Agenda item

To consider the above application.

The Board considered a report and written update regarding the above application.

(Alan Bulpin (applicant)attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application)

RESOLVED

That for the reasons set out in the report and written update the application be APPROVED subject to

(1)  a Deed of Variation to the existing S106 Planning Obligation to secure the long term management of the adjacent Danes Moss Site of Special Scientific Interest and Danes Moss Landfill site

(2)  Conditions covering in particular:

Ø  All the conditions attached to permissions 12/3240W and 09/0761W unless amended by those below

Ø  Extension of time to 31^st December 2019 with full restoration of the site within 12 months or no later than 31^st December 2020.

12/3240W

The development hereby approved shall only be carried out in accordance with the following documents, except where these may be modified by the conditions below:

Planning Application Form dated 11^th November 2015

Drawing No 1779-01-01 (Statutory Plan)

Drawing No. 1220-01-02 (Proposed pre-settlement contours and cross sections)

Drawing No. 1779-01-02 Rev A (Approved Restoration)

Drawing No. 837-01-02 (Proposed Phasing of Consent 09/0761W)

25.With reference to the Schematic Phasing in Drawing No. 837-01-02 (Proposed Phasing), cells shall be progressively tipped and restored in sequence, C2, C2A/C3A, with no tipping in Cell C3A taking place until Cell C2 has been restored, unless otherwise agreed with the Waste Planning Authority. The access route shown on the drawing will form part of the final tipping and restoration phase. Restoration and spreading of subsoil and/or topsoil to final levels within each cell should occur by no later than 31^st December 2019 unless otherwise agreed with the Local Planning Authority. Tipping in each cell shall accord with final tipping levels as specified under condition 33.

31.The site shall be restored to nature conservation and amenity use specifically a mixture of amenity woodland, heathland, acid grassland and general amenity grassland, as indicated on approved drawing No. 1779-01-02 Rev A (Proposed Restoration), and the scheme approved by condition 42 below, to provide an appropriate mix of wetland species.

32. Restoration shall be progressive, and in accordance with the detail shown in drawing No. 1220-01-02 (Proposed Pre-Settlement Contours) and 1779-01-02 Rev A (Approved Restoration). Any grass seeding which is due to take place shall be undertaken within 12 months of the spreading of the final soil layer. Any tree and/or shrub planting shall be undertaken within 24 months of the spreading of the final soil layer unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Waste Planning Authority.

37.The scheme of restoration and landscaping management approved under condition 44 of consent 09/0761W or as updated by Drawing No. 837-01-03 shall be implemented by not later than 31^st December 2020. Any plants which die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased, shall be replaced with others of a similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

39.Aside from the provisions of condition 40 and 41, within 12 months of tipping being completed to final levels, or no later than 31 December 2020, whichever is the sooner, all plant, machinery, debris, and site buildings shall be removed from the site; all haul roads, access roads and areas of hardstanding shall be broken up and removed from the site, and the site shall be restored in accordance with Drawing No. 1779-01-02 Rev A.

42.The tipping of waste material authorised by this permission shall cease by 31 December 2014 with restoration materials imported as necessary beyond this date to ensure that the site is fully restored by 31 December 2020 in accordance with the consented levels.

09/0761W

47.The tipping of waste material authorized by this permission shall cease by 31 December 2014 with restoration materials imported as necessary beyond this date to ensure that the site is fully restored by 31 December 2020 in accordance with the consented levels.

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 Head of Planning (Regulation) has delegated authority to do so in consultation with the Chairman/Vice Chairman of the Strategic Planning Board, provided that the changes do not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.