Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies were received from Mr Chittenden and Mr Simkins.

There were no declarations of interest.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2024 were correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.

There were no site visits scheduled. However, Members were invited to a briefing on the NPPF consultation.

1) Mr Tomaszewski, Principal Planning Officer outlined the report.

2) It was proposed by Chair and seconded by the Vice Chair:

That the officer’s recommendation be adopted, namely:

That PERMISSION BE GRANTED, SUBJECT TO:

(i) conditions covering, amongst other matters:

1. Written notification of the date on which waste importation commences at the MRF shall be sent to the County Planning Authority within 7 days of such commencement.

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

3. The MRF shall operate only in accordance with the approved Dust Management Plan and Odour Management Plan.

4. Waste entering the MRF for processing shall only be stored within the building itself and no waste shall be stored outside the building at any time.

5. Waste must only be deposited into the MRF when the fast action vehicular roller doors are completely closed.

6. A maximum throughput of waste of 150,000 tonnes per annum only shall pass through the MRF.

7. Only commercial/industrial waste and construction, demolition and excavation waste types shall be accepted, handled and processed at the Materials Recycling Facility.

8. The operator shall maintain records as to the origins, number and frequency of loads and quantities of waste which are brought to the site and such records shall be made available to the County Planning Authority upon request.

9. The MRF shall cease to operate at the same time as the landfill operations (currently 2036) and the site restored in accordance with the approved restoration scheme.

10. No MRF operations shall be carried out except between 0700 hours and 1800 hours Monday to Saturday, no operations other than environmental monitoring at the site shall take place on Sundays or bank/public holidays.

11. The onward transfer of processed waste materials must be on a first in, first out basis and always within 72 hours of arrival at the MRF.

12. Waste importation to the MRF shall not begin until a detailed sustainable surface water drainage scheme for the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority and thereafter implemented as approved.

13. No waste importation to the MRF (or within an agreed implementation schedule) hereby permitted shall commence until a Verification Report, pertaining to the surface water drainage system and prepared by a suitably competent person, has been submitted and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority and thereafter implemented as approved.

14. If, during completion of the development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the County Planning Authority) shall be carried out until a remediation strategy detailing how this contamination will be dealt with has been submitted to and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority. The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved.

15. Provision and permanent retention of an Electric Vehicle charging facility prior to the use of the site commencing.

16. Provision and permanent retention of the vehicle  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

RESOLVED to note matters dealt with under delegated powers since the meeting on 15 July 2024 relating to:

E1 County matter applications.

RESOLVED to note matters dealt with under delegated powers since the meeting on 15 July 2024 relating to:

E2 County Council developments.

RESOLVED to note matters dealt with under delegated powers since the meeting on 15 July 2024 relating to:

E3 - Screening opinions under Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017

RESOLVED to note matters dealt with under delegated powers since the meeting on 15 July 2024 relating to:

Scoping opinions under Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017

RESOLVED to note Kent County Council’s response to:

Fawkham Neighbourhood Plan – Regulation 16 Consultation

RESOLVED to note Kent County Council’s response to:

Sandhurst Neighbourhood Plan (2022-2038) - Regulation 14 Consultation