Agenda and decisions

To accept any apologies for absence.

To receive any declaration of personal interest and to note protocol matters.

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration.

The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the previous meeting of this committee, held on, 20^th October 2025, be signed as a true record.

To submit the report of the Head of Environment Department.

Application under Section 73 for variation of condition 2 of planning permission reference C20/1064/22/AC to allow for 4-year extension for the completion of minerals operations and restoration.

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Dafydd Davies

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DECISION: To delegate the right to the Head of Environment Department to approve the   application.

Conditions:

·        Written notice shall be given to the Mineral Planning Authority at least 14 days before: i. The commencement of restoration works on any part of the land within the permitted area following the cessation of use as an ancillary silting facility for any of the three lagoons indicated on the application plans.

·        The permitted use of the site as an ancillary silting lagoon shall cease by 31 December 2028; restoration shall be completed thereafter by 31 December 2029 or upon cessation of operations, whichever is the sooner.

·        Permitted Operations and Compliance with the Submitted Details/Plans.

·        Restriction on Permitted Development Rights, buildings, structures, erections, private ways, floodlighting and fences.

·        Hours of operation.

·        Soil handling and husbandry.

·        Safeguarding of public rights of way.

·        Noise restrictions to match existing, plant and machinery to be fitted with white noise alarms.

·        Restore to mixed agricultural use and nature conservation,

·        No oil, fuel, chemicals to be stored within the application site.

·        Drainage, measures to prevent pollution of local watercourses.

·        Aftercare measures for agricultural uses and biodiversity management.

·        Revised restoration scheme in the event of premature mineral extraction.

·        Ripping of ground base material to avoid surface compaction and achieve adequate drainage.

·        Minimum subsoil and topsoil depths.

Application under Section 73 for variation of condition 2 of planning permission reference C20/1065/22/AC to allow for 4-year extension for the completion of minerals operations and restoration.

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Dafydd Davies

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DECISION: To delegate the right to the Head of Environment Department to approve the application.

Conditions

·        Mineral extraction and processing will cease by 31 December 2028 by which time all plant and machinery shall have been removed from the site; restoration shall be completed by 30 June 2029.

·        Permitted Activities and Compliance with the Submitted Details/Plans.

·        Restriction on Permitted Development Rights, buildings, structures, erections, private ways, floodlighting and fences.

·        Working Hours.

·        Soil Handling and Husbandry.

·        Drainage, measures to prevent pollution of local watercourses.

·        Annual review of operations.

·        Safeguarding of public rights of way.

·        Restore to mixed agricultural use and nature conservation

·        Reinstatement of field boundaries.

·        Aftercare measures for agricultural uses and biodiversity management.

·        Dust controls and noise restrictions to match existing, plant machinery at the working face to be fitted with white noise alarms.

·        Archaeological mitigation and recording.

·        Sheeting of lorries leaving site with stone less than 500mm.

·        Restrict vehicular access to existing access arrangements.

·        No refuse or waste materials to be imported to site.

·        The principal means of transporting raw material from the working face to the processing plant shall be by means of a conveyor unless otherwise agreed.

Installation of underground electricity cable in association with Pentir BESS energy storage scheme (LPA reference: C24/0532/25/LL)

LOCAL MEMBERS: Councillor Menna Baines and Councillor Elwyn Jones

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DECISION: To approve in accordance with the following conditions:

1.         Five years.

2.         In accordance with the plans/details submitted with the application.

3.         Compliance with the recommendations of the Preliminary Ecological Evaluation, Arboriculture Impact Assessment and the Green Infrastructure Statement.

4.         Submission of an Environmental Construction Management Plan to manage impacts on the natural environment.  

5.         Submission of a Construction Management Plan to manage amenity matters.

6.         Agree on an Archaeological Work Programme.

7.         Submit a Site Restoration Plan to restore the site to a condition agreed the Planning Authority after the development's operational period has ended

8.         Submission of a plan for eradicating Himalayan Balsam from the site.

9.         Submit details of the underground drilling method with launching points              outside the tree roots protection areas.

Notes:

Natural Resources Wales

Gwynedd Archaeological Planning Service

Full application for the Erection of 8. No. Affordable Dwellings (exception site) and Associated Development to include creation of vehicular access, estate road, landscaping and sustainable surface water drainage area.

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth Williams

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DECISION: To defer a decision and conduct a site visit.

Reason:  To assess the impact of the proposal on the amenities of the neighbouring residents.