Planning Application Details

P11/W2023/CMApplication Type: County Matters (Show Map - opens in new window)
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Description
Construction and operation of an anaeorobic digestion facility.
Location
Battle Farm Benson Lane Preston Crowmarsh (In the parish of Benson)
Grid Reference
462157/190593
Applicant
Oxfordshire County Council
Speedwell House
Speedwell Street
OXFORD
OX1 1NE
Agent
Oxfordshire County Council
Speedwell House
Speedwell Street
OXFORD
OX1 1NE
Case Officer
Gabriella Brown
Telephone: 01235 422600
Email: planning@southoxon.gov.uk
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.

Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.

Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
 
Health & Housing - Air Quality
18 01 2012
18 01 2012
 
Application Type
Other (County Matters)
Application Progress
Date Received  
22nd December 2011
Registration Date  
4th January 2012
Target Decision Date  
29th February 2012
Decision
County Matter - Approval on 28th February 2012
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The development shall be carried out solely in accordance with details submitted with the application unless modified by the conditions of this permission. The details submitted consist of: - Application Form dated 18 November 2011; - Supporting Statement dated November 2011; - Site Location Plan - Drawing no. J9014-AD11-P100 rev A; - Existing site and Overview - Drawing no. J9014-AD11-P200 rev A dated November 2011; - Site Layout - Drawing no. J9014-AD11-P300 rev A dated November 2011; - Elevations - Drawing no. J9014-AD11-P400 rev C dated May 2011; - Traffic Management Plan - Drawing no. J9014-AD11-P500 rev A dated August 2011; - Landscape and Visual Appraisal version 2 dated 17/11/2011; - Indicative Planting - Drawing no. 1147.3 dated November 2011; - Flood Risk Assessment dated November 2011 - Ecological Appraisal dated 17 November 2011 - Amendede site access to prevent right turners - General Arrangement - drawing no. 9W9706-CADF-SK001 Rev B dated 13 October 2011 - Amended site access to prevent right tuners - Swept Path Analysis - drawing no 9W9706-CADF-TR001 Rev B dated 13 October 2011 - Surface water drainage scheme - dated January 2012 Reason: To ensure the development is carried out as proposed. Policy: OMWLP PE18

No operations, including HGVs entering and leaving the site, other than water pumping or environmental monitoring, shall be carried out at the site except between the following times: (a) 0700 and 1800 hours Monday to Friday and 0700 to 1600 hours Saturdays; (b) 0800 and 1400 hours on Sundays and Public or Bank Holidays Reason: To protect the amenities of nearby residents. Policy: OMWLP PE18

No waste other than organic waste shall be imported to the site. Reason: To enable the Waste Planning Authority to retain control over the development. Policy: OMWLP W3, W5, PE18

No floodlighting shall be erected on site except in accordance with a scheme which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. Floodlighting shall not operate except during the hours permitted in condition 2. Reason: In the interests of the amenities of nearby residents. Policy: OMWLP W3

No development shall take place except in accordance with the approved landscaping scheme as specified in Drawing no. 1147.3 Indicative Planting dated November 2011. Reason: To reduce the visual impact on the open countryside and to screen the workings and to assist in absorbing the site back into the local landscape. Policy: SOLP G4, C1, OMWLP W5

The existing trees, bushes and hedgerows within the site, as shown on Drawing no. 1147.3 Indicative Planting (dated November 2011) shall be retained and shall not be felled or removed. Reason: To ensure that flora is protected from the effects of development and the development does not result in a loss of biodiversity. Policy: SOLP G4, C1, OMWLP W5

Existing trees, shrubs and hedgerows and those planted in accordance with Drawing no. 1147.3 Indicative Planting shall be maintained to enhance biodiversity and to provide an effective visual screen between the works and properties/the highway and any plants which die at any time during the development, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. Reason: To improve the appearance of the site in the interests of visual amenity, to screen the workings, and to assist in absorbing the site back into the local landscape. Policy: SOLP G4, C1, OMWLP W5

