Decision details

20/00062/WASFUL

Decision Maker: Strategic Planning Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

Proposed Development

 

*3.1     Application to provide an  additional industrial building for the storage and processing of recyclable waste at Plots 19 to 26, Sanders Lodge Industrial Estate, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 6BQ for Monoworld Group PLC

 

            Application No: 20/00062/WASFUL

 

Speakers:

 

Councillor Gill Mercer attended the meeting and addressed the committee as the ward councillor for the proposed development raising several objections to application based on the detrimental impact of noise pollution, odour and pest to neighbouring properties and communities. Cllr Mercer raised concerns regarding the lack of action to address the loss of local residential amenity.

 

Demetri Petrou attended the meeting and addressed the committee as the Applicant for the proposed development and stated that extended mitigation works had been undertaken over the last 4 years to address local objections. It was heard that the proposed development would help to deal with local concerns and that the management team had been in regular contact with the environmental agency.

 

 

Decision

 

Members received a report about a proposal for which full planning permission was being sought to construct an additional ‘L’ shaped building in the north-western corner of the existing waste facility. It was noted that other works included the reorganisation of the car park, addition of two disabled spaces, electric vehicle charging points and cycle stands, and construction of a new concrete retaining wall.

 

Members raised questions in relation to the lack of information with regards to fire risk assessment, pest/odour control plan and noise assessment plan.

 

Members also queried regarding the core spatial strategy and whether or not the minerals and waste strategy included relevant information on the impact on amenity. It was noted by members that within policy 18 clauses were included that stated that developments should not significantly affect amenity.

 

Following debate it was proposed by Councillor Dalziel and seconded by Councillor Armour that the application be approved in line with the officers recommendation.

 

 

 

It was agreed that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

 

 

  1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiry of THREE YEARS from the date of this permission. Written notification of the date of commencement shall be sent to the Waste Planning Authority within 7 days of such commencement.

 

  1. Except as otherwise required by conditions attached to this planning permission the development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved documents:

 

Planning Documents

 

§  Application Forms dated 26 October 2020

§  Planning Statement, ref. 20/39314, prepared by David Smith Associates dated 11 November 2020

 

Drawings

 

§  Drawing No. 20/39314/50 P10 Proposed Site Plan General Arrangement

§  Drawing No. 20/39314/60 P1 Existing Elevations

§  Drawing No. 20/39314/61 P3 Proposed Elevations

§  Drawing No. 20/39314/62 P3 Floor Plan

§  Drawing No. 20/39314/63 P3 Block Elevations Sheet 1 of 2

§  Drawing No. 20/39314/64 P1 Location Plan

§  Drawing No. 20/39314/65 P2 Block Elevations Sheet 2 of 2

§  Drawing No. 20/39314/66 P1 Swept Path Analysis

 

 

  1. The building hereby permitted shall be restricted to the storage and processing of waste recyclable materials.

 

  1. All construction activities shall be restricted to between the hours of 07:00 and 18:00 Mondays to Fridays and 07:00 to 13:00 Saturdays with no construction activities on Sundays or Public and Bank Holidays.

 

  1. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, final details of the proposed building including dimensions, location and materials shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. The development shall be constructed fully in accordance with the approved details.

 

  1. Prior to the occupation and use of the building, full details of a fast opening and closing shutter door system shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. The system shall be implemented and installed in accordance with the approved details which shall thereafter be retained and maintained for the duration of the development hereby permitted.

 

  1. No external lighting shall be erected or installed until a scheme has been submitted in writing and approved by the Waste Planning Authority. The scheme shall include a layout plan that covers all new proposed external lighting and details the proposed beam orientation and schedule of equipment in the design, including luminaire type, mounting height, aiming angles and luminaire profiles. In addition, a lighting contour map shall be submitted along with detail of the proposed operating hours for the lighting and how these would be controlled. The approved scheme shall be installed, maintained and operated in accordance with the approved details for the lifetime of the development.

 

  1. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a management plan of measures proposed to control odour shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority in consultation with the Environment Agency. The measures as approved shall thereafter be implemented.

 

  1. Within one month of the date of this permission, a Traffic Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. The Plan shall include proposals for managing traffic to avoid vehicle queuing on the public highway to enter the site and waiting areas. The Plan as agreed shall thereafter be fully implemented throughout the life of the development.

 

  1. In the event that complaints regarding odour, noise, lighting and/or dust are received by the Waste Planning Authority from any sensitive receptor, and thereafter notified to the operator, an assessment of the complaint shall be undertaken by the operator. A report on the findings, with proposals for removing, reducing or mitigating identified adverse effects resulting from the operation, and a programme for the implementation of remedial measures and works to be undertaken shall be submitted to the Waste Planning Authority for agreement in writing no later than five working days from the receipt of the complaint, unless a later date is otherwise agreed in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. The remedial measures agreed in writing shall thereafter be implemented and maintained thereafter.

 

 

 (Members voted on the officers’ recommendation to approve the application)

 

(Voting: For: 7, Against 1, Abstain:2)

 

The application was therefore
APPROVED

 

Publication date: 06/09/2021

Date of decision: 06/09/2021

Decided at meeting: 06/09/2021 - Strategic Planning Committee

Accompanying Documents: