower seed mix such as Emorsgate special general-purpose meadow mixture (EM3) or similar and cut no more than twice per year. A long-term maintenance and management scheme for the orchard habitat will be detailed in the submitted BEP. All planting shall be fully implemented no later than the end of the first planting season following the approval of the submitted BEP. 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 policy D19 Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032
17/04/2025

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