Removal and processing of existing mineral working deposits for the
production of slate aggregates.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Dilwyn Lloyd
Minutes:
Disposal and
processing of existing mineral working deposits for the purposes of producing
slate aggregates.
(a) The Senior
Planning Manager – Minerals and Waste expanded on the background of the
application, noting that the application was for the extension of activities on
the site. It was explained that the site
had been operational since 2007. It was noted that relatively substantial slate
tips surrounded the site and that it was intended to extract slate from the
tips as a secondary aggregate. It was noted that this type of activity met
Welsh Government's sustainability objectives to make the best of a secondary aggregate
rather than blast and excavate from scratch.
It
was noted that the application site was within a landscape of historic interest
and was designated as a Special Landscape Area in the JLDP.
It
was explained that the work would be executed in 4 phases in order to ensure
that the external appearance of the site did not change, with the mineral
extraction and restoration happening step-by-step. It was noted that it was intended to use the
slate tips to screen the development from two nearby houses. It was noted that
a 3m high bund would be erected, with the processing work, namely the crushing
and screening, being conducted behind the bund.
Attention
was drawn to the additional observations that had been received.
It
was noted that no objection was received from local residents and the Liaison
Group of the quarry did not object to the proposal.
The development
was acceptable in terms of relevant local and national policies for the reasons
noted in the report.
(b) The local
member (not a member of this Planning Committee), said that there was no local
objection to the proposal.
(c) It was
proposed and seconded to approve the application.
A member noted that a 3m high bund
might be too low and it should be higher near the crusher. In response, the Senior Planning Officer -
Minerals and Waste, noted that the slate tips on the site would screen the
work, but should the height of the bund need to be increased, the matter would
be discussed with the applicant.
RESOLVED to
approve the application.
Conditions:
1. Commence
the development within five years,
2. Compliance
with the application plans,
3. Restrict
the development rights permitted within Phase 4 of the work,
4. Permission
for a period of 25 years
5. A
copy of the permission available in the site office,
6. The
site to be subsequently restored in accordance with the phase plans for the
work that has been shown on the application plans in line with the methodology
submitted with the application for stripping and treating soil,
7. Review
the site's operations, phasing and restoration in five-year periods,
8. Noise
levels in the nearest sensitive property,
9. Noise
management in accordance with the Noise Management Plan submitted to support
the application and amendments in accordance with the comments of NRW,
10. Before
informing the MPA of any operations that are subject to the temporary noise
restrictions of 67db for no more than eight weeks in any 12 month period,
11. Noise
monitoring at the written request of the MPA,
12. White
noise reversing alarms to be installed on all equipment and plant used on the
site and no reversing alarms to be used on the site after 19.00 hours;
13. Processing only within Area A as noted on the application plans
and that the operation of the crusher is always screened by a bund that is 3m
high at least;
14. The
Crusher to be operated between 10.00 hours and 15.00 hours only;
15. Output
to continue at four loads per day between 08.00 and 16.00 hours;
16. Access
restricted to the Class 3 highway as noted on the application plans with the
output restricted to four HGV loads per day,
17. The
site's working hours restricted to;
18. 07.30
- 18.00 Monday to Friday & 07.30 - 13.00 Saturday,
19. Dust
management in accordance with the Dust Management Plan submitted to support the
application,
20. Requirement
to monitor air quality at the request of the MPA,
21. Water
bowsers maintained on the site to dampen the surfaces being used by haulage
vehicles,
22. Standard
mineral conditions for the storage of fuel, safeguarding local water courses
and compliance with the Pollution Prevention Plan submitted and amendments in
accordance with the comments of NRW,
23. A
written notice before commencing any soil/substrate stripping and storage
within Phase 4 of the work as well as confirmation by referring to a to scale
plan of the location and volume of the materials being stored in the site,
24. All
soils and substrate to be used in the restoration work and none will be
disposed of off the site without receiving prior permission from the MPA,
25. Archaeological
recording and watching brief in accordance with the amended GC394 report,
26. Conservation
Management Plan to be submitted within six months of the commencement date of
the permission,
27. Mitigation
measures for bats in accordance with section 5.6.2 of the Ecological Report
(Ecological Impact Assessment, October 2016), and disposal of infill from a
cutting near the haulage road serving Phase 4 and the quarry void,
28. Measures
to ensure that Public Right of Way Number 46 is not compromised during the
construction and operational phases of the development,
29. 'Note
to Applicant' on matters that would otherwise fall under the remit of Welsh
Water (Response to the Public Consultation, Appendix 1), Natural Resources
Wales (Response to the Consultation, Appendix 2), Welsh Government and Gwynedd
Council Public Rights of Way.
30. 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.
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