| Condition Details / Information Notes |
| The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason: To conform with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. |
| Unless where required or allowed by other conditions attached to this permission/consent, the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the information (including details on the proposed materials) provided on the application form and the following plans/drawings/documents:
TH003.300.08 - Existing site location plan
TH003.301.15 - Site layout plan
TH003.302.07 - Landscape mitigation plan
TH003.303.06 - Fence and CCTV plan
TH003.304.04 - Compound plan
TH003.306.03 - DNO substation details
TH003.307.00 - Private substation details
TH003.308.02 - Mounting structure
TH003.309.00 - Inverter and transformer details
TH003.310.00 - Comms cabinet details
TH003.311.00 - Storage container details
TH003.312.00 - Pad Mount Tx details
TH003.313.00 - Sequential Analysis Plan
TH003.320.13 - Option Plan
TH003.330.01 - Detail PRoW
ZLA1159-L-201-A-East - Landscape plan east
ZLA1159-L-202-A-West - Landscape plan west
100123_0039_TCP_V3-000 - TCP overview
100123_0039_TCP_V3-001 - TCP 1 of 6
100123_0039_TCP_V3-002 - TCP 2 of 6
100123_0039_TCP_V3-003 - TCP 3 of 6
100123_0039_TCP_V3-004 - TCP 4 of 6
100123_0039_TCP_V3-005 - TCP 5 of 6
100123_0039_TCP_V3-006 - TCP 6 of 6
270323_0039_TPP_V4-007 - TTP overview
270323_0039_TPP_V4-008 - TTP 1 of 6
270323_0039_TPP_V4-009 - TTP 2 of 6
270323_0039_TPP_V4-010 - TTP 3 of 6
270323_0039_TPP_V4-011 - TTP 4 of 6
270323_0039_TPP_V4-012 - TTP 5 of 6
270323_0039_TPP_V4-013 - TTP 6 of 6
34851CVLS-01
34851CVLS-02
34851CVLS-03
34851CVLS-04
Reason: To define the permission. |
| Before development commences, a detailed scheme for the site access works at the A449 southbound layby, shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority (and Worcestershire County Council Highways). The development shall not be occupied or brought into use until the submitted scheme, which is broadly in accordance with drawing MBSK231204-01 Rev P1, subject to any necessary changes identified during the detailed design and Road Safety Audit processes, has been agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with Worcestershire County Council Highways, and has been implemented in full.
Reason: In the interests of achieving safe and suitable highway access for all users in accordance with Policy SWDP4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| The development hereby approved shall not commence until a Construction Traffic Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall include but not be limited to the following:-
• Details of designated holding points to ensure HGVs can safely wait and call ahead before approaching;
• Operation and management of Banksmen to assist larger vehicles entering/exiting the site to be located at the site access;
• Proposed arrangements to ensure opposing traffic is given priority over construction traffic at all times;
• Measures to ensure that vehicles leaving the site do not deposit mud or other detritus on the public highway;
• Details of site operative parking areas, material storage areas and the location of site operatives’ facilities (offices, toilets etc);
• The hours that delivery vehicles will be permitted to arrive and depart, and arrangements for unloading and manoeuvring; and
• Details of any temporary construction accesses and their reinstatement;
• A highway condition survey, timescale for re-inspections, and details of any reinstatement;
• Details of Public Right of Way crossing signage, driver warnings and speed restrictions;
• Details of a clear and robust signing schedule directing traffic towards and into the site;
• Provide details of parking management of the layby at the site access via the provision of traffic cones and temporary signage;
• Provide details of the proposed connection routing, including if this would be on site or to an offsite substation. Further details should be provided of proposals for the installation of cabling and if this would be provided through/ under the highway. This should include proposed connections and any necessary traffic management.
The measures set out in the approved Plan shall be carried out and complied with in full during the construction of the development hereby approved. Site operatives 'parking, material storage and the positioning of operatives' facilities shall only take place on the site in locations approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason: To ensure the provision of adequate on-site facilities and in the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policy SWDP4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| Prior to the commencement of development hereby approved a landscape and ecological management plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The content of the LEMP shall include the following:
a. Description and evaluation of the features to be managed;
b. Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management.
c. Aims and objectives of management;
d. Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives;
e. Prescriptions for management actions;
f. Preparation of a work schedule, including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward
over a five-year period and for a minimum of 30 years thereafter;
g. Details of the body or organisation responsible for implementation of the plan;
h. On-going monitoring and remedial measures.
The plan shall also set out where the results of the monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the LEMP are not being met, how contingencies and/or remedial action identified, agreed and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity
objectives of the originally approved scheme.
The LEMP will be implemented in accordance with the approved details.
Reason: To ensure that the proposed development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site, and to ensure the proposal harmonises with the surroundings in accordance with policies SWDP21, SWDP22 and SWDP25 of the South
Worcestershire Development Plan 2016 and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| Before the commencement of construction works on the development hereby permitted a scheme of landscaping shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The landscaping scheme shall include:-
(i) a plan(s) showing details of all existing trees and hedges on the application site. The plan should include, for each tree/hedge, the accurate position, canopy spread and species, together with an indication of any proposals for felling/pruning and any proposed changes in ground level, or other works to be carried out, within the canopy spread.
(ii) a plan(s) showing the layout of proposed tree, hedge and shrub planting and grass areas.
(iii) a schedule of proposed planting - indicating species, sizes at time of planting and numbers/densities of plants.
(iv) a written specification outlining cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment.
(v) a schedule of maintenance, including watering and the control of competitive weed growth, for a minimum period of five years from first planting.
All planting and seeding/turfing shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details in the first planting and seeding/turfing seasons following the completion or first occupation/use of the development, whichever is the sooner.
The planting shall be maintained in accordance with the approved schedule of maintenance. 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 similar size and species.
Reason - To ensure the proposed development does not have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the area in accordance with policies SWDP21 and SWDP25 of South Worcestershire Development Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| No development shall take place (including any ground works, demolition or 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 be based on up-to-date survey information, as appropriate, and 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 impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements);
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;
f. Responsible persons and lines of communication;
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. Details of any temporary lighting to be installed.
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: To ensure compliance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and with Policy SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
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| Before the commencement of development hereby permitted an ecological mitigation and enhancement scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall be based on the recommendations contained within the Update Preliminary Ecological Appraisal by Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy dated January 2023 and details shown on drawing TH003.302.07 Rev. 07 (Proposed Landscape Mitigation Plan) and shall include an implementation timetable. The works shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details and timetable.
Reason: To ensure the development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site and the wider area in accordance with policy SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| Before the development hereby permitted is first brought into use, details of any external lighting to be provided in association with the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include times when the external lighting will not be switched on. Only external lighting in accordance with approved details shall be provided on the application site. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) there shall be no other external lighting provided on the application site.
Reason: To ensure the proposed development does not have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the area and to ensure the development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site and the wider area in accordance with policies SWDP1, SWDP21, SWDP22 and SWDP25 of South Worcestershire Development Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| When the land ceases to be used as a photovoltaic park for renewable power production or at the end of the period of 40 years from the date of grid connection (such date to have been notified to the Local Planning Authority in writing within one month of the grid connection) whichever shall first occur, the use hereby permitted shall cease and all materials and equipment brought on the land in connection with the use permitted shall be removed and the land restored to its previous state or as otherwise agreed, in accordance with details that have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the decommissioning works taking place. Such details shall include timescales for decommissioning.
Reason: In the interests of visual and residential amenity in accordance with South Worcestershire Development Plan policies SWDP2, SWDP21 and SWDP25 and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| No works or development shall take place until a construction surface water management plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The plan shall include how surface water will be managed during the construction phase, including site clearance and soil stripping. The plan shall include drawings of any temporary drainage systems, a timeline of construction and measures to mitigate the risk of pollution (including silt) of the water environment and offsite flood risk. The plan shall detail how the approved permanent surface water drainage system shall be remediated during the construction phase. The approved construction surface water management plan shall be implemented as soon as works start on site thereafter maintained during the full duration of the construction phase.
Prior to the first use of the approved development a management plan detailing future maintenance responsibility for the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The plan should include proposals for informing future occupiers of the arrangements for upholding maintenance plans. The approved management plan shall be implemented prior to the first use of the development and thereafter maintained.
Reason: To ensure the proposed development does not exacerbate flood risk and deals with surface water run-off from the site in a sustainable manner, in accordance with policies SWDP28 and SWDP29 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| (A) No development shall take place until a programme of archaeological work, including a Written Scheme of Investigation, has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing. The scheme shall include an assessment of significance and research questions; and:
1) The programme and methodology of site investigation and recording.
2) The programme for post investigation assessment.
3) Provision to be made for analysis of the site investigation and recording.
4) Provision to be made for publication and dissemination of the analysis and records of the site investigation.
5) Provision to be made for archive deposition of the analysis and records of the site investigation.
6) Nomination of a competent person or persons/organisation to undertake the works set out within the Written Scheme of Investigation.
(B) The development shall not be occupied until the site investigation and post investigation assessment has been completed in accordance with the programme set out in the Written Scheme of Investigation approved under condition (A) and the provision made for analysis, publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition has been secured.
Reason: In accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 194 and 205 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2012 (as amended) and policies SWDP 6 & 24 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan 2016 and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| Temporary fencing for the protection of all retained trees/hedges on site and trees outside the site whose Root Protection Areas fall within the site shall be erected in accordance with BS 5837:2012 (Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition and Construction) before development of any type commences, including site clearance, demolition, materials delivery, vehicular movement and erection of site huts.
Any alternative fencing type or position not strictly in accordance with BS 5837 (2012) must be agreed in writing by the local planning authority prior to the commencement of development.
This protective fencing shall remain in place until the completion of development or unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority. Nothing should be stored or placed (including soil), nor shall any ground levels altered, within the fenced area without the previous written consent of the local planning authority. There shall be no burning of any material within 10 metres of the extent of the canopy of any retained tree/hedge.
Reason: To prevent existing trees/hedges from being damaged during construction work and to preserve the amenities of the locality. In accordance with the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). |
| Positive and Proactive Statement. In dealing with this application, the Council has worked with the applicant in the following ways:
- providing pre-application advice;
- seeking further information following receipt of the application;
- considering the imposition of conditions and or the completion of a s.106 legal agreement.
In such ways the Council has demonstrated a positive and proactive manner in seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to the planning application. |
