Chudleigh - 25/00035/FUL Commercial Premises North Of Glen Cottage Rock Road

September 23, 2025 Planning Committee (Committee) Approved View on council website

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Summary

...planning permission was granted for commercial premises north of Glen Cottage on Rock Road in Chudleigh, subject to conditions primarily concerning adherence to approved plans, protection of bats through restrictions on construction timing, lighting, and roller door usage, as well as surface water drainage requirements and limitations on future development without prior consent.

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RESOLVED
 
Planning permission be granted subject to the
following conditions:
 
1.    
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance
with the application form and the following approved
plans/documents:

 
Date
Received    Drawing/Reference
Number 
Description
09 Jan 2025        JRPA-33
1001                          
Location Plan
09 Jan 2025        JRPA-33
1004                          
Proposed Ground Floor Plan
09 Apr 2025        JRPA-33 1006
REV A              
Proposed Elevations
09 Apr 2025        JRPA-33
1007                          
Proposed Roof Plan
03 Jul 2025         JRPA-33
1002 REV B              
Block Plan
 
REASON: In order to
ensure compliance with the approved drawings.
 
2. Construction works shall commence at least
30 minutes after sunrise and cease at least 30 minutes before
sunset each day during the active season of bats (i.e. from April
to October inclusive). No lighting shall be left on over-night
during the construction phase.
 
REASON: For the benefit of legally protected
light-averse bats.
 
3. 
Notwithstanding Section 55(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act
1990 and/or the provisions of the Town and Country Planning
(General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
(or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without
modification), no external lighting shall be installed on, or in
association with, the new building, except for low-lumen, LED, PIR
motion-activated lights on a short timer (maximum 1 minute),
sensitive to large objects only (to avoid triggering by bats or
other wildlife). Any such lights shall be mounted in association
with doors only, at a height no greater than 1.9m from ground
level, directed and shielded downward and away from hedges, trees
and bat roosts. The lights shall produce only narrow spectrum,
low-intensity light output, UV-free, with a warm colour-temperature
(2,700K or less) and a wavelength of 550nm or more.
 
REASON: For the benefit of legally protected
light-averse bats.
 
4. Between the hours of
30 minutes after sunrise and at least 30 minutes before sunset each
day during the active season of bats (i.e., from April to October
inclusive) the west-facing roller door shall be kept shut except
when vehicles are exiting/entering via that door. The roller door
shall then be closed immediately after the vehicle has
exited/entered.
 
REASON: To limit light spill which might
impact light-averse bats.
 
5.    
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Town and Country
Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as
amended) (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or
without modification), no development of the types described in
Class H of Part 7 or Class A of Part 2 of Schedule 2 shall be
constructed (other than hereby permitted) unless the prior written
consent of the Local Planning Authority has been obtained.
 
REASON: To ensure that any future alterations
or improvements to the building are acceptable in terms of their
ecological impact for the benefit of legally protected light-averse
bats.
 
6. 
The approved surface water drainage system, which includes an
attenuation tank designed to cater for the 1 in 100-year (+50%
allowance for climate change) rainfall event and flows limited to a
1 l/s discharge rate into the existing soakaway using an
appropriate flow control, shall be implemented in full prior to the
occupation of the development and shall be thereafter
maintained.
 
REASON: To ensure that adequate surface water
drainage is available to serve the proposed development and will
not cause an increase in flood risk either on the site, adjacent
land or downstream.
 

Related Meeting

Planning Committee - Tuesday, 23rd September, 2025 10.00 am on September 23, 2025

Supporting Documents

25.00035.FUL Commercial Premises North of Glen Cottages.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date23 Sep 2025