Agenda item

Planning Reference Number – 151807

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Planning Officer – Robert Forbes

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

that the application be approved subject to the following conditions:-

CONDITIONS:

(1)       Notwithstanding the description of the development hereby approved, no further importation into, or tipping of material onto, the site shall take place.  Final restoration of the site to farmland, or other appropriate countryside use (e.g. forestry / woodland) and final re-contouring / regrading of the site in accordance with the approved cross-sections shall be completed by 01/01/2018, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the planning authority.

Reason:-  For the avoidance of doubt and in order to secure restoration of the site in accordance with the objectives of green belt policy.

(2)       No further development shall take place pursuant to this permission unless a scheme for the protection of Brodiach Burn, including provision of a vegetated buffer strip on its east bank (at least 6m wide within the site), and associated fencing, has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the planning authority.

Reason:-  In order to avoid pollution and protect the water quality of the Brodiach during and after construction works.

(3)       No further development pursuant to the planning permission hereby approved shall be carried out unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority a detailed scheme of landscaping for the western part of the site adjacent to Brodiach Burn.  This scheme shall include proposed areas of native tree / shrub planting including details of numbers, densities, locations, species, sizes and stage of maturity at planting.

Reason:-  In the interests of protection of the visual amenity and ecological value of this green belt area.

(4)       All planting, and seeding / turfing comprised in the approved scheme of landscaping and approved scheme for the protection of the Brodiach Burn specified by Conditions 2 and 3 of this consent shall be carried out in the first planting season following the completion of the development and any trees 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.

Reason:-  In the interests of protection of the visual amenity and ecological value of this green belt area.

(5)       No further development shall take place on site unless a site specific Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Planning Authority, in consultation with SEPA.  All works on site must be undertaken in accordance with the approved CEMP unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.  The CEMP must address the following issues:-

·         Construction method statement;

·         Surface water management including construction phase SUDS;

·         Water engineering works;

·         Details of imported material

Reason:-  In order to minimise the impacts of necessary construction works on the environment.

ADVISORY NOTES FOR APPLICANT:

Informative:-  The applicant is advised to contact SEPA in relation to their regulatory requirements and potential consent needs.  It is recommended that the CEMP is submitted at least 2 months prior to the commencement of any further works on site; this is to allow the necessary agencies sufficient time to fully review the mitigation proposals to avoid any potential delays to the project moving forward.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application conditionally.