15/2730N - LAND AT MMU CREWE CAMPUS, CREWE GREEN ROAD, CREWE, CHESHIRE, CW1 5DU: Proposed construction and operation of a Deep Geothermal Single Well (DGSW) system including a single vertical well drilled to a depth of 2 km below ground level and ass
Meeting: 23/09/2015 - Strategic Planning Board (Item 59)
PDF 657 KBTo consider the above application.
Minutes:
Prior to consideration of this application, there was an adjournment for lunch from 13.20 to 14.15.
Prior to consideration of this application, Councillor S Edgar arrived to the meeting.
The Board considered a report regarding the above application.
(Mr S Cook (on behalf of Mr Ryan Law, Geothermal Engineering Ltd) attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application).
RESOLVED
That for the reasons set out in the report, the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:
1. Commencement of development
2. Approved plans
3. Noise management plan
4. Noise levels
5. Noise monitoring plan
6. Noise communication plan
7. Lighting scheme
8. Ground gas risk assessment and mitigation
9. Detailed badger survey
10.Nesting bird survey
11.Restricted vehicle movements in term time
12.Implementation of flood risk mitigation
13.Scheme for foul and surface water disposal and details of surface water drainage
14.Removal of all construction infrastructure on completion of construction works
15.Limit on number of vehicle movements
16.Best practical means for control of dust
17.Control of mud on highway
18.Limits on timing of construction works (aside from drilling operations)
In the event of any changes being needed to the wording of the Committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or add conditions/informatives/planning obligations or reasons for approval/refusal) prior to the decision being issued, the Principal Planning Manager has delegated authority to do so in consultation with the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee, provided that the changes do not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.
Should this application be the subject of an appeal, authority be delegated to the Principal Planning Manager in consultation with the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Board to enter into a planning agreement in accordance with the S106 Town and Country Planning Act to secure the Heads of Terms for a S106 Agreement.
Following consideration of this item, Councillor Wray left the meeting and did not return.