Agenda item

(1)       Mr S C Manion was present for this item pursuant to Committee Procedure Rule 2.27 and spoke.

(2)       The Head of Planning Applications Group reported correspondence from the Local Member, Mr G Lymer in support of the application.  

(3)       RESOLVEDthatpermission be granted to the application subject tothe priorsatisfactory conclusionof alegalagreementtosecuretheHeadsof Termsset out inAppendix1 of the report and  to conditions, including conditions covering a maximumof 150 HGV movements (75 in / 75 out)perday; arecordof HGVmovementsperdaybeingmaintainedand madeavailableto KCC on request; theprovisionof asummaryof HGVmovementsperdaytoKCCon amonthly basis(untilsuch timeas KCCas theWastePlanningAuthorityagreesthatthis is no longernecessary); the provision of atraffic management plan (which   complements the traffic routeing arrangementintheSection 106 Agreementandincludes a complaints procedure); wheel and chassis/ road cleaningmeasures; appropriate sheeting,coveringor containment ofwastein HGVs; hoursof operation(as set outin paragraph 22of the report); noise mitigation(includingacoustic screening); inertwasteand recycledaggregate/ soilstockpilesbeinglimitedtono more than6m high; thestorage ofrefuse-derived fuel (RDF) balesbeinglimited to no more than5m high; plantandequipmentonlyworkingand /or beingpositionedat ground/ yard level (ratherthan onstockpiles); the use of  non-tonal reversing alarms at all timeson the applicant’s equipment,plantandvehiclesand onallequipment,plantandvehiclesusing the siteoutside the proposed coreoperatinghours; dustand odourmitigation (includingthe measuresproposedby the applicant); new signagebeing provided nearthesiteentrancetoassistinenablingpedestrianstosafely cross the access road; adetailedlandscapingschemeforthenorthernperimeterbund, surfacewater lagoonarea andanybundcreatedalongthewesternboundary ofthesiteto addressthenoiseimpactreferredtoinparagraph90 ofthereport,and the ongoingmaintenanceandmanagementof theseareas and the existing hedgerowon the eastern boundaryof the site alongPike Road; externallighting  (tobe designed,installedandusedinsuch awayas to minimise lightspill andavoid lightpollution); a detailed surface waterdrainagescheme;and restrictions  on  where  the  different  wastes  and  recycled materials can be handled or storedon site(i.e.inside /outside and whetheron sealed surfaces).