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The Committee considered report DR/35/16 by the Director of Operations, Environment and Economy.
Policies relevant to the application were detailed in the report.
Details of consultation and representations received were set out in the report.
The Committee noted the key issues, which were:
- Policy background to irrigation reservoirs
- Agricultural need for the reservoir and mineral implications
- Landscape and visual
- Traffic
- Noise.
In response to a query on traffic flow, Members noted that a Transport Plan would be in force, directing vehicles onto the Strategic Highway Network.
Members made several observations:
- This provided a practical solution to the problem of providing an adequate water supply for crops in this area. Tendring has very low rainfall and this scheme will reduce the need to draw on the Tendring aquifer
- It should improve overall crop yield from the area under development
- It should also enhance local environmental conditions, creating a suitable haven for wildlife.
There being no further matters raised by Members, the motion was proposed and seconded, and, following a unanimous vote in favour, it was
Resolved
That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:
Commencement and Duration
1. At least seven days written notice shall be given, to the Mineral Planning Authority of the commencement of site preparation works (for the purposes of this requirement site preparation works shall include the erection of site boundary fencing and soil stripping connected with the reservoir footprint).
2. All operations authorised or required by this permission shall cease, and all plant, machinery equipment, structures, buildings, stockpiles and other above ground infrastructure associated with the development, approved as part of this permission, less the access track and site bellmouth, subject to the other condition requirement below, shall be removed and the site restored in accordance with the conditions of this permission not later than 48 months from the date of notification of the commencement of site preparation works as notified in accordance with Condition 1.
Approved Details
3. Except as may be modified or required by the other conditions to this permission by the Mineral Planning Authority, none of the uses, operations and activities associated with the development hereby approved shall be carried out other than in accordance with the details as set out in the application letter from D. K. Symes Associates dated 19th March 2015 and accompanying:
a) Planning Application form dated 19th March 2015
b) Planning Statement and Environmental Statement Volumes 1 and 2 dated March 2015.
c) Drwg Nos: 1003/A/1 entitled “Application Plan” dated 12-03-2015
d) Drwg Nos: 1003/AD/1 entitled “Proposed Access Detail” dated 13-03-2015
e) Drwg Nos: 1003/PP/1 entitled “Proposed Processing Plant” dated 27-02-2015
f) Drwg Nos: 1003/SB/1 entitled “Illustrative Details of Typical Site Buildings” dated 27-02-2015
as amended by:
g) The e-