Planning Application Details

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following plan nos. 036/P/3, 036/P/4, 036/P/6R and 036/P/7, the details of which are hereby approved except as amended by the following conditions. Reason: To ensure that the details of the development are satisfactory.

The extraction of minerals shall cease not later than the year 2042 and all restoration operations, excluding aftercare shall be completed within two years of that date. Reason: To minimise the duration of disturbance from the mineral extraction operation.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order), no buildings, plant, fixed machinery or floodlighting shall be erected, nor shall any speakers of tannoy system be installed unless a specific grant of planning permission has been obtained in respect thereof. Reason: To protect the amenities of any neighbouring properties.

No machinery other than water pumps shall be operated, nor shall any work be undertaken in connection with the removal of soil, extraction of minerals, despatch or movement or mineral transporting vehicles, maintenance of plant, or subsequent restoration, except between the following times: 07.00 - 18.00 Mondays to Fridays 07.00 - 13.00 Saturdays and no such operations or work, unless of a life threatening emergency as may be notified to the Mineral Planning Authority, shall be carried out on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays. Any work of a life threatening emergency shall be notified to the County Planning Authority within three working days of such an emergency. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

All vehicles and machinery entering and leaving the site shall only use the existing access. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

The wheels of all vehicles leaving the permission site shall be clean and if the Mineral Planning Authority consider it necessary, provision shall be made for wheel cleaning facilities to be available in order to prevent the deposit of mud on the public highway. Details of the method of wheel cleaning shall be submitted to the Mineral Planning Authority for approval within one month of the Mineral Planning Authority deemed it necessary in writing and any that are approved shall be implemented within one month of the approval. Reason: To ensure that mud is not carried onto the public highway in the interests of highway safety.

Vehicles transporting minerals from the permission site shall be sheeted to prevent spillage. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and safeguarding the local environment.

All vehicles and plant operated within the site shall be maintained and operated in accordance with the manufacturers specification at all times and shall be fitted with and use approved silencers. Reason: To protect the amenities of neighbouring properties from unreasonable noise intrusion.

No chalk material with a diameter greater than 6.3mm in any direction shall leave the site. Reason: To ensure that only chalk material suitable for agricultural use shall leave the site.

No regrading nor stockpiling of minerals shall take place within 5 metres of the boundaries of the site or of any tree or hedgerow. Reason: In the interests of the visual amenities of the area.

There shall be no direct connection between the site and any watercourse except with the prior approval of the Mineral Planning Authority in writing. Reason: To prevent pollution of the water environment.

There shall be no discharge of water containing any offensive or injurious matter to any watercourse. Reason: To prevent pollution of the water environment.

No fuel or oil storage tanks shall be placed on the site unless sited on an impervious base and surrounded by oil-tight bunded walls. The bunded areas shall be capable of containing 110% of the tank's volume and shall enclose all fill and draw pipes. The vent pipe shall be directed downwards into the bunded areas. Reason: To minimise the risk of pollution of watercourses and aquifers.

On cessation of mineral extraction the haul roads, foundations, hardstandings, all buildings, plant and fences, excluding protective fencing for planted areas, shall be removed. Reason: To ensure the proper reclamation of the site.

Except as otherwise agreed with the Mineral Planning Authority in writing, the finished level of the site shall conform to those contours indicated on the approved plans. Reason: To ensure proper restoration of the site in accordance with the submitted plans.

Within 12 months of the date of approval to these conditions, a detailed landform restoration scheme based on plan no. 036/P/6R to include proposals for planting with trees, hedgerows and the progressive return of the land to low fertility agriculture, shall be submitted to the Mineral Planning Authority for approval. The scheme shall also include details of: i) the nature of the intended after-use of the site ii) the respreading over the floor of the excavated area with chalk/mineral waste, previously stripped from the site iii) the ripping of any compacted layers of final cover to ensure adequate drainage and aeration iv) the machinery to be used in the restoration operations; v) the final levels of the reclaimed land and the gradient of the restored slopes around the margins of the excavation vi) drainage of the reclaimed land where necessary vii) the reinstatement of the site and access road by clearing plant, buildings and machinery viii) the phase planting and seeding of the restored area. Reason: To ensure that the site is restored in an orderly manner to a condition capable of beneficial after use in the interests of local residents.

Within 12 months of the conditions being approved an after-care scheme requiring that such steps as may be necessary to bring the land to the required standard for agriculture shall be submitted for the written approval of the Mineral Planning Authority. The after-care steps shall include soil testing, cultivation practices, remedial treatments, seed mixes, hedgerow and tree planting. Reason: To facilitate the acceptable subsequent agricultural use of the land.

The after-care of the site shall be carried out for a period of five years following the complete restoration of each restoration phase in accordance with the approved after-care scheme or as may be subsequently amended with the approval in writing of the Mineral Planning Authority. Reason: To facilitate the acceptable subsequent agricultural use of the land.

Before 31 August of every year during the after-care period, a report shall be submitted to the Mineral Planning Authority recording the operations carried out on the land during the previous twelve months and setting out the intended operations for the next twelve months. Reason: To facilitate the acceptable subsequent agricultural use of the land.

Every year during the after-care period the developer shall arrange a site meeting to be held before 30 November to discuss the report prepared in accordance with Condition 19 to which the following parties shall be invited: (a) the Mineral Planning Authority, (b) the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, (c) the owner of the land within the site, and (d) all occupiers of land within the site. Reason: To facilitate the acceptable subsequent agricultural use of the land.

Any mobile plant shall be stored in a kerbed area with an impermeable surface which shall be constructed in accordance with details submitted to and approved in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority within 3 months of this notice. Reason: To prevent the loss of oils and polluting liquids into the chalk and causing pollution of the water environment.