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Minutes - 15 May 2007 PDF 75 KB Minutes: RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 15 May 2007 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.
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Site Meetings and Other Meetings Minutes: The Head of Planning Applications Group circulated a list of sites that Members of the Committee might wish to visit individually without recourse to a formal site meeting.
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Suggested Member Training Programme PDF 60 KB Minutes: RESOLVED that:-
a) a regular training programme be endorsed for all Members to address issues pertinent to the business of the Committee; b) the Head of Democratic Services be required to secure additional dates for half day training sessions in the County Council diary for 2008; and c) the following dates be agreed for formal training in 2007:-
(i) Tuesday 17 July; (ii) Thursday 20 September; (iii) Tuesday 9 October; and (iv) Monday 26 November.
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Minutes: Mr A Bassam made a declaration of Personal Interest and took no part in the decision making.
(1) A letter from Mrs M Greenhalgh, a local resident was tabled.
(2) Mrs M Salway (Southfleet Parish Council), Mrs M Greenhalgh and Mr P Memory (Southfleet Residents’ Association) addressed the Committee in opposition to the application. Mr B Ballard, local resident spoke in support (incorporating the views of Darenth Parish Council). Mr I Thompson (Bureau Veritas) spoke in reply on behalf of the applicants.
(3) Mr A R Poole moved, seconded by Mr S J G Koowaree that the recommendation of the Head of Planning Applications Group be agreed. Carried with no opposition
RESOLVED that permission be granted to the application subject to the prior satisfactory conclusion of a legal agreement to secure the Heads of Terms given in Appendix 5 of the report and the applicants meeting the County Council’s reasonable legal costs associated with this agreement; and to conditions covering amongst other matters: duration of the permission (until February 2042); requirement for annual progress reports; requirement for working and phasing programmes to be reviewed at 3-yearly intervals; maximum depth of extraction (30m AOD); wastes being restricted to those set out in the application; hours of operation; noise and dust controls; lighting (to minimise visual impacts); land stability (relating to the CTRL); vehicle movement restrictions; use of existing site access only; measures to minimise any adverse effects associated with any landfill gas and leachate control infrastructure; measures to minimise mud, dust and other debris being deposited in the highway (including the use of suitably contained or covered vehicles); landscape planting; removal of permitted development rights; working, restoration and aftercare schemes; surface water drainage; appropriate soil handling and storage; ecology (including monitoring of dust impacts on the SNCI); and archaeology and historic landscape.
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Minutes: (1) Mr R A Pascoe identified himself as the local Member instead of Mr Bliss. He informed the Committee that although he had not been consulted on this application he was content for it to be determined at the meeting.
(2) In agreeing the recommendation, the Committee agree that the hours of operation condition should closely define the phrase “essential plant and vehicle maintenance” set out in paragraph 46 of the report.
RESOLVED that permission be granted to the application subject to conditions covering amongst other matters limitations on stockpile & container heights; hours of operation (including a definition of “essential plant and vehicle maintenance” as set out in (2) above); vehicle movements; noise; dust; odour and windblown litter.
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Proposal MA/07/607 - Storage of dry chippings in an existing lay-by on the A249 at Stockbury, Maidstone; Kent Highways Partnership. |
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Consultations on applications submitted by District Councils or Government Departments |
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County Council developments |
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Detailed submissions under Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (None) |
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Screening opinions under Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 1999 |
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Scoping opinions under Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 1999 (None) |