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1.The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in complete accordance with the approved plans, particulars and specifications. Reason: The Local Planning Authority consider it essential that the whole of the development is carried out and that no departure whatsoever is made from the details approved, since the development would not necessarily be acceptable if partly carried out or carried out differently in any degree from the details submitted. Also, in order that the development accords with Development Control Policies Development Plan Document Policy DC61.
2.Waste disposal and all other processing operations shall cease on or before 31st December, 2024 and restoration of the site shall be completed by 31st December 2026, in accordance with the scheme approved under condition 4 below. The restored area(s) shall, from the date restoration is completed in any particular zone, be subject to a period of aftercare, in accordance with the scheme approved under condition 5 below. Reason: To ensure that the development is restored in a timely fashion.
3.Within 7 working days of the date aftercare commences in any given phase of the site, the Local Planning Authority shall be notified in writing. Reason: To ensure that the approved period of aftercare is undertaken.
4.Within 12 months of the date of this planning permission, a detailed scheme of restoration, relating to all areas of the application site, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of the proposed phasing of restoration; infilling material and soils; the method of infilling; the use and depths of soil material; final levels and contours (shown at 1 metre intervals); removal of existing buildings and structures; along with details of all planting, boundary treatment, proposed public access arrangements, and drainage works. The site's restoration shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved details. Written notification to the Local Planning Authority shall be provided within 7 days of the completion of final restoration within each phase. Reason: To ensure that operations take place in an orderly fashion with minimum harm to the amenities of the area and to ensure proper restoration of the site to agriculture.
5.An aftercare scheme, detailing the steps as may be necessary to ensure the site is restored in accordance with the approved restoration scheme, shall be submitted for the written approval of the Local Planning Authority not later than 12 months following the date of this planning permission. The approved scheme shall: a) Provide an overall strategy for a 5 year aftercare period within each phase, including the maintenance and/or replacement where necessary, of any hedging or tree planting that may be damaged, die, or become diseased, along with the maintenance and replacement where necessary, of any boundary treatment, field drainage, or ditch systems. The submitted overall strategy shall specify the timing of the measures to be taken and shall be implemented within 7 days of final restoration in a given phase. b) Provide for the submission of annual management reports describing each year's aftercare programme, to be submitted in writing to the Local Planning Authority not less than 1 month before the final restoration within each phase, and then subsequently on an annual basis for the duration of the aftercare period. Reason: To ensure that operations take place in an orderly fashion with minimum harm to the amenities of the area and to ensure proper restoration of the site.
6.Within 3 months of the date of this planning permission, a noise mitigation strategy shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved strategy shall be implemented within 1 month following the Council's approval in writing, and shall be retained for the operational life of the development. Reason: To assess and minimize noise generated by the site which may impact upon nearby sensitive receptors.
7.Within 3 months of the date of this planning permission, details of wheel scrubbing/wash down facilities to prevent mud and other material being deposited onto the public highway shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority. The approved facilities shall be brought into use within 1 month following the Council's approval in writing, and shall be retained for the operational life of the development. Reason: In order to prevent materials from the site being deposited on the adjoining public highway, in the interests of highway safety and the amenity of the surrounding area.
8.All Heavy Goods Vehicles leaving the site shall have first passed through the approved wheel-wash facilities and, following this, checks shall be made to ensure that the tyres, wheels, axles, chassis, and sides of vehicles are clear of mud, debris and dirty water. Should mud or other debris be tracked from the site into the public highway, then all infilling operations shall cease until such time as the debris has been removed from the highway, in accordance with details to be approved in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority within 3 months of the date of this planning permission. Reason: To ensure that mud, debris and dirty water is not deposited on the public highway, in the interests of the free and safe use of the highway and visual amenity.
9.Within 3 months of the date this planning permission, a scheme of dust mitigation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented within 1 month following the Council's approval in writing, and shall be retained for the operational life of the development. Reason: To minimize the transmission of dust and particulates from the development in the interests of air quality and residential amenity, and in accordance with Policy DC61 of the Development Control Policies DPD.
10.Within 3 months of the date of this planning permission, a scheme detailing the proposed means of controlling seagulls and vermin shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented within 1 month of its approval and retained for the operational life of the development. Reason: In the interests of amenity and in accordance with Policy DC61 of the Development Control Policies DPD.
11.Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 4 to Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order revoking, re-enacting or modifying that Order), no change of use or provision of buildings, moveable structures, works, plant or machinery shall be undertaken other than those approved by this permission, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure the further waste related development remains under the control of the Local Planning Authority, in the interests of nearby sensitive receptors included the natural environment and residential locations
12.In the event of the cessation of infilling operations within a phased working area, for a period exceeding 12 months at any time before that working area is fully restored, a reinstatement and low level restoration and aftercare scheme shall be submitted for the written approval of the Local Planning Authority within 2 months of the end of that 12 month period. The scheme shall provide details of ground levels, soiling, and landscaping along with a proposed timescale for implementation, and shall be implemented within 1 month of the scheme being approved. Reason: To ensure that the site is restored in a prompt and acceptable manner.
13.Within 2 months following the final restoration of each phase, a detailed survey of the surface levels within that working area (with contours at 1m intervals) shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that the site is restored in a prompt and acceptable manner.
14.Any areas of the site filled to final levels but not available for final restoration shall be temporarily seeded with grass in the first available planting season. Reason: To ensure that minimum harm is caused to the amenities of the area and those of local residents.
15.No topsoil or subsoil to be deposited as part of the approved landform's final restoration shall be moved or deposited except in dry weather conditions and when the soils are in a correspondingly dry and friable condition. The movement of the aforementioned soils shall not take place between November and March in any year. Topsoils shall not be traversed by vehicles at any time during the course of the development, except for the purposes of stripping or final restoration. Written notification shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority at least 7 working days in advance of topsoil deposition associated with the site's final restoration. Reason: To minimise damage to surface soils during stripping and re-spreading operations thereby helping improve the quality of final restoration of the site.
16.In the event that any areas of uneven settlement occur during the aftercare period, these shall be made good with suitable imported soils to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In order to provide a high quality, even and stable landform.
17.Only solid, non-hazardous waste materials shall be deposited at the site. Reason: For the purposes of environmental control and safety, with regard to the protection of ground water.
18.Topsoil and subsoil for use in the site's final restoration shall be stored in separate stockpiles of no more than 3m in height. Reason: To prevent soil compaction.
19.All stockpiled soils intended to remain in place for more than 6 months shall be sown with an appropriate grass seed mix and maintained (including weed control) in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority within 3 months of the date of this planning permission. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and dust control.
20.Leachate storage lagoons or settlement ponds shall not be located on previously landfilled areas without the prior written agreement of the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of controlling potential pollution pathways from the site into the natural environment.
21.Within 3 months of the date of this planning permission, a scheme for the lighting of external areas of the development, including the access roads and working areas, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme of lighting shall include details of the extent of illumination together with precise details of the height, location and design of the lights. The installation of any external lighting shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved scheme. Reason: In the interests of highway safety, amenity, and nature conservation.
22.There shall be no light spill into any adjacent watercourse or river corridor habitat. To achieve this, artificial lighting shall be directional and focused with cowlings. Reason: In order to protect the wildlife and habitat of the river corridor and in accordance with Policy DC61 of the Development Control Policies DPD.
23.With the exception of any stockpiled material, which shall not exceed the highest point of the landfill, and shall not in any event exceed a height of 3m from ground level, pre-settlement levels shall not exceed those depicted on the approved plan referenced "Figure 1.4a". The site's final ground levels shall not exceed the post-settlement contours depicted on the approved plan referenced "Figure 1.4b". Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and in accordance with Policy DC61 of the Development Control Policies DPD.
24.Within 3 months of the date of this planning permission, a scheme that details the undertaking of an annual site levels survey and report, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall explain how an independently verified site levels survey will be undertaken and submitted to the Local Planning Authority on an annual basis, along with a report analysing the recorded levels in relation to the approved pre and post settlement contours and the progress in achieving these. The scheme shall make provision for the annual surveys and reports to be submitted up until 15 years after the completion of aftercare. The development shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved scheme following written approval from the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity, and to ensure the site is restore in accordance with the approved plans.
25.Informatives Statement Required by Article 31 (cc) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management) Order 2010: Improvements required to make the proposal acceptable were negotiated and submitted, in accordance with para 186-187 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2012. Planning Obligations The planning obligations recommended in this report have been subject to the statutory tests set out in Regulation 122 of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 and the obligations are considered to have satisfied the following criteria:- (a) Necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms; (b) Directly related to the development; and (c) Fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the development.