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Decision details

21/02768/FP Oughton Head Pumping Station, Hitchin Road, Pirton, Hertfordshire

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

RESOLVED: That application 21/02768/FP be GRANTED planning permission subject to the reasons and conditions outlined in the report of the Development and Conservation Manager, including an amendment to Condition 13 and the addition of Condition 14 as follows:

 

“Condition 13

 

Prior to commencement, a single method statement for the clearance of vegetation should be submitted to the LPA for consideration. This should incorporate the key considerations outlined in the mitigation measures for the safeguarding of hedgehogs, nesting birds and reptiles in sections 6.3. 6.4 and 6.5 of the Ecological Impact Assessment by SLR Consulting Limited (Ref: 402.06511.00007 Version No:2),  including those relating to the time of year.

 

Reason: In the interests of nature conservation     

 

Condition 14

 

Prior to the commencement of the development a Landscape and Ecology Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out and thereafter maintained in accordance with the approved Plan.

 

Reason: In the interests of nature conservation.”

 

Publication date: 27/06/2022

Date of decision: 23/06/2022

Decided at meeting: 23/06/2022 - Planning Control Committee

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