Report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration regarding this application.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it a report * of the Head of Planning and Regeneration regarding the above application. The Area Planning Officer outlined the contents of the report stating that the proposal sought to replace the existing 4 poultry units with 3 units which would bring the total of 7 buildings on site following a previous permission. She explained the number of chicken proposed to be housed on the site and that the site would be managed in line with an Environment Agency environmental permit. Members viewed the existing and proposed plans, the site location plan along with proposed elevations and photographs from various aspects of the site.
She addressed the question posed in public question time regarding the existing and proposed poultry units in the area, the applications had either been before committee or would do so in the near future. With regard to the spreading of waste, there was no control via the environmental permit but there was other legislation that would deal with the issue, each application had to be dealt with on its merits and that a waste management plan could be conditioned.
Consideration was given to:
· The impact of the proposal on the amenity of local residents specifically at clean out time
· The viability of the proposal
· Specific legislation which covered the spreading of waste
· The impact of the proposal on the local road network and the Highway Authority’s opinion
· Proposed additional conditions regarding waste management and additional landscaping
· The number of poultry units in the area and the amount of waste to be disposed of
· The need for local residents to be protected
· The cumulative effect of all the poultry units on the local road network
· The hours of operation
· The capacity of vehicles entering and exiting the site.
RESOLVED that planning permission be granted subject to conditions as recommended by the Head of Planning and Regeneration with the following additional conditions as follows:
1. Prior to the commencement of development a waste management plan to include details of measures to manage the disposal of waste produced on the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be operated in accordance with the agreed waste management plan and records shall be kept of where waste is disposed of together with the quantity of waste so disposed and shall be made available to the Local Planning Authority upon request.
Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the neighbouring occupiers in accordance with Policy DM2 LP3 Development Management Policies.
2. The ventilation systems on the buildings hereby approved shall continue to operate throughout the clean out period. In addition, measures to ensure that the doors on the north east ends of the proposed buildings shall be kept closed whilst the buildings are in use and throughout the clean out period shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such approved measures shall be implemented before first use of the new buildings granted and so retained.
Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the neighbouring occupiers in accordance with Policy DM2 LP3 Development Management Policies.
3. Prior to the commencement of development, a planting and planting management plan for the north east boundary of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such plan shall include details of any additional planting together with management measures for planning along the north east boundary of the site. Any additional planting specified in the approved plan shall be carried out in the first planting season following the commencement of the development and be retained. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the first use of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species. Planting and management of planting shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plan.
Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the neighbouring occupiers in accordance with Policy DM2 LP3 Development Management Policies.
4. Other than the catching and removal of birds, no works shall take place on the site between the hours of 22:00 and 07:00.
Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the neighbouring occupiers in accordance with Policy DM2 LP3 Development Management Policies.
5. Vehicles used to remove waste from the site shall be restricted to a maximum capacity of 16 tonnes. Records of the vehicles used to remove waste from the site to include number; date, tonnage (capacity) and destination shall be kept and made available to the Local Planning Authority upon request.
Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the local area in accordance with Policy DM2 LP3 Development Management Policies.
(Proposed by Cllr Mrs H Bainbridge and seconded by Cllr P J Heal)
Notes:
i) Cllr R F Radford declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in the application as he grew chicken for the applicant and therefore left the meeting during the discussion thereon;
ii) Cllrs Mrs F J Colthorpe declared a personal interest as the farm manager was known to her, she also knew a number of objectors to the application;
iii) Cllrs B A Moore and R L Stanley declared personal interests as the objectors were known to them;
iv) Mr Whilding (Agent) spoke;
v) Mrs Harmer spoke on behalf of the objectors;
vi) Cllr Mrs Smyth spoke on behalf of Cruwys Morchard Parish Council;
(vii) The following late information was reported: Part 1.0 Proposed development, page 85 - Report states that when the existing buildings ceased being used in December 2015 that litter waste was being transported to the Anaerobic Digester at Menchine Farm by tractor and trailer. The litter waste was actually being spread on nearby farm land.
The Environmental Report submitted with the application states that litter waste from the replacement buildings will be transported to an Anaerobic Digester. Having discussed this this further with the Agent, the litter waste will either be spread on nearby farm land as was the situation when the buildings were last in use, or transported to an AD via 26 tonne, 6 wheeled rigid lorries.
The proposed replacement buildings are still considered to result in a ‘neutral’ change regarding vehicle movements.
(viii) Remove the word ‘swales’ from condition 4.
(ix) *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.
Supporting documents: