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ITEM PN9 -
ANNEX 2
PLANNING
& REGULATION COMMITTEE –
24 FEBRUARY 2003
IMPORTATION
OF INERT WASTE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STABILISATION BERM AND ACCESS RAMP,
AT THE FORMER CEMENT WORKS AND QUARRY, SHIPTON-ON-CHERWELL, NEAR KIDLINGTON,
OXFORDSHIRE (APPLICATION NO. 02/02602/CM)
CONSULTATION
REPLIES
Cherwell
District Council
No
objections but make the following comments:
- the advice of
the District’s Head of Environmental Services should be sought with
regard to likely noise disturbance to properties in Bunkers Hill and
Shipton-on-Cherwell;
- a routeing agreement
should be entered into and monitored/reviewed to ensure that any disturbance
to residential properties is kept to a minimum;
- English Nature
should be asked to confirm that they are entirely satisfied that the
scheme is not harmful to the SSSI;
- a scheme for final
restoration of this end of the quarry should be sought and implemented.
Cherwell
District Council Environmental Health Officer
No
objections.
English
Nature
Object
to the application as the proposed berm will cover one of the faces of
the SSSI, so harming the interest of the site. However, this objection
would be withdrawn provided the following conditions are attached to the
planning application:
- before and during
construction of the berm, the developer shall provide access to the
face so that detailed monitoring and recording can take place;
- the monitoring
and recording must take place at sufficiently regular intervals to ensure
that the detailed geology of the whole face is recorded;
- a geologist employed
or contracted by the developer will undertake the recording. The geologist
must be competent to carry out the monitoring and recording of the face;
- the results of
the monitoring and recording are to be published in a suitable journal
within the public domain.
English
Nature also requests that reasonable steps be taken to further the conservation
and enhancement of the SSSI.
Kirtlington
Parish Council
Express
concern about a number of Earthline lorries that are coming through the
village as they were under the impression that there was a routeing agreement
in force to prevent this happening.
Civil
Aviation Authority
No
safeguarding objection subject to the following conditions:
- any external lighting
to be agreed;
- landscaping proposals
should not increase the risk of bird strikes to aircraft operating from
the nearby aerodrome.
Oxford
Ornithological Society
Has
concerns over possible destruction of bird habitats particularly stock
domes, for the ringed plovers and little ringed plovers. These birds especially
breed in the vegetation at the top of the cliffs. In more general terms,
unhappy with the piecemeal manner of the operations that are taking placed
in the quarry. The previous application for car storage was allowed on
the basis that an agreement was signed which returned the site to a carefully
planned combination of wildlife and low-key leisure activities. No concern
was experienced at the time about the condition of the cliffs in this
area of the quarry.
Oxford
Green Belt Network
It
is difficult to object to this proposal if there is a problem concerning
the A.4095 and the water main and that work has already been undertaken
to stabilise other faces in the quarry. Refer to Paragraph C.7 of Annex
C in PPG2 which states that redevelopment proposals should be put forward
in the context of comprehensive, long term plans for the site as a whole.
Reference is made in the application to a lake feature with low level
recreational activity. This may be a good long term solution but wonder
whether this is a goal or just a general aspiration. Any works at Shipton
should be part of a comprehensive plan for the whole site. Hope that monitoring
of the cliff face by a qualified geologist is carried out before any berm
construction takes place.
Third
Party representation
There
has been one letter received from a local resident objecting to the proposal
on the grounds of increased traffic, noise, dust and mud on the road.
A
copy of the letter is kept on the application file held in the Land Use
Planning Section of Environmental Services.
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