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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/16/02117/MW

Conditions or Reasons:

1) Planning permission shall extend to the area delineated by a red line on the attached drawing number BF4883/4/03 (Scale 1:2500) and the development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with Planning Application No. CB/16/02117/MW and drawing numbers BF4883/4/03 Scale 1:500), FC54 (Issue 2) and FC55 (Issue 2) with the exception of the can plant and the following conditions.

(Reason: To define the permission and for the avoidance of doubt)

2) The development hereby permitted shall commence within 3 years of the date of this permission. Written notification of the date of commencement shall be provided to the Waste Planning Authority within 7 days of such commencement.

(Reason: To comply with Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 to prevent the accumulation of unimplemented planning permissions and to enable the Waste Planning Authority to monitor compliance with the conditions of the planning permissison)

3) Site operations shall not take place except in accordance with the following hours:

Day
Hours
Mondays to Fridays
07:00 - 23:00 hrs

Saturdays
07:00 - 16:00 hrs. No glass processing operations (glass tipping, picking up or glass re-piling) shall take between 13:00 - 16:00 hrs.

Sundays, Public or Bank Holidays
No operations permitted other than up to 6 empty HGVs may leave and return to the site between 07:00 - 16:00 hrs.

For the avoidance of doubt the permitted site operations comprise:

a) importation of waste and discharge into waste transfer/materials recycling building;
b) sorting and separation of waste, shredding and baling of refuse derived fuel (RDF), crushing and compaction of waste;
c) Movement of materials to storage areas and walking floor for processing cardboard and plastics;
d) baling of cardboard and plastics and processing metals (excluding cans) and other materials;
e) unloading and loading of skips and loading of RDF/waste vehicles;
f) export of RDF, processed materials and residual waste.

(Reason: To protect the amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with MWLP Policy GE18)

4) All moble plant to be used on the site shall only operate using white noise broadband reversing warning (or similar) devices rather than tonal devices.

(Reason: To protect the amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with MWLP Policy GE18)

5) Noise levels from the operation of the walking floor, conveyor and new baling plant shall not exceed 75dB Laeq measured at 1 metre freefield from any part of the plant.

(Reason: To protect the amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with MWLP Policy GE18)

6) The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained within the 'Noise Management Plan Version 1 (September 2016)' received by the Waste Planning Authority on 6 September 2016 (or as amended in written agreement by the Waste Planning Authority).

(Reason: To protect the amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with MWLP Policy GE18)

7) The site operator shall at all times ensure that emissions of dust from the site are monitored and recorded and that efficient measures are employed for dust suppression to minimise any such emissions. Such measures shall include, but not necessarily be restricted to, use of dust suppression techniques and regular sweeping of the site.

(Reason: To protect the amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with MWLP Policy GE18)

8) No additional floodlighting shall be introduced to the site except in accordance with a scheme showing the type of lights, wattage and location details of which having previously been submitted to and approved in writing by the Waste Planning Authority.

(Reason: To protect the amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with MWLP Policy GE18)

9) No bales of materials shall be stacked in the storage area at the front of the site to a level higher than the surrounding bund walls. Bales of refuse derived fuel shall only be stored within the buidling located in the northeast corner of the site.

(Reason: To protect the visual amenities of the area)

THIS PLANNING PERMISSION SUPERSEDES PLANNING PERMISSION 1/2008

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