For:      Mr P Chalk per Mr J Taplin, John Taplin Associates, The Orchard, Clevelode, Malvern, Worcs, WR13 6PD

Ward: Hope End

The Northern Team Leader presented the following updates:

Additional Representations

A further letter had been received from Mr Humphries of Laburnum Cottage commenting on the amended plans as follows:

·         The sealed lagoon is positioned directly above my property so it is vital that it never overflows. If it did my private water supply would be contaminated very quickly.

·         The run off area from the yard is 126m². The proposed sealed lagoon has a capacity of 2500 litres. Therefore it would take only 20mm of rainfall before the lagoon overflowed and contaminated my private water supply. We had 1075mm of rainfall in the UK in 2006, therefore the lagoon would have been emptied 54 times in 2006 to prevent it overflowing. The capacity of the lagoon is too small. Alternative solutions would be to move the lagoon to a position where the overflow would not cause a problem or not allow stock to the areas exposed to rainfall (so the lagoon only collects from foul water from the new barn).

Officer Comments

Contaminated run off will only be routed to the lagoon when cattle are in the yard. At all other times clean rainwater will be diverted into the French drain draining to the sump at the lowest point of the field. Mr Humphries has assumed that all rainwater falling on the yard, contaminated or not, will be draining to the lagoon hence his incorrect conclusion that the proposed lagoon would be too small. The size of the lagoon has been discussed and agreed with the Environment Agency. The lagoon has to be emptied and the contents disposed of in a way that does not cause pollution. This is likely to involve the lagoon being pumped out and the contaminated water taken away and disposed of off site.

RESOLVED

That subject to the Environment Agency confirming that the amended drainage proposals are satisfactory, the officers named in the Scheme of Delegation to Officers be authorised to issue planning permission subject to the following conditions and any additional conditions considered necessary by officers:

1 -     A01 (Time limit for commencement (full permission)).

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

2 -     B03 (Matching external materials (general)).

         Reason: To ensure the satisfactory appearance of the development.

3 -     G04 (Landscaping scheme (general)).

         Reason: In order to protect the visual amenities of the area.

4 -     G05 (Implementation of landscaping scheme (general)).

         Reason:  In order to protect the visual amenities of the area.

5 -     The livestock shed hereby permitted shall not be brought into use for the housing of livestock until the drainage scheme has been completed in accordance with the amended plan received by the local planning authority on 3 October 2007.

         Reason:  In order to ensure satisfactory drainage arrangements are provided in accordance with Policy DR4 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan 2007.

        Informatives:-

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

2 -   N19 - Avoidance of doubt.