Agenda item

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above planning application.

The following attended the meeting and spoke on the application;

Lisa Harrop (Supporter) and Dave Starkie (Agent).

RESOLVED:

For the reasons set out in the report, the application be approved subject to the following conditions;

1.            Time limit (3 years)

2.            Development in accordance with the approved plans

3.            Materials

4.            Development in accordance with recommendations in the Ecological  Impact Assessment. Within 6 months of the date of this permission, submission of a habitat creation method statement and 30 year habitat management plan The habitat management plan to include a schedule of ecological monitoring and reporting and a mechanism to secure the agreement and implementation of contingency measures in the event that monitoring reveals that habitats on site are failing to achieve their target distinctiveness and/or condition

5.            Submission and implementation of 30-year habitat management plan

6.            Prior to the use as part of the golf course commencing, the features to enhance biodiversity shall be provided and retained thereafter

7.            Provision of the protective fencing to the 8m buffer zone

8.            Protection of breeding birds

9.            Root protection measure for tree T1 to be provided prior to commencement of development

10.         Widening of the access prior to commencement of development

11.         Limiting HGV movements to the site to 112 per day, 56 entering and 56 leaving

12.         Records of HGV movements shall be kept at the site and available for inspection by the LPA

13.         Notification to the LPA of commencement of importation and  requirement for importation to cease after 18 months

14.         Hours of operation including HGV movements restricted to 07:00 to 19:00 Monday to Friday. 08:00 to 14:00 Saturday and no working on Sundays or public holidays

15.         No crushing or processing to take place on the site

16.         Topsoil to be stripped and stored away from the imported material

17.         Loads of imported material shall be screened for oversized or unsuitable materials and any found shall be removed from the site

18.         No importation of fill shall commence until a strategy containing information relating to the materials proposed to be imported, including a proposed testing regime, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (LPA)

19.         Only dry, inert material shall be imported into the site

20.         Post-completion of the development, a topographical survey to demonstrate that the levels comply with the submitted plans, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA

21.         Stockpiles of imported materials shall be limited to 3m in height

22.         Any movement or mixing of materials already on site with the imported  materials shall not be undertaken until those materials have been tested to ascertain whether they are inert and suitable for use in the development hereby approved

23.         If during the course of development any historical remains are discovered on the site, a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Work shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme

Informatives:

·         NPPF

·         Approved plans

In order to give proper effect to the Committee’s intentions and without changing the substance of the decision, authority is delegated to the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chair (or in their absence the Vice Chair) of the Strategic Planning Board, to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, between approval of the minutes and issue of the decision notice.