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No.Condition Text
1.The development must be begun not later than three years beginning with the date of this permission. The reason for the condition is :- The time limit condition is imposed in order to comply 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.
2.The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in the planning application forms and drawing no. 872/1 received by the Local Planning Authority on 22nd February 2017. The reason for the condition is :- For the avoidance of doubt.
3.Prior to commencement of the use hereby permitted, any access gate(s), bollard, chain or other means of obstruction shall be hung to open inwards, set back and thereafter retained a minimum distance of 7 metres from the near channel edge of the adjacent carriageway. Any sidewalls, fences or hedges adjacent to the access shall be splayed at an angle of 30 degrees from each of the (outside) gateposts to the front boundary of the site. The reason for the condition is :- To enable vehicles to safely draw off the highway before the gate(s) or obstruction is opened.
4.Prior to the commencement of the use hereby permitted, the vehicular access (indicated for improvement on drawing No. 872/1) shall be upgraded/widened to a minimum width of 12.5 metres in accordance with the Norfolk County Council residential access construction specification (drawing TRAD 5 attached) for the first 2 metres as measured back from the near channel edge of the adjacent carriageway. Arrangement shall be made for surface water drainage from the site to be intercepted and disposed of separately so that it does not discharge from or onto the highway carriageway. The reason for the condition is :- In the interest of highway safety and traffic movement.
5.Prior to the commencement of the use hereby permitted, a 2 metre wide parallel visibility splay (as measured back from the near edge of the adjacent highway carriageway) shall be provided across the whole of the site's roadside frontage. The parallel visibility splay shall thereafter be maintained free from any obstruction exceeding 0.6 metres above the level of the adjacent highway carriageway. The reason for the condition is :- In the interests of highway safety.
6.REASON FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION :- The proposal meets the criteria for domestic additions set out in saved Policy HOU18 of the Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan.
7.STATEMENT OF POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT: In dealing with this application Great Yarmouth Borough Council has actively sought to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner, in accordance with paragraphs 186 and 187 of the NPPF.
8.NOTES - Please read the following notes carefully:- 1) This development involves works within the public highway that can only be carried out by Norfolk County Council as Highway Authority unless otherwise agreed in writing. It is an OFFENCE to carry out any works within the Public Highway, which includes a Public Right of Way, without the permission of the Highway Authority. Please note that it is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that, in addition to planning permission, any necessary consents or approvals under the Highways Act 1980 and the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 are also obtained from the County Council. Advice on this matter can be obtained from the County Council's Highway Development Management Group. Please contact Developer Services on 0344 800 8020. If required, street furniture will need to be repositioned at the applicant's expense. Public Utility apparatus may be affected by this proposal. Contact the appropriate utility service to reach agreement on any necessary alterations, which have to be carried out at the expense of the developer. 2) Please be aware it is the applicant's responsibility to clarify the boundary with the public highway. Private structures, such as fences or walls, will not be permitted on highway land. The highway boundary may not match the applicant's title plan. Please contact the highway research team at highway.boundaries@norfolk.gov.uk for further details.