Application for temporary planning permission for works associated with the construction of the proposed A487 Caernarfon to Bontnewydd bypass including;
Site compound and provision of a maintenance shed, office accommodation, welfare and car parking facilities, fuel store, sewage storage tank, mobile concrete batching plant, mobile asphalt batching plant and provision of a haul route.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Peter Garlick
Minutes:
Application
for temporary planning permission for works associated with the construction of
the proposed A487 Caernarfon to Bontnewydd bypass
including; Site compound and provision
of a maintenance shed, office accommodation, welfare and car parking
facilities, fuel store, sewage storage tank, mobile concrete batching plant,
mobile asphalt batching plant and provision of haul route.
a)
The Senior Minerals and Waste Planning Officer
elaborated on the background of the application, noting that the proposal was a
part of the Caernarfon Bypass scheme.
Attention
was drawn to policy C3 which encouraged the re-use of previously developed
sites. The same policy considerations that favour the use of previously
developed land would also be relevant to the establishment of a temporary
compound on the hard standing of the previous brickworks.
Attention was drawn to
the additional observations that had been received
b) It was proposed and seconded to approve the application.
RESOLVED to authorise the Senior Planning and Public
Protection Manager to determine the application subject to a range of
conditions as follows, and, where noted, to the submission of relevant
information in accordance with the conditions prior to the commencement of the
development:
1. Commence within
three years
2.
Length of the working period - 5 years
3.
Permitted activities and Compliance with Submitted
Details / Plans
4.
Working times as they are: 07:00 - 19:00 Monday to
Friday; 07:00 - 13:00 Saturday, and no mineral working on Sunday, Bank Holidays
and Public Holidays.
5.
Material deliveries for the concrete and asphalt
batching restricted to the off-road haul route shown on the application
plans.
6.
Comprehensive tree and hedge planting plan included
in restoration work.
7.
Re-mediation strategy if, during the development,
contamination not previously identified is found to be present.
8.
Fuel storage
9.
Requirement to note the comprehensive details of
the foul water storage tank for submission for the local planning authority's
approval before commencing the work with a further condition requiring that any
temporary infrastructure relating to foul/sewage drainage on the site is fully
decommissioned and moved from the site when the permission ends.
10. Use of a water
bowser on haul routes, dampening of processing areas and processed materials
and to keep a log of dust-related complaints.
11. dust survey to be
undertaken for a minimum period of six months at agreed locations and that
crushing, screening, conveying and other operations likely to give rise to
airborne dust should be contained within an appropriate housing.
12. Construction
Environment Management Plan to ensure good practice and mitigation measures
have been established to protect the aquatic environment, including: working
conditions on the site and measures to control environmental impacts such as
HGV movements, wheel washing facilities, vehicle sheeting, safe storage areas,
air quality, working hours, noise/vibration, waste and pollution control. Also, the monitoring of potential run-off
from silt and waste materials to mitigate for the potential environmental
impact of the development and spill procedures
13. Provision for the
recording of excavations within the Regionally Important Geological Geomorphological
Site (RIGS)
14. Exact
specification of any external lighting could be the subject of a planning
condition as would the removal of vegetation.
15. Note to the
applicant referring to the consultation response of Natural Resources Wales,
Gwynedd Council Flood Risk Management and Coastal Erosion Service, Gwynedd
Public Protection and Welsh Water, referring to specific controls within their
remit.
16. Note to applicant
that the responsibility and subsequent liability for safe development and
secure occupancy of the site rests with the developer and/or landowner
17. Note to applicant
that the application has been assessed in accordance with the seven sustainability
goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act (Wales) 2015.
Supporting documents: