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2025/1448/MAR - Reserved Matters Permission (Major) Approved

Proposal

Approval of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) in respect of the main local centre comprising of a convenience store, 6 no. shop units, and 6 no. flats and 5 no. houses pursuant to outline application Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Oct 2026, 17:30

Application progress

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Received

27 Mar 2025

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Validated

17 Apr 2025

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Approved

1 Oct 2025

Approved on 1 Oct 2025 · Committee · Last checked 24 Oct 2026

Documents 36

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Planning Statement Document · 27 Mar 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 15

Application forms 2

PDF CIL Form 1 Additional Information Document · 27 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 27 Mar 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 12

PDF Response - Consultees Document · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Neighbour - Redacted Response Document · 12 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 12 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 10 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 30 May 2025 View ↗ PDF Neighbour - Redacted Response Document · 23 May 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 18 May 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 16 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 8 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 7 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 17 Apr 2025 View ↗

Associated applications 17

Reserved matters1 Oct 20252025/1448/MARThis application
Approval of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) in respect of the main local centre…
Conditions details submitted for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13
- ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 4 [Architectural Detailing]21 Sep 20262026/4084/COND
- ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 5 [Meter Boxes]21 Sep 20262026/4085/COND
- ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 6 [Boundary Enclosures]21 Sep 20262026/4087/COND
- Show 13 earlier · 12 approved, 1 pending
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 7 [Submit Landscaping Scheme]21 Sep 20262026/4088/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 8 [Details of Lighting]21 Sep 20262026/4089/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 9 [Details of Bin Stores]21 Sep 20262026/4090/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 3 [Schedule of Materials]21 Sep 20262026/4047/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 6 [Boundary Treatments]7 Sep 20262026/3799/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 4 (Architectural Detailing).20 Aug 20262026/3620/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 5 [Meter Boxes]21 Jul 20262026/3023/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 10 [Communal Satellite Aerial]21 Jul 20262026/3024/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 9 (Bin Stores)10 Jul 20262026/2920/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 13 (Cycle Parking)10 Jul 20262026/2921/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 2 (levels)23 Jun 20262026/2567/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 7 (Landscaping)5 Jun 20262026/2355/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 8 (Lighting)5 Jun 20262026/2357/COND

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 15 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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