Agenda item

Reference No - 130918

Planning application documents can be viewed here –

http://planning.aberdeencity.gov.uk/PlanningDetail.asp?ref=130918

The Committee had before it a report by the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development which recommended:-

That the Committee approve the application in respect of a proposed explosives storage facility comprising 6 buildings access road and bunds at Hillhead of Clinterty, Tyrebagger Road, subject to the following conditions:-

(1)       that no development shall take place within the application site until the applicant has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work which shall include post-excavation and publication work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved by the planning authority - in the interests of protecting items of historical importance as may exist within the application site; (2)   that no development shall take place unless a scheme of all drainage works designed to meet the requirements of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and thereafter no part of the development shall be occupied unless the drainage has been installed in complete accordance with the said scheme - in order to safeguard water quality and to ensure that the development can be adequately drained; (3) that no development shall take place unless a scheme of all external lighting (including type, lux  level and position of all lights) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. Thereafter any lighting installed shall be in accordance wit the approved scheme; (4)  that all planting, seeding and turfing comprised in the approved scheme of landscaping (drawing 130918-01 and planting list 130918- 02) shall be carried out in the first planting season following the completion of the development and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a size and species similar to those originally required to be planted, or in accordance with such other scheme as may be submitted to and approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority - in the interests of integrating the development into the area; (5) that notwithstanding the provisions of Part 8 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended) the land and buildings which are subject of this planning permission shall be used for no purpose other than (i) the storage of explosives (including fuses, charges, detonators etc.), (ii) the storage of ancillary equipment used for the day to day operation of the facility; and (iii) the assembly of perforating guns - in order to ensure that the site is not used for any purpose which could not justify a green belt location; (6)  that should the approved use as an explosives store cease and facilities become redundant, all buildings and other structures shall be removed from the site and the land restored to its former condition (allowing retention of landscaping) to the satisfaction of the planning authority within 6 months - in order to maintain the amenity and landscape quality of the green belt.

The Committee heard that the lighting towers were no longer part of the application.

Councillors Lawrence and Samarai requested that assurances be sought from the Health and Safety Executive in relation to the impact and risks associated with the application, prior to granting approval.

The Committee resolved:-

to express a willingness for officers to approve the application, subject to receiving the appropriate assurances from the Health and Safety Executive.