Agenda item

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.

          Scope of the Permission

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

Noise

3.      The proposed development shall be installed and operated in strict accordance with the recommendations as detailed in section 3.0 of the submitted Plant Noise Assessment, ref. SS/J3685/18290 , prepared by Acoustic Associates dated October 2022.

          Electric Vehicle Charging

4.      EV Parking if deemed necessary should be supplied at 10% of the parking spaces with infrastructure in place to retrofit the remaining spaces in the future.

          Layout of Plant

5.      The new fixed plant associated with the operations of the silos should be placed on the north and west of the silos so that the silos themselves reduce plant emissions to the nearest residents.

          Surface and Foul Water

6.      The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until such time as a scheme to dispose of foul and surface water has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved.

          Landscape

7.      The landscape scheme required through this application should ensure the use of species native to England and have a visual benefit of screening the development. Preference should be given to pollinator species of shrubs/low level planting where this is proposed.

          Odour Complaints

8.      Odour emissions will be subject to the same restrictions currently enforced on site whilst existing abstraction systems are to be modernised and improved in line with the proposed design (Environmental Permit at the site reference EPR/EP3894SC). Odour will be managed in accordance with the approved Odour Management Plan (K114.1~09~013 v4) and the control measures identified within the documented management system.  In the event that complaints regarding odour are received by the Local 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 Local Planning Authority no later than ten working days from the receipt of the complaint, unless a later date is otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

          Highways/Mud on the Road

9.      During the construction phase of the development, all operational vehicles leaving the site shall be cleansed to ensure they are free of mud and other debris to ensure no mud or other debris is deposited on the public highway.

          Biodiversity

10.    No removal of hedgerows, trees or shrubs shall take place between 1st March and 31st August inclusive, unless a competent ecologist has undertaken a careful, detailed check of vegetation for active birds’ nests immediately before the vegetation is cleared and provided written confirmation that no birds will be harmed and/or that there are appropriate measures in place to protect nesting bird interest on site. Any such written confirmation should be submitted to the local planning authority.

          Badger Survey

11.    A pre-commencement badger survey should be undertaken prior to the construction phase to  ascertain the current level of badger activity at site. If any new setts are found during this time and are within 20m of the working area, a badger mitigation strategy will be required and a Natural England badger licence to destroy or damage a sett will need to be sought prior to any ground works.

          Catchment Area

12.    All waste materials to be processed on the site shall originate from locations within the area shown on the Indicative Catchment Area plan (Isochrone NN16 8XF) e mailed to applicant dated 15 March 2013, or other sub-regional catchment plan as may be submitted and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. The annual report required by condition 13 shall incorporate such records that demonstrate compliance with the approved catchment area plan.

          Monitoring

13.    The Operating Company shall submit an annual report to the WPA within one month of the first anniversary of commencing and at 12 monthly intervals thereafter. The report shall include detailed information on the types, quantities and sources of all waste materials brought on to the site and taken off the site, including records that demonstrate compliance with the limit on imported waste, 100,000 tonnes per annum, and the indicative catchment area plan (Condition 12). The information required by this condition shall also be supplied at any other time on request by the WPA.

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

(Voting: For 4, Against 3, Abstention 1)

The application was therefore

APPROVED