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1.The development hereby permitted shall only be carried out in strict accordance with the application form received by the Local Planning Authority on 5th November 2019 and the following approved plans and details: - Site Location Plan entitled "Hall Farm, Mautby - Proposed Site Plan (Measurements)" - received by the Local Planning Authority on 05th November 2019; - Supplementary Site Location Plan entitled "Hall Farm Mautby" depicting the Proposed Storage Area and Tenancy Areas - received by the Local Planning Authority on 23rd January 2021; - Site Layout Plan - Site Plan entitled "Log Storage Area" - received by the Local Planning Authority on 05th October 2021; and, - Tree Planting Scheme document comprising planting schedule, species and tree protection measures - received by the Local Planning Authority on 23rd November 2021. The reason for the condition is:- For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure a suitable standard of operations in the interests of protecting the amenity of nearby residential neighbours and the impacts on the landscape and setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and A1 and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
2.The development hereby permitted shall be limited to the storage of timber, wood fuel and firewood in an area no greater than 1756 sqm in area, as shown on the Site Location Plan entitled "Hall Farm, Mautby - Proposed Site Plan (Measurements)" as submitted with the application and as received by the Local Planning Authority on 05 November 2019, and the corresponding plan entitled "Hall Farm Mautby" depicting the Proposed Storage Area and Tenancy Areas. The reason for the condition is:- For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure the effects of the development are limited to the area and extent on which the application was assessed, in the interests of protecting the amenity of nearby residential neighbours and the impacts on the landscape and setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and A1 and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
3.The planning permission hereby granted and the use of land for the storage of timber, woodfuel and firewood shall enure solely for the benefit of the applicant Mr Steven Hewitt, and if Mr Steven Hewitt no longer uses the land for the purposes of storage of timber, woodfuel or firewood then the use shall cease with immediate effect and all materials and any equipment brought onto the land in connection with the use hereby permitted shall be removed and the use of the land shall revert back to being an agricultural field within no more than 1 month of the expiry of the use or title interest in the site by Mr Steven Hewitt. The reason for this condition is:- In order to retain control over the use of the site and ensure the development is undertaken only in the specific manner presented by the applicant, to ensure the effects of the development are limited to those on which the application was assessed, to ensure the development remains associated with an existing rural business in accordance with relevant policy, in the interests of protecting the amenity of nearby residential neighbours and the impacts on the landscape and setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS06, CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and B1, A1 and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
4.The development the subject of this permission shall be undertaken only in association with the operations of the adjoining woodyard operating at Hall Farm, Hall Road, Mautby, NR29 3JB, and shall be undertaken only whilst that site operates as a woodyard undertaking "importing, cutting, splitting, storage and distribution of firewood with an average of 60 loads to 668 loads being bought to the Site each year (one load weighing between 0.7 tonnes and 0.9 tonnes)", in accordance with the activities established through the Certificate of Lawful Existing Use granted approval on 13th July 2016 (GYBC ref. 06/16/0280/EU). In the event that the aforementioned woodyard use should cease, whether temporarily or permanently, or be materially altered from that currently established, the planning permission hereby granted shall also cease with immediate effect and all materials and any equipment brought onto the land in connection with the use hereby permitted shall be removed and the use of the land shall revert back to being an agricultural field within no more than 1 month of the cessation or amendment of the woodyard use at the adjacent site. The reason for the condition is :- In order to retain control over the use of the site and ensure the development is undertaken only in the specific manner presented by the applicant, to ensure the effects of the development are limited to those on which the application was assessed, to ensure the development remains associated with an existing rural business in accordance with relevant policy, in the interests of protecting the amenity of nearby residential neighbours and the impacts on the landscape and setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS06, CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and B1, A1 and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
5.The area of land indicated as Area 3 on the approved Site Plan referenced 'Log Storage Area' shall be planted in strict accordance with the submitted Tree Planting Scheme received by the Local Planning Authority on 16th November 2021 and its associated Tree Protection measures. The Tree Planting Scheme shall be implemented and fully planted within the first planting and growing season following the date of this permission (which for the avoidance of doubt shall be no later than 31st March 2024), and all specimens shall be protected individually and collectively in accordance with the protection measures immediately upon planting. Any trees planted to satisfy the requirements of the Tree Planting Scheme which die, become damaged or are removed within the first five years following from the date of their planting shall be replaced before the end of the following planting season with species of similar standards, sizes and species as those which failed. The trees planted within Area 3 shall thereafter be retained and remain as a tree screening belt in perpetuity. The reason for the condition is:- To ensure that adequate planting is carried out to protect the visual amenities of the area, the landscape character and to protect the setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and A1 and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
6.The land located to the east formally utilised under the temporary permissions and labelled as Area 2 on the approved Site Plan referenced 'Log Storage Area' shall be cleared of timber, wood, equipment and any associated materials remaining from previous uses, and shall be levelled and sown and thereafter maintained with a perennial wild flower mix in accordance with the details on the approved plan, within the first planting and growing season following the date of this permission (which for the avoidance of doubt shall be no later than 31st March 2024). The area shown as Area 2 shall thereafter be retained and maintained as an area of wild flower meadow and shall not in any circumstances be used for the storage of timber, woodfuel or firewood, or any machinery or materials so related. The reason for this condition is:- To ensure that adequate planting is carried out to restore the land following continued unauthorised use and to protect the visual amenities of the area, enhance the landscape character and promote biodiversity and to protect the setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and A1 and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
7.The timber, woodfuel or firewood storage area labelled as Area 1 on the hereby approved Site Plan referenced 'Log Storage Area' shall be laid out and demarcated with the boundary treatments detailed on the Plan within no more than 2 (two) months of the date of this permission. The Area 1 uses and its boundary treatments shall be retained in such position for the duration of the use of the site as hereby approved, and the storage of any woodchips at the site shall be limited to the area shown on the approved plan. The reason for the condition is :- To ensure the storage area is clearly marked and storage of timber does not spill out into the surrounding field and is contained within Area 1 detailed in the approved layout plan, in the interests of minimising the impacts on the landscape character of the area and to protect the setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and A1 and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
8.Within no more than 2 (two) months of the date of this permission, the surface of the entrance track to the storage area as shown on the approved Layout Plan shall be made good with clean hardcore well compacted to a standard sufficient to prevent transport of debris from the site onto the public highway and adjoining footpath network. the surfacing of the access track shall thereafter be maintained, topped up and retained using similar materials to prevent carriage of mud and debris at all times. The reason for the condition is :- To prevent debris being brought into the public highway and to minimise the visual impacts of the development from detracting from the landscape and setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09, CS11 and CS16 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
9.There shall be nothing stored within the site at any time which exceeds a height of 3m when measured from the adjoining ground level or the ground level of the closest area external to the site on the west, east and southern sides of Area 1 (whichever is the lowest). The reason for the condition is :- To protect the visual amenities of the site to users of the adjacent bridleway to the east and from the Broads Authority area to the south, and to minimise the visual impacts of the development on the landscape and setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
10.There shall be no movement of wood within the site, nor manoeuvring in, access to, nor operations undertaken within the site hereby approved, outside the following hours:- 08:00 to 17:00 Mondays - Fridays. For the avoidance of doubt, no work shall take place within the site on Saturdays, Sundays, Public or Bank Holidays. The reason for the condition is :- In the interests of the residential amenities of the occupiers of nearby dwellings in accordance with adopted policies CS09 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and A1 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
11.There shall be no movement of wood within the site, nor deliveries to or undertaken from the site hereby approved, outside of the following hours:- 08:00 to 17:00 Mondays - Fridays. For the avoidance of doubt, no work shall take place within the site on Saturdays, Sundays, Public or Bank Holidays. The reason for the condition is :- In the interests of the residential amenities of the occupiers of nearby dwellings in accordance with adopted policies CS09 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and A1 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
12.There shall be no use of the site hereby permitted for any purpose other than the storage of timber, woodfuel and firewood in accordance with the details so approved, and there shall be no use of the site for the storage of any plant, machinery or apparatus used in connection with the approved activities, and nor shall there be any parking or storage of vehicles within the area when those vehicles are not in use. The reason for the condition is :- To protect the visual amenities of the site and to minimise the visual impacts of the development on the landscape and setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
13.There shall be no use of any land adjoining the site within the applicants ownership or control (as identified by the submitted Supplementary Site Location Plan entitled "Hall Farm Mautby" depicting the Proposed Storage Area and Tenancy Areas) for the purposes of storage of machinery, plant, apparatus or vehicles which are not already covered by the established use of Hall Farm as a woodyard under established use certificate reference: 06/16/0280/EU. The reason for the condition is :- To prevent the expansion of paraphernalia and other features of industrial character beyond the limits of the site hereby approved, to protect the visual amenities of the site and to minimise the visual impacts of the development on the landscape and setting of the Broads Authority National Park in accordance with adopted policies CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
14.No mechanically powered cutting, sawing, or splitting of timber or other similar operations shall be undertaken within the application site hereby approved at any time. The reason for the condition is :- In the interests of the residential amenities of the occupiers of nearby dwellings in accordance with adopted policies CS09 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and A1 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
15.No sales of timber, woodfuel or firewood, nor woodchip or any other material used in association with the wood yard operations, shall be undertaken from the site hereby approved at any time. The reason for the condition is :- In order to retain control over the use of the site because the permission hereby granted is for the storage of timber only, and the application has not been required to consider any facilities that might be required for such activities, nor any increase in public visits or staffing that might be required in association with retailing activity, in accordance with adopted policies CS06, CS09 and CS11 of the Great Yarmouth Core Strategy (2015) and B1, A1 and E4 of the Great Yarmouth Local Plan Part 2 (2021).
16.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.