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 until a Construction Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The plan shall include construction vehicle movements, construction operation hours, construction vehicular routes to and from site, construction delivery hours, expected number of construction vehicles per day, car parking for contractors, and specific measures to be adopted to mitigate construction impacts. The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved Construction Management Plan. Reason: In the interests of residential amenity in accordance with policies D2 and D16 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policies D2 and D26 the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

The proposed redevelopment shall be served by a new access arrangements, visibilities splays and turning lanes shown on drawing A106043 – SK05 rev C. All highways works shown on the approved drawings shall be completed prior to the development first being brought into use. Reason: In the interest of highways safety in accordance with policy D10 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policy D15 of the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

With the exception of site clearance and preparation, no development hereby approved shall be commenced until a detailed surface water drainage scheme for the site, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Such scheme shall include measures to prevent the run-off of surface water onto the highway as well as details regarding the car washing facility. Once approved the scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and maintained at all times thereafter unless agreed otherwise in writing by the local planning authority. Reason: To ensure the development is properly drained in accordance with policy D1 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

The areas allocated for parking and turning on the submitted plan (Drawing A106043 – SK05 rev C) shall be kept clear of obstruction at all times and shall not be used other than for parking and turning of vehicles in connection with the development hereby permitted. Reason: In the interest of highways safety in accordance with policy D10 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policy D15 of the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

The existing vehicular access to the site from Skimmerton Lane shall be stopped up, its use permanently abandoned and the verge crossing reinstated in accordance with details which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Such works shall be completed within 1 month of the revised vehicular access / egress points onto the A39 hereby permitted being first brought into use. Thereafter no vehicular or pedestrian access shall be made from the site direct to Skimmerton Lane without the prior express grant of planning permission. Reason: In the interest of highways safety in accordance with policy D10 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policy D15 of the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

There shall be no obstruction to visibility greater than 300mm above adjoining road level within the visibility splays shown on the submitted plan. (Drawing No A106043 – SK05 rev C). Such visibility splays shall be constructed prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted and shall thereafter be maintained at all times. Reason: In the interest of highways safety in accordance with policy D10 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policy D15 of the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

Prior to the first use of the car wash facility acoustic mitigation measures shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Once approved such measures shall be fully implemented prior to first use of the facility and shall be maintained for the duration of its use. Reason: In the interests of residential amenity in accordance with policies D2 and D16 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policies D2 and D26 the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

No development approved by this planning permission shall commence until a remediation strategy to deal with the risks associated with contamination of the site has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. This strategy shall include the following components: A preliminary risk assessment which has identified all previous uses; potential contaminants associated with those uses; a conceptual model of the site indicating sources, pathways and receptors; and potentially unacceptable risks arising from contamination at the site. A site investigation scheme, based on (1) to provide information for a detailed assessment of the risk to all receptors that may be affected, including those off site. The results of the site investigation and the detailed risk assessment referred to in (2) and, based on these, an options appraisal and remediation strategy giving full details of the remediation measures required and how they are to be undertaken. A verification plan providing details of the data that will be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in the remediation strategy in (3) are complete and identifying any requirements for longer-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action. Any changes to these components require the written consent of the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved. Reason: To protect controlled waters and the amenities of the locality in accordance with policy D16 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policy D25 the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority) shall be carried out until a remediation strategy detailing how this contamination will be dealt with has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved. Reason: To protect controlled waters and the amenities of the locality in accordance with policy D16 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policy D25 the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

With the exception of site clearance and preparation, no development hereby approved shall be commenced until a landscape planting scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Such planting scheme shall be generally in accordance with the recommendations of the report by Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services Limited, 2017 submitted in support of the application. Unless agreed otherwise in writing, the approved scheme shall be fully carried out within nine months from the date of commencement of the development. The trees/shrubs shall be protected and maintained, in accordance with said report for the duration of the development. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to safeguard the ecology of the site in accordance with policies D2 and D16 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policy D2 the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

Unless agreed otherwise in writing by the local planning authority reptile mitigation measures shall be carried out in strict accordance with Section 5.4.2 of the 'Update ecological appraisal & phase 2 surveys' (Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services Limited, 2017). Notification of the commencement of the mitigation by the consultant ecologist will be given to the Local Planning Authority as will subsequent findings of numbers of reptiles translocated. Reason: To safeguard the ecology of the site in accordance with policy D16 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006.

The development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until it has been fitted out with lighting in accordance with the details shown on the Proposed Lighting Layout drawing number DM73.1 and the specifications set out in the Lighting Specification: Proposed Service Station dated 30/1/17. Once installed such lighting shall be maintained at all times thereafter and not altered without the prior written agreement of the local planning authority. Reason: To safeguard the ecology of the site and the rural character of the site in accordance with policies D2 and D16 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2006-2027 and policy D2 the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

Prior to the commencement of development, a written commitment to the sourcing of local labour shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The written commitment, as a minimum, shall set out the proportion of staff employed in the development to be sourced from the local labour pool and the steps that will be taken to ensure that the above is implemented. The operator shall maintain a record of the above and shall make that information available to the local planning authority at all reasonable times upon request. Reason: To ensure the use of local labour in accordance with Policy D11 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy 2027 and policy D16 the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

The retail shop and associated food outlet hereby approved shall only be operated as part of the approved use of the site as a whole as a petrol filling station. As such the retail shop and associated food outlet shall not open for sales until such time as the petrol station is fully operational. In the event that fuel sales cease the retail and food outlet shall also close and not re-open until such time as fuel sales resume. Reason: In the interests of sustainable development and to protect the vitality and viability of nearby town, district and neighbourhood centres as this rural location is not considered to be an appropriate location for retail development and to accord with policies S3 and D13 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy and policies S3 and D19 of the emerging Sedgemoor Local Plan.