Agenda item

(1)       Mr L Christie and Mr H R Craske were present for this item subject to Committee Procedure 2.24. Mr Christie spoke. Mr Craske had to leave the meeting before he could speak and therefore submitted his views to the Democratic Services Officer who read them out.

(2)       The Head of Planning Applications Group asked the Committee to note the following amendments to the report:-

- Paragraph 3, page 51 - "vineyard" not "vinyard";

- Paragraph 6, page 52 - "18 trains per week" not "per annum";

- Paragraph 8, page 52 - Aspden's Kiln (Scheduled Ancient Monument) is not actually within the Northfleet Works site (it is just off the site);

- Paragraph 14, page 54 - "9,000 tonnes" not "9 tonnes" (in stockpiles);

- Paragraph 15, page 54 - "conveyors and hoppers" not "conveyor sand hoppers"; and

- Paragraph 42, page 61 - 3rd bullet point should read "13,500 HGV       movements" not "13,599".

(3)       The Head of Planning Applications Group referred to paragraph 81 of the report and asked the Committee to include the implementation of a travel plan within the conditions in order to assist in seeking sustainable transport objectives. 

(4)       In agreeing the recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group, the Committee agreed to the inclusion of a condition requiring measures to prevent mud and debris on the highway (e.g. sheeting of loaded HGVs

(5)     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 3 of the report and to conditions, including conditions covering a 5 year time limit to implement the permission; a maximum of 3 million tonnes per annum of imports; the prior approval of various details (including conveyors, gatehouse / security lodge, weighbridge, parking arrangements, external construction materials and fencing); the prior approval of a Code of Construction Practice (relating to air quality, noise, vibration, geotechnics and soil contamination and waste); crushed rock only being stored outside the enclosed aggregate storage building exceptionally in the event of plant / equipment failure or unless otherwise agreed; protection of Port of London Authority radar equipment; the prior approval of a Tunnels Report (dealing with current condition, repairs / remedial measures, monitoring, maintenance and management of road and rail access tunnels and cliffs above their portals); hours of use (ship, barge and rail arrival, departure, loading and unloading and HGV movements being permitted 24 hours a day 7 days a week with all other activities restricted to between 0700 and 1800 hours Monday to Friday, 0700 and 1300 hours on Saturdays with no working on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, Bank and Public Holidays unless the prior written approval of the County Council has been obtained to depart from these hours); measures to prevent mud and debris on the highway (e.g. sheeting of loaded HGVs); no more than 1.2 million tonnes of materials being exported by road each year; the implementation of a travel plan; safeguarding of the Fastrack route; HGVs entering and leaving via Thames Way (A226) and only using The Shore, Granby Road and Crete Hall Road unless delivering locally, in emergencies or otherwise agreed beforehand); no more than 200 HGV movements between 0700 and 1000 hours and 1600 and 1900 hours in any one day; no more than 13,500 HGV movements in any one calendar month; rights of way being kept free of obstruction and available for use unless formal replacements are provided; the rating noise level not exceeding the background noise level by more than 3dB; measures being employed to minimise noise impacts of vehicles, railway locomotives and wagons, ships and barges, plant, machinery and other equipment; reversing vehicles and plant not emitting warning noise that is audible at noise sensitive properties; no commercial operations taking place until a dust management plan has been submitted and approved; the implementation of flood risk and water protection measures; the submission and approval of a foul and surface water management scheme; the submission, approval and implementation of a contaminated land assessment scheme; archaeology; ecological mitigation, compensation and enhancement; a landscaping scheme; and no external lighting until an appropriate scheme has been submitted and approved.