Agenda item

A report by the Case Officer is attached.

The Committee received a presentation by the Case Officer which set out the issues in respect of the application with a recommendation that planning permission be granted, subject to conditions and the completion of a planning obligation under Section 106 of the Planning Acts to address highway matters.

Members then had the opportunity to ask technical questions.

After some discussion, on the proposal of Cllr Tony Trotman, which was seconded by Cllr Andrew Davis,

Resolved:

To grant planning permission, subject to the completion of a Section 106 agreement within six months of the date of the resolution of this Committee to provide a Traffic Management Plan and subject to the following conditions:-

1)         The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than 3 years from the date of this decision. Written notification of the date of commencement shall be sent to the Local Planning Authority within 7 days of such commencement.

REASON:      To comply with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2)         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out and completed in all respects strictly in accordance with the following approved plans and as stipulated in the conditions set out below together with those further details required to be submitted for approval:

·         Drawing No: 18546-1000-002 - Site Plan - dated Aug 2017

·         Drawing No: CA-13-08 Sheet 1 - Existing Calne Factory Plan and Elevations – dated 10.10.13

·         Brunel Surveys Ld drawing titled ‘South East Elevation’ dated April 2017

·         Drawing No: D2515 L.200 A - Combined Landscape and Ecological Mitigation & Enhancement Arrangement Plan – Sheet 1 of 3 - dated Sep ‘17

·         Drawing No: D2515 L.201 A - Combined Landscape and Ecological Mitigation & Enhancement Arrangement Plan – Sheet 2 of 3 dated Sep ‘17

·         Drawing No: D2515 L.202 A - Combined Landscape and Ecological Mitigation & Enhancement Arrangement Plan – Sheet 3 of 3 dated Sep ‘17

REASON:      For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

3)         The use shall not commence until the construction of the HGV Relief Road permitted under application reference 17/10550/WCM has been completed. No other access shall be used by traffic entering or leaving the site.

REASON:      To ensure that the access is brought into use before any other part of the development proposals are commenced in the interests of highway safety and safeguarding local amenity and to ensure that the development that takes place substantially accords with the development that was the subject of Environmental Impact Assessment.

4)         The use shall not commence until details of a sign[s], advising drivers of vehicle routes to be taken upon exiting the site, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details with the sign[s] being erected and thereafter maintained at the site exit for the duration of the development hereby permitted.

REASON:      In the interests of highway safety and safeguarding local amenity

5)         The total tonnage of waste material delivered to the Sands Farm Material Recovery/recycling Facility shall not exceed 44,000 tonnes in any twelve month period.

REASON:     To ensure that the development that takes place substantially accords with the development that was the subject of Environmental Impact Assessment.

6)         A record of the quantities (in tonnes) of waste materials delivered to the site and all waste and waste-derived products despatched from the site shall be maintained by the operator at all times and made available to the Local Planning Authority upon request. All records shall be kept for at least 36 months.

REASON:      In order that the Local Planning Authority can monitor the approved development.

7)         Operations authorised by this permission shall be restricted to the following durations:

REASON:      In the interests of limiting the effects on local amenity and to control the impacts of the development.     

8)         Within 3 months of the Change of Use being commenced as notified under Condition 1 an Access Road Maintenance Plan (generally in accordance with the Access Road Maintenance Plan 2.1 dated 14/11/2016 previously provided in respect of application reference 14/09744/WCM) shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval.  The Plan shall include details of wheel-cleaning facilities, road sweeping, dust management and surface maintenance measures to prevent the tracking out of dust and detritus onto the public highway.  The access road shall be maintained at all times in accordance with the approved details.

REASON:      In the interests of road safety for public users of the road network.

9)         Within 3 months of the Change of Use being commenced as notified under Condition 1 aTravel Plan (generally in accordance with the Travel Plan prepared by Cole Easdon Consultants Issue 4 February 2015 previously provided in respect of application reference 14/09744/WCM) shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval.  The Travel Plan shall include details of implementation and monitoring and shall be implemented in accordance with these agreed details. The results of the implementation and monitoring shall be made available to the Local Planning Authority on request, together with any changes to the plan arising from those results.

REASON:      In the interests of reducing vehicular traffic to the development and to encourage sustainable travel to and from the site.

10)      The development shall be carried out in strict accordance with all recommendations and procedures set out in Section 5 of the Ecological Impact Assessment prepared by Johns Associates Limited dated October 2017.

REASON:      To secure the mitigation measures contained in the Environmental Statement in the interests of protecting the biodiversity of the environment.

11)      All existing trees, hedges or hedgerows shall be retained, unless shown on the approved drawings as being removed. All trees, hedges or hedgerows on and immediately adjoining the site shall be protected from damage as a result of works on the site in accordance with relevant British Standards for the duration of the works on site. In the event that trees become damaged or otherwise defective during such period, the Local Planning Authority shall be notified as soon as reasonably practicable and remedial action agreed and implemented. In the event that any tree dies or is removed without the prior consent of the Local Planning Authority, it shall be replaced as soon as is reasonably practicable and, in any case, by not later than the end of the first available planting season, with trees of such size, species and in such number and positions as may be agreed with the Authority.

REASON:      To ensure the continuity of amenity afforded by existing trees, hedges and hedgerows.

12)      All soft landscaping comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the first use of the building; all shrubs, trees and hedge planting shall be maintained free from weeds and shall be protected from damage by vermin and stock. Any trees or plants which, within a period of five years, die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species.

REASON:      To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development.

In the event that the parties do not agree to complete the S106 agreementwithin this timeframe to delegate authority to the Head of Development Management to refuse Planning Permission for the following reason:-

o      The application proposal fails to provide and secure the proposed and necessary Traffic Management Plan and is therefore contrary to Core Policies 8, 60, 61 and 62 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy and Policies WDC2 and WDC11 of the Waste Development Control Policies DPD.