Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Mr Chittenden, Mr Harman, Mrs Meade, Mr Crow-Brown and Mr Richardson.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 16 November 2022 were correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.

1) Adam Tomaszewski, Senior Planning Officer and Sharon Thompson, Head of Planning Applications, outlined the report and advised that an additional condition limiting the total amount of cement produced by the facility to no more than 500,000 tonnes per annum was recommended.

2) Cllr Dolley White (Sheerness Town Council) spoke objecting to the application on behalf of Sheerness Town Council.

3) Mr Richard Goffin (Peel Ports) spoke in support of the application.

4) Mr Stuart Mason-Elliott (Hercules) spoke in reply on behalf of the applicant.

5) Mr Rayner proposed, Mr Simkins seconded and Members RESOLVED that:

Permission be granted, subject to:

(i) conditions covering amongst other matters:

1.       Development to be commenced within 3 years of the date of the permission.

2.       Carrying out the development in accordance with the submitted plans.

3.       Submission and approval in writing of a Construction Management Plan prior to commencement of development

4.       Submission and approval in writing of a lighting scheme.

5.       Construction hours only between 07:00 and 18:00 hours Monday to Friday and between 07:30 and 13:00 hours on Saturdays (with none on Sundays, Bank and Public Holidays), unless otherwise approved by the County Planning Authority.

6.       Overnight HGV vehicle movements between 18:00 - 06:00 will only be permitted on a maximum of one night-time period per calendar month and must not exceed 8 such movements in the period. Such movements will only occur on weekdays and not at all in the period after 6pm on a Saturday until 6am on a Monday.

7.       All vehicles arriving or leaving the site in the 12-hour period between 6pm and 6am will utilise the alternative route to avoid passing the most sensitive properties on Garrison Road, as shown on the approved plan.

8.             Before commencement on site, a Construction Dust Management Plan is to be submitted to and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority. This is to be prepared in accordance with the Institute of Air Quality Management ‘Guidance on the assessment of dust from demolition and construction’.

9.             Before commencement of operations on site, a Dust and Particulate Monitoring Plan is to be submitted to and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority. The purpose of monitoring is to ensure that dust and particulate emissions from the site are managed effectively to avoid causing exceedances of ambient air quality standards and disamenity, and that dust and particulate matter from the site does not contain heavy metals such as chromium. The plan is to include action trigger levels for dust and airborne particulate matter, and site management procedure to investigate any exceedances of these trigger levels and put in place remedial measures in a timely manner.

10.          Before commencement of operations on site, an airborne particulate monitoring system is to be established and maintained for the lifetime of the development to enable real-time measurements and alert the operator of the site to events that exceed trigger levels, which are to be set out in the Dust and Particulate  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

RESOLVED to note matters dealt with under delegated powers since the meeting on 16 November 2022 relating to:

E1 County matter applications

E2 County Council developments

E3 Screening Opinions under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017

E4 Scoping Opinions under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017

RESOLVED to note Kent County Council’s response to the Folkestone & Hythe District Council Statement of Community Involvement.

RESOLVED to note Kent County Council’s response to the Hoo Development Framework Consultation.

RESOLVED to note Kent County Council’s response to the Otterpool Park Outline Application – application revisions.