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No.Condition Text
1.The development to which this permission relates must be commenced not later than five years from the date of this permission. Reason:- To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
2.Before any of the buildings hereby permitted is first occupied, the area set aside for car parking shall be laid out and surfaced to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority and retained permanently thereafter for the accommodation of vehicles visiting the site and shall not be used for any other purpose. Reason:- To ensure that car parking accommodation is made permanently available to the standards adopted by the Local Planning Authority and to prevent the obstruction of nearby streets by parked vehicles.
3.Before any of the buildings hereby permitted is first occupied, a properly hardened area shall be provided within the curtilage of the site and thereafter retained for the loading, unloading and turning of vehicles to the satisfaction of and in accordance with details to be approved by the Local Planning Authority, and no loading or unloading of goods (including fuel) from vehicles arriving at or departing from the premises shall be carried out otherwise than within such area. Reason:- To avoid obstruction of the surrounding streets and to safeguard the amenities of occupiers of the neighbouring property.
4.Before any of the development hereby permitted is commenced, samples of all materials to be used in the external construction of the buildings shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason:- To ensure that the appearance of the proposed development will harmonise with the character of the surrounding area.
5.Before any of the development hereby permitted is commenced, a scheme of landscaping shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. Such scheme shall be undertaken in the first available planting season after completion of the development and any trees or shrubs dying within five years of planting shall be replaced. Reason:- In accordance with Section 197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and to enhance the visual amenities of the development.
6.No goods or materials shall be stored in the open. Reason:- In the interests of visual amenity.
7.The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in complete accordance with the approved plans, particulars and specifications. Reason:- The Local Planning Authority consider it essential that the whole of the development is carried out and that no departure whatsoever is made from the details approved, since the development would not necessarily be acceptable if partly carried out or carried out differently in any degree from the details submitted.
8.Before the development hereby permitted is commenced a scheme for the lighting of all external areas of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and shall be installed and maintained thereafter to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. Reason:- To protect traffic on the adjoining Rom Valley Way road from excessive glare.
9.The premises shall be used as a retail warehouse, for the sale in any combination (as the retailer or retailers shall chose) of DIY goods, furniture and furnishings, carpets and floor covering, motor accessories, cycles and cycle parts and accessories, gas and electrical goods and appliances, pets, pet food and pet products, office equipment and other associated products, footwear and sports apparatus and other ancillary products and for no other purpose including specifically the sale of food and any other uses falling within Class A1 scheduled to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) Order 1991. Reason:- In view of the limited car parking space available and because the sale of foodstuffs and other goods normally found in shopping areas from the premises to any significant degree would adversely affect the vitality of other nearby shopping centres and to enable the Local Planning Authority to exercise control over any future use not forming part of the application.
10.Unhindered vehicular and pedestrian access for visiting customers shall be permanently maintained between the development with car park hereby permitted and the existing development and car park to the south currently occupied by Currys and Childrens World stores to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. Reason:- To ensure sufficient combined parking provision in the interests of highway safety.
11.Before any of the development hereby permitted is commenced, a scheme for the treatment of each of the boundaries to the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the approved scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the permitted building and maintained thereafter. Reason:- To ensure that the boundary treatment enhances the development and has a satisfactory appearance in the street scene.
12.Before the development hereby permitted is commenced, separate areas shall be set aside within the site and hardened in accordance with a scheme to be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority for the parking of vehicles belonging to operatives during the course of construction. Reason:- To avoid obstruction of the surrounding streets and to safeguard the convenience and amenity of occupiers of the neighbouring properties during the construction period.
13.Details of foul sewage and surface water drainage for the site shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before the development commences. The approved drainage works shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details. Reason:- To ensure satisfactory drainage on the site.
14.Before the development hereby approved is commenced a detailed site investigation shall be undertaken to ascertain the levels of methane gas present in the soil of the site and a scheme to prevent gas migration into the proposed building shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and the approved scheme shall be carried out and completed prior to the first occupation of the building. Reason:- To ensure the safety of the occupants of the development hereby permitted and the public generally as the site is located on or near a landfill site.
15.No development shall take place until the applicant has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme for investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall only take place in accordance with the detailed scheme pursuant to this condition. The archaeological works shall be carried out by a suitable qualified investigating body acceptable to the Local Planning Authority. Reason:- Important archaeological remains may exist on the site. Accordingly the Planning Authority wishes to secure the provision of archaeological investigation and the subsequent recording of the remains prior to development, in accordance with the guidance and model condition set out in PPG16.
16.No development shall take place until the applicant has made arrangements for an archaeological "watching brief" to monitor construction of foundations and development groundworks and to record any archaeological evidence revealed. These arrangements are to be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in accordance with the "watching brief" proposals agreed pursuant to this condition and shall be carried out by a suitably qualified investigating body acceptable to the Local Planning Authority. Reason:- Important archaeological remains may exist on the site. The Local Planning Authority wishes to ensure that an "archaeological watching brief" is carried out during the development's groundworks so that archaeological remains not protected by other measures are investigated and recorded.
17.No work on site shall take place until a detailed design and method statement for new foundation and groundworks has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development hereby approved shall only take place in accordance with the detailed scheme approved pursuant to this condition. Reason:- Where the Local Planning Authority wishes to secure, as a reserved matter, the agreement of detailed foundation and groundwork design, including a method statement that will minimise damage to the archaeological resource.
18.Sight lines shall be provided and safeguarded to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority in the position and for the distance shown on the approved plan. Reason:- In the interests of Highway safety.
19.Before the development is commenced a detailed site investigation shall be carried out to establish if the site is contaminated, to assess the degree and nature of the contamination present, and to determine its potential for the pollution of the water environment. The method and extent of this investigation shall be agreed with the Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the work. Details of the appropriate measures to prevent pollution of groundwater and surface water, including provisions for monitoring, shall then be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before the development commences. The development shall then proceed in strict accordance with the measures approved. Reason:- To prevent pollution of the water environment.
20.The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until all the access and parking arrangements shown on plan No.P316/P 12 Rev A have been completed to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. Reason:- To ensure the provision of satisfactory on-site parking and access arrangements, in the interests of highway safety and amenity.
21.INFORMATIVES: 1 This approval is not a consent under the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations for the indicative signage shown on the elevational drawings or elsewhere on the site. A separate application under the Advertisement Regulations must be submitted for these together with the appropriate fee. 2 The development of this site is likely to damage archaeological remains. The applicant should therefore submit detailed proposals in the form of an archaeological project design. This design should be in accordance with the appropriate English Heritage guidelines. 3 The Local Planning Authority wishes to ensure that adequate arrangements are made to allow an archaeological "watching brief" to take place during all new foundations, below-ground works and excavation phases of the development. The purpose of the "watching brief" is to ensure that any agreed design measures to preserve the archaeological remains in situ are correctly implemented on site and to allow investigation and recording of any archaeological evidence that might be revealed in areas not covered by prevention measures. 4 The Local Planning Authority wishes to ensure that archaeological remains on this site are preserved in situ. The detailed proposals should include appropriate drawings, notes and method statements showing how the objectives of in situ preservation is to be achieved. Particular attention should be paid to the design of new groundworks and landscaping. You are advised to contact the relevant Planning Department case officer and English Heritage's Archaeological Adviser on 0171 973 3748 to discuss the submission of details required to discharge this condition. 5 Under the terms of the Water Resources Act 1991, the prior written consent of the Environment Agency is required for any discharge of sewage or trade effluent into controlled waters (eg. watercourses and underground waters), and may be required for any discharge of surface water to such controlled waters or for any discharge of sewage or trade effluent from buildings or fixed plant into or onto ground or into waters which are not controlled waters. Such consent may be withheld. Contact Karen Andrews 01992 645053 for details. 6 Under the terms of the Water Resources Act 1991, the prior agreement of the Environment Agency is required for dewatering from any excavation or development to a surface watercourse. Contact Karen Andrews 01992 645053 for details. 7 Under the terms of the Salmon and Freshwater Act 1975, it is an offence to cause or knowingly to permit to flow, or put into any waters containing fish any liquid or solid matter to such an extent as to cause the water to be poisonous or injurious to fish or the spawning grounds, spawn or food of fish. Contact Neil Sampson 01992 645063 for details.