No vegetation shall be cleared from the land except between 1st September and 28th February (inclusive) as this is outside of the bird breeding season. Reason: To ensure nesting birds are protected from disturbance. Policy: PPS9

Six Schweglar 1B (32mm hole) bird boxes shall be installed on suitable trees on the south-western boundary of the site during the first planting season following completion of the development hereby approved. Reason: To ensure the development results in biodiversity enhancement. Policy: PPS9

The existing sign erected at the access informing drivers of the routes that they should use in entering and leaving the site shall be retained for the life of the permission. Reason: In the interest of highway safety and safeguarding the local environment. Policy: OMWLP W3, SOLP T1

The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until a Travel Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. Reason: In the interest of highway safety. Policy: OMWLP W3, SOLP T1

The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the parking and turning areas have been provided in accordance with the submitted plan Drawing J9014-AD11-P500 rev A, and have been constructed, laid out, surfaced (boundary material), drained and completed, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking of vehicles at all times. Reason: In the interest of highway safety. Policy: OMWLP W3, SOLP T1

The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the approved scheme (drawing no 9W9706-CADF-SK001 Rev B dated 13 October 2011 and 9W9706-CADF-TR001 Rev B dated 13 October 2011) to redesign the proposed access onto the A4074 has been implemented in full. Reason: In the interest of highway safety and to discourage right turns to and from the A4074. Policy: OMWLP W3, SOLP T1

No plant, machinery or vehicles shall be used on the site unless fitted with effective silencers. Any such plant or machinery shall not emit warning noise except in the form of white noise. Reason: To safeguard the amenity of the area and local residents. Policy: OMWLP W3, PE18

The surface of the site access shall be maintained in a good state of repair and kept clean and free from mud and other debris at all times. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and safeguarding the local environment. Policy: OMWLP W3

No vehicle or trailer shall enter the public highway unless their wheels and chassis have been cleaned to prevent material being deposited on the highway. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to prevent mud and dust getting on the highway. Policy: SOLP T1

During dry weather a water bowser and other dust suppression measures as identified in the supporting statement dated November 2011 should be used to reduce the amount of dust on the site. Reason: In the interests of environmental amenity. Policy: OMWLP W3, PE18, SOLP EP1

A soil bund as shown on drawing no. 1147.3 - indicative planting shall be maintained around the perimeter of the site. The bund shall be maintained at more than 1 metre high at any point. The bund shall be seeded with rye grass mix and shall be kept free of weeds and the grass shall be cut regularly. The bund shall be constructed so that the outside of the bund should be at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal. The bund shall be rounded at the top and feathered into ground level so that there is no sharp angle. The top of the bund shall be graded to an even height of more than 1 metre high. The development shall not be brought into use until the bund has been constructed in accordance with this condition. Reason: To mitigate noise and dust and in the interest of local and visual amenity. Policy: OMWLP W3, W5

Samples of the exterior materials proposed to be used for the reception building, wood chip building and tanks as shown on approved plan J9014-AD11-P300 rev A shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority prior to the start of construction of the proposed buildings. No development shall take place except in accordance with these approved materials. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity. Policy: OWMLP W3

The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until full design details of the proposed housing of the gas flare has been submitted to and approved in writing by Waste Planning Authority. The housing for the gas flare shall be erected in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To safeguard the amenity of the area and local residents. Policy: OMWLP W3

Prior to any demolition works on the site a professional archaeological organisation acceptable to the Waste Planning Authority shall prepare an Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation, relating to the application site area, which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority. Reason: To safeguard the recording and inspection of matters of archaeological importance on the site. Policy: PPS5

Following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in condition 21, no development shall commence on site without the appointed archaeologist being present. Once the archaeological monitoring and recording has been completed its findings shall be reported to the Waste Planning Authority, as agreed in the Written Scheme of Investigation, including all processing, research and analysis necessary to produce an accessible and useable archive and a full report for publication. Reason: To safeguard the recording and inspection of matters of archaeological importance on the site. Policy: PPS5
Appeal
No appeal lodged.
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