Installation of ground mounted solar panels

1. CONDITION 1: The development to which this permission relates must not be begun later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. REASON: To comply with Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act, 2004.
2. CONDITION 2: The development shall be carried out in accordance with the plans and documents detailed below: Location Plan 1:1250 - Received 13.05.2026 0030 - OT - XX - XX - DR - 0001 P01 Proposed Site Plan 1:250 - Received 24.04.2026 0030 - OT - XX - XX - DR - 0001 P01 Proposed Site Plan 1:500 - Received 24.04.2026 Solar Array Plans & elevations - Received 13.05.2026 Spinney Close Panel Section Drg1 1:50 - Received 13.05.2026 Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment Arbtech Dated 4th April 2026 - Received 24.04.2026 Statutory Biodiversity Metric Calculation Tool - Received 24.04.2026 Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Arbtech Dates 20/03/2026 - Received 24.04.2026 Neostar 3S54 Mon-Glass Module 460W-475W Aiko - Received 24.04.2026 Insolation Solar Ltd 60.06kW Solar System - Received 24.04.2026 Wagner Solar Greenfield Racking System TRIC flex four - Received 24.04.2026 REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the details of the development are acceptable to the Local Planning Authority.
3. CONDITION 3: A Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) for a minimum 30-year timeframe shall be submitted to, and be approved in writing by, the local planning authority prior to the commencement of the development. The content of the HMMP shall include the following: a) Description and evaluation of features to be managed. b) Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management. c) Aims and objectives of management. d) Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives. e) Prescriptions for management actions. f) Preparation of a work schedule (including annual work plan capable of rolling forward over a five-year period). g) Details of the body or organisation responsible for implantation of the plan. h) Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures. i) The completed statutory metric applied to the application site to demonstrate that a biodiversity net gain will be achieved. j) Locations and numbers of bat and bird boxes, reptile, and amphibian refugia, invertebrate boxes k) Details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery. The plan shall also set out (where results from monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the HMMP are not being met) how contingencies and/or remedial action will be identified, agreed, and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme. The approved plan will be implemented in accordance with the approved details. REASON: To ensure a mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain in accordance with the Environment Act, the NPPF and to safeguard biodiversity in accordance with the Local Plan (2011-2031) Policy NE1.
4. DEEMED CONDITION: In accordance with the Environmental Act 2021, Schedule 14, paragraph 13 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Schedule 7A, paragraph 13: the development may not be begun unless— (a) a biodiversity gain plan has been submitted to the planning authority, and (b) the planning authority has approved the plan. The planning authority, for the purposes of determining whether to approve a Biodiversity Gain Plan in respect of this permission would be Rugby Borough Council.

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