For:            Quickskip Recycling per Mr. A. Last, MCIAT,  Brookside Cottage, Knapton Green, Herefordshire,  HR4 8ER

 

The application has been referred to the Committee because the Central Area Planning Sub-Committee was minded to refuse permission contrary to recommendation.

 

Ward: Hollington

The Central Team Leader said that the application had been referred to the Committee because the Central Area Planning Sub-Committee was minded to refuse  permission contrary to the Council’s planning policies and officer advice.  The Sub-Committee was concerned that there was inadequate justification to have the bunds on the site and that lane which gave access to it would be adversely affected by the heavy vehicles travelling to and from it.  He said that the application would involve only six vehicle movements a day for an eighteen-month temporary period.  This would not generate any significant increase in heavy vehicles to the site which already had some commercial vehicle use.  Any damage to the highway during the construction period which was attributable to the development could be dealt with under the Council’s highway powers at the applicant’s expense.  A lorry routing agreement had also been prepared to prevent heavy vehicles travelling through Callow Village and along part of Haywood Lane.

 

Councillor GFM Dawe, the Local Ward Member, drew attention to the views of local residents to the proposals and noted that, whilst a number of issues could be addressed through the recommended conditions, there remained substantial concerns about the impact of the proposal on the local highway network and about the future use of the site.  He also felt that the unnatural landforms created by the bunds were not in keeping with the local landscape.  He was not convinced about the environmental benefits and limited impact of the proposal and had expressed concerns at the Sub-Committee meeting about the need for more rigorous waste management plans for new developments in order to reduce the need to dispose of construction related materials.  The Central Team Leader advised that any further activities at the site would require another planning application and any such application would need to be considered on its own merits at that time. 

 

Having considered all the aspects of the application, the Committee was of the view that there would be adequate conditions in place to address the concerns and did not feel that there were sufficient grounds to support the Sub-Committee in refusal.

 

RESOLVED

 

That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

 

Start and Finish of Project

 

1.      A01 (Time limit for commencement (full permission)) (requirement for notification in writing to the local planning authority within seven days of start).

 

         Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

2.      Unless otherwise agreed in writing in advance the development hereby permitted, including final landscaping, shall be completed on the expiration of 18 months after the starting date as notified under condition 1 above, and no further material shall be imported after that date.

 

         Reason: To ensure satisfactory and timely completion of the development as applied for, to ensure no further material is imported, and to comply with Policies S10 and W8 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

3.      B01 (Development in accordance with the approved plans).

 

         Reason. To ensure adherence to the approved plans in the interests of a satisfactory form of development and to comply with Policy DR1 of Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan.

 

Pre-commencement Requirements

 

4.      No development shall take place until a scheme for compiling a Site Diary for all deliveries of material to the site for the duration of the development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The scheme shall include in particular:

 

(a)  Delivery date and time.

(b)  Vehicle registration number.

(c)  Volume (cu m) or tonnage of material delivered.

(d)  Full description of material delivered.

(e)  Details of any rejected loads, unsuitable or unexpected material or items,  and the action taken.

 

         The Site Diary shall be maintained in accordance with the approved scheme until completion of the project, and entries shall be completed as soon as practical after load deliveries on a daily basis.  The Site Diary shall be held in the applicant's or his successor's office and be made available for inspection on request during normal office hours by Officers of the Council or the Environment Agency.  Within seven days following the end of each month after the start date as notified under condition 1 above until the development is complete, a written summary of the Site Diary giving daily totals of deliveries in terms of vehicle numbers, movements and quantities of material for the previous month shall be submitted to the local planning authority.

 

         Reason: To enable a full record of deliveries to the site to be made available for inspection in the interests of highway safety and environmental protection, in accordance with Policies S1, S6, DR11, W2 and W8 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

5.      H21 (Wheel washing).

        

         Reason: To ensure that the wheels of vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site in the interests of highway safety and to conform with the requirements of Policy DR3 of Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan.

 

6.      No development shall take place until a method statement giving details of final landscaping, seeding and planting of the bunds has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority in consultation with the Council's Conservation Officers.  The details should include:

 

(a)  A plan showing planting proposals.

(b) A written specification describing the species, sizes, densities and planting          numbers.

(c)  Details of cultivation and aftercare.

(d)  Timescales for completion.

 

The method statement shall be implemented as approved.

 

Reason: In order to ensure a satisfactory form of development and to conform with the requirements of Policy LA6 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

7.      Before the development begins, a scheme for the routing of delivery vehicles in connection with the development hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The scheme shall be thereafter implemented as approved until the project is complete unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with Policies S6, DR3 and T8 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

Protection

 

8.      G02 (Retention of trees and hedgerows).

 

         Reason: To safeguard the amenity of the area and to ensure that the development conforms with Policy DR1 of Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan

 

9.      No material shall be deposited, or development take place, within 10 metres of the existing hedgerow along the northeast boundary of the site.

 

         Reason: To protect the root systems of the established hedgerow from compaction or damage, in accordance with Policies LA5 and LA6 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

10.    Unless otherwise agreed in writing in advance by the local planning authority, there shall be no more than six vehicle movements into and six vehicle movements out from the site in any 24-hour period in connection with the development hereby permitted and recorded in the Site Diary required by condition 4 above.

 

         Reason: To minimise traffic impact in the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policies S6, DR3 and T8 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

11.    Unless otherwise agreed in writing in advance by the local planning authority, there shall be no more material imported to the site than the specific quantity necessary to construct the bunds as detailed on the approved plans.  No bunds shall exceed 4 metres in height.

 

         Reason: To ensure a satisfactory form of development and to limit the amount of waste soil deposited, in accordance with the requirements of Policy W8 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

12.    In respect of the material  to be used to construct the bunds hereby permitted, only pre-screened and treated inert material is to be brought to the site, from the applicant's own premises and from no other source, unless otherwise agreed in writing in advance by the local planning authority.

 

         Reason: In order to control the source and type of material used to construct the bunds in the interests of local amenity and to protect the environment and prevent pollution in accordance with Policies DR4, DR11 and W8 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

13.    F01 (Restriction on hours of working).

 

         Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the locality and to comply with Policy DR2 of Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan.

 

14.    No mud or other material emanating from the development hereby permitted shall be deposited on the public highway.

 

         Reason: In the interests of highway safety, in accordance with Policy DR3 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

 

15.    I44 (No burning of materials/substances during construction phase).

 

         Reason: To safeguard residential amenity and prevent pollution and to comply with Policy DR4 of Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan.

 

Informatives:

 

1.      HN01 (Mud on Road).

 

2.      HN21 (Extraordinary Maintenance).

 

3.      N19 - Avoidance of doubt - Approved Plans.

 

4.      N15 - Reason(s) for the Grant of PP/LBC/CAC.