Agenda item

RESOLVED that:-

(a)       permission be granted to the application subject to conditions, including conditions covering the development being commenced within 3 years; the development being carried out in accordance with the submitted plans and details and any approved pursuant to the following conditions;  the submission for approval of a final landscape and planting specification, in accordance with the principles detailed in the landscape masterplan received with the application; the submission for approval of a foul and surface water drainage scheme; the submission for approval of details of all external lighting; the submission for approval of details of any external storage outside the proposed pre-sort area; tree protection measures during construction; the implementation of the mitigation and enhancement measures proposed within the Ecological Appraisal; measures to be taken during construction if contamination not previously identified is found on site; precautions to guard against the deposit of mud on the highway during the construction period;  the buildings being  finished in green; the sorting and processing buildings being constructed using the insulated cladding set out within the application; the proposed 3m high concrete retaining walls being erected and retained on site;  the recommended improvements to the signage on the A249; controls on the hours of operation of the waste management facility to those applied for (0600 – 1800 hours on Mondays to Fridays, 0700 – 1700 hours on Saturdays, and no operations on Sundays and Public Holidays); the noise from the development at the closest noise sensitive properties not exceeding the predicted levels set out within the noise assessment; the entrance to the site being secured outside operational hours; all external lighting being extinguished outside of the permitted hours of operation (with the exception of low level security lighting or during any repair or maintenance); controls on the total combined waste throughput (to a maximum of 75,000tpa); only those wastes specified within the planning application, namely commercial and industrial waste (mainly skip waste) being received, deposited, stored or managed on site; no crushing of materials to take place on site; all biodegradable/ putrescible waste being removed within 48 hours of arrival on site; controls on the overall number of HGV movements to those applied for (265 HGV movements per day); records of all HGV movements and details of quantities of all waste handled at the site being maintained for a period of 3 years and being made available on request; all loaded, open backed HGVs entering or leaving the site being sheeted or netted;  only vehicles, storage containers and skips that are ancillary to the development being stored within the site; all vehicles, plant and machinery operated on site being maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s specification at all times and being fitted with and using effective silencers; the mitigation measures set out with the dust and odour assessment received with the application being implemented and maintained on site; the hard surfacing on site being maintained in a good state of repair, kept clean and free of mud and other debris; measures to prevent the deposit of mud or other debris on the highway; unauthorised material deposited on site being removed to an authorised waste disposal facility within 48 hours; restrictions on stockpile heights for pre and post processed materials and skips (of not more than 4m); all sorting and processing taking place inside the buildings, with the exception of operations in the pre-sort area; the removal of permitted development rights; and the terms of the planning permission being made known to any person(s) given responsibility for the management of the site; and

(b)        the applicant be advised by Informative of:-

(i)              the need for precautionary measures if protected species are encountered during the course of the development; and

(ii)        the protection afforded to breeding birds should works be required to trees or shrubs on site between 1^st March and 31^st August.