BAKERS OF NAILSEA ABATTOIR PROFESSIONAL PLANNING APPRAISAL
commuting/foraging corridors and so be required to be retained in darkness.
Additional buffers (i.e. supplementary hedges) may be required.
Development Principles and Requirements
5.8 Affordable Housing at 30% would be required for any scheme in excess of 9
dwellings or with a site area in excess of 0.5ha. A proposal for five dwellings (as
indicated on the sketch layout at Section 6) would not be liable for affordable
housing.
5.9 The Council operates a Community Infrastructure Levy (see CIL Charging Schedule
and the CIL and Development Contributions SPD, January 2016 1 ), which is based
on proposed floorspace and is payable upon commencement of the development.
Provided the building is in-use (for a continuous period of at least six months within
the three years ending on the day planning permission first permits the chargeable
development), the existing GIA can be deducted from the CIL amount associated
with the development.
5.10 An extended baseline (Phase 1) survey followed by protected species surveys,
during the May to September survey season, will be required, and extensive
mitigation and enhancement is likely to be required (particularly for bats). Existing
hedgerow boundaries will need to be retained and potentially supplemented with
new hedgerows to retain a ‘dark corridor’, and houses should be sited side-on to
prevent light spill. A lighting strategy and impact assessment, demonstrating that
the areas important for bats can be retained in darkness (i.e. with lux levels no higher
than 0.5) will be required.
5.11 The Council applies the National Space Standards 2 for new dwellings, and these
would need to be adhered to (see the Technical Requirements as well as the
GIA/storage requirements in Table 1of the document).
1 https://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CIL-charging-schedule-1.pdf 2
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/52453 1/160519_Nationally_Described_Space_Standard____Final_Web_version.pdf
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