Decision details

DECISION: To delegate the right to the Head of Environment Department to approve the application, subject to conditions

1.     Extraction of minerals shall cease by 31 December 2028 by which time all plant and machinery shall have been removed from the site; restoration work shall be completed by 31 December 2039

2.     Restriction on permitted development rights, buildings, structures, erections, private roads, floodlighting and fences

3.     Mitigation measures for potential impacts on wells north of extraction area

4.     Mitigation measures for local biodiversity, badgers, breeding birds and reptiles 

5.     Permitted activities and Compliance with Submitted Details/Plans

6.     Hours of Working

7.     Safeguarding public rights of way

8.     Soil handling and husbandry

9.     Drainage, measures to prevent pollution of local watercourses 

10.  Restore to mixed agricultural use and nature conservation

11.  Reinstatement of field boundaries

12.  Micro-adjust restoration levels to ensure surface water flow into the wetland northward of the application area

13.  Archaeological mitigation and recording

14.  Aftercare measures for agricultural uses and biodiversity management

15.  Dust controls and noise limitations the same as existing but also, plant machinery at the working face to be fitted with white noise alarms.