Agenda item

Speaker – Helen Kelly (On behalf of applicant)

Applicant – Suez Recycling & Recovery UK Ltd.

Location and proposed Development – Suez Recycling & Recovery Park, Lower Eccleshill Road, Darwen, BB3 0RP

Full Planning Application: Demolition of existing waste management operations, relocation of the Waste Transfer Station and Materials Recycling Facility and erection of Anaerobic Digestion Facility.

Decision under Town and Country Planning Acts and Regulations –

RESOLVED – Approved subject to the conditions highlighted in the Directors Report and the following amendments to various conditions:

The following amendments to the suite of conditions itemised at paragraph 4.1 of the main report are agreed:

Removal of the following condition – itemised as no. 8 in the main report:

Prior to commencement of the development hereby approved, and notwithstanding the submitted details, a scheme for protecting the surrounding residential and commercial premises from noise, vibration and dust shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented and adhered to throughout the period of demolition and construction.

REASON: In order to safeguard neighbouring amenity, in accordance with Policy 8 of the Blackburn with Darwen Borough Local Plan Part 2.

The requirements of the condition are instead included in the DCEMP condition, itemised as no. 15 in the main report.

Amendment to condition itemised as no. 17 in the main report:

Replace ‘Prior to commencement of development’ with Prior to above ground works.

Amendment to condition itemised as no. 19 in the main report:

Replace ‘Prior to commencement of development’ with Prior to above ground works.

Removal of the following condition – itemised as no. 23 in the main report:

Prior to occupation of the development hereby approved, and notwithstanding the submitted detail, a Landscape and Environmental Management and Maintenance Strategy shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The strategy shall cover all landscaped areas of public open space, subject to details approved under condition 20, and it shall detail a programme of works including scheduled frequencies of weeding and watering as well as monitoring of habitats for a period of 30 years. The strategy shall be implemented in accordance with the approved detail upon completion of the development.

REASON: To ensure that there is a well maintained scheme of healthy trees and shrubs in the interests of amenity in accordance with Policies 9, 11 and 40 of the Blackburn with Darwen Borough Local Plan Part 2.

Measures required by the condition are instead included in condition 26 (Landscape & Ecological Management Plan).

Amendment to condition itemised as no. 24 in the main report:

Removal of ‘as well as a maintenance programme to be implemented post completion of the development, for a specified period of time’.

Instead the requirement will be included in the LEMP condition, itemised as no. 26 in the main report.

Amendment to condition itemised as no. 26 in the main report:

Removal of:

- Persons responsible for implementing the works.

- Details of initial aftercare and long-term maintenance.

- Details for monitoring and remedial measures.

- Details for disposal of any wastes arising from works

Instead the requirement will be included in the LEMP condition, itemised as no. 26 and the DCEMP, itemised as no. 15 in the main report.