8 Application No C20/1064/22/AC - Cefn Graianog, Llanllyfni, Caernarfon, LL54 6SY PDF 410 KB
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to
vary condition 2 on planning permission C15/0299/34/MW (construction of 3
ancillary silting lagoons and sociated works to provide the necessary capacity
to enable the ongoing working of mineral and the provision of a closed
system for the control of quarry water on site) to allow a four-year extension
for the use of the lagoons in connection with the minerals operations and a
further year for the completion of restoration.
LOCAL MEMBERS: Councillor Owain Williams and Councillor Craig ab Iago
Additional documents:
Decision:
To delegate powers to the Assistant Head of Department to
approve the application, subject to the following amendment to Condition 2 of
planning permission C15/0299/34/MW to extend the lifespan of minerals
operations involving the operation of three ancillary silting lagoons and
associated works for an additional four-year period:
The permitted use of
the site as an ancillary silting lagoon shall cease by 31 December 2024;
restoration shall be completed thereafter by 30 June 2025 or upon cessation of
operations, whichever is the sooner.
Consultation response
from Natural Resources Wales attached to the decision notice, advising that
they should be contacted direct in respect of the specific environmental and
operational controls and the provision of utility within their remit.
Planning conditions
as existing in relation to the following regulatory controls;
·
Duration
of work,
·
Restriction
on permitted development rights, buildings, structures, erections, private,
floodlighting and fences,
·
Permitted
operations and Compliance with the submitted Details/Plans,
·
Hours of
Working,
·
Safeguarding
Public Rights of Way,
·
Soil
handling and husbandry,
·
Drainage,
measures to prevent the pollution of local water courses,
·
Restore
to mixed agricultural use and nature conservation,
·
After-care
measures for agricultural use and biodiversity management,
·
Dust
controls and noise limitations the same as existing.
Minutes:
Attention
was drawn to the late observations form.
a) The
Senior Minerals and Waste Planning Officer highlighted that the site's water management
infrastructure had been reviewed in 2015, as there had been a need to dig silt
out of the lagoons on a regular basis to provide the requisite settling
capacity. It was explained that the system had a tendency to overload during
periods of prolonged and consistent heavy rainfall with the possibility that
flash flooding could occur where surface water and surrounding land run-off
combined with water from the existing silting lagoon, leading to potential
polluted run-off affecting the Cors Gyfelog SSSI and SCA.
The
main purpose of the proposed development to the lagoons was to supplement the
existing water management infrastructure by means of a closed system, to
prevent this from happening. Greater capacity in the lagoons would mitigate the
potential impacts on the local water environment, and would provide a
self-contained water management system in conjunction with the existing
infrastructure.
b) Taking
advantage of the right to speak, the Local Member made the following points:
·
Need to ensure that the area was secure
·
The site was close to public footpaths and there was a
need to draw attention to the dangers of the lagoons
·
Restoration plan to include planting deciduous trees -
alders, silver birch - indigenous trees
·
Highlighted concerns about the impact on Cors Gyfelog
c) It
was proposed and seconded to approve the application
ch)
During
the ensuing discussion, the following observations were made by members:
·
request to consider the observations of the Local
Member in the context of safeguarding the area and planting trees
RESOLVED:
To delegate powers to the Assistant
Head of Department to approve the application, subject to the following
amendment to Condition 2 of planning permission C15/0299/34/MW to extend the
lifespan of minerals operations involving the operation of three ancillary
silting lagoons and associated works for an additional four year period:
The permitted use of the site as an
ancillary silting lagoon shall cease by 31 December 2024; restoration shall be completed thereafter by 30 June 2025 or upon
cessation of operations, whichever is the sooner.
Consultation response from Natural Resources
Wales attached to the decision notice, advising that they should
be contacted direct in respect of the specific environmental and
operational controls and the provision of utility within their remit.
Planning conditions as existing in relation
to the following regulatory controls;
·
Duration of work
·
Restriction on permitted
development rights, buildings, structures, erections, private roads, floodlighting
and fences,
·
Permitted operations and Compliance
with the submitted Details/Plans,
·
Hours of Working,
·
Safeguarding Public Rights of Way
·
Soil handling and husbandry
·
Drainage, measures to prevent the
pollution of local water courses,
·
Restore to mixed agricultural use
and nature conservation,
·
After-care measures for
agricultural use and biodiversity management,
·
Dust controls and noise limitations
the same as existing.