Agenda item

It was proposed by Councillor Helme and seconded by Councillor Marsland:

“That Planning Permission be granted.”

Upon being put to the vote, 16 Members voted in favour of the proposition, with 1 abstention, whereupon the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

Resolved:

That Planning Permission be granted, subject to the following conditions, as set out in the case officer’s report, subject to amendment of condition 10 (suitably worded):

1.         Temporary permission for the period of five years.

2.         Amended Plan (Revised Site Plan and Management Plan) 28^th July 2011.

3.         Development in accordance with submitted plans and details.

4.         Hours of operation and all vehicle movements to and from site limited to 0700 to 1730 Monday to Friday and 0700 to 1200 on Saturdays, no working or deliveries on Sundays or Bank Holidays.

5.         Approved layout, including turning space and car parking spaces (details of which must be formally agreed in writing), to be fully marked out on site and implemented within 2 months of the date of the consent and retained at all times thereafter.

6.         Details of the lorry loading area to be submitted and agreed in writing, the approved lorry loading area shall be retained at all times thereafter.

7.         Vehicle turning area to be kept clear at all times to enable vehicle manoeuvring.

8.         No commercial activities associated with the applicant’s use/business to take place outside the site cartilage.

9.         All vehicles used on site to be fitted with ‘white noise’ or similar reversing alarms.

10.       A Site Activities Management Plan, including:

·         a scheme to control dust, including damping down of the yard and road-sweeping at the entrance.

·         a detailed scheme of measures (e.g. use of lifting gear and absorbent rubber matting) to reduce noise associated with the impacts of stone handling, loading and unloading;

·         the construction of a suitable enclosure/building to house all of the stone cutting machinery, details of which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority, to prevent noise causing disturbance at Green Acres or Station House;

·         confirmation that all stone cutting, splitting, tumbling, finishing and polishing operations, and playing of radios shall take place within the enclosed buildings identified as being appropriate by the local planning authority, and

·         confirmation that all stone cutting machines shall be fitted with ‘super silent’ saw blades at all times;

Shall be submitted in writing to the local planning authority within two months of the date of this consent.  The approved scheme shall then be fully implemented within four months of the date of this consent, and shall be adhered to in full at all times thereafter.

11.       Within two months of the date of this consent, details of a retaining wall to be built along the entire inner face of the site screen bund shall be submitted in writing to the local planning authority.  The approved scheme shall then be constructed in accordance with the agreed details within eight months of the date of this consent, and the wall shall be retained in full at all times thereafter.

12.       Retention of all existing trees on site.

13.       No stone, whether cut or awaiting cutting, to be stored externally on the site other than in areas 2, 6 and 9 identified on the revised site plan, and in each case no higher than 5 m from existing ground level.

14.       Wheel wash facility at site entrance, designed to prevent runoff of slurry water onto the road surface shall be provided within two months and retained at all times thereafter.

And to the following additional condition (suitably worded):

15.       Enclosure of the workshop within 2 months, with details to be arranged, including details of ventilation of the enclosed building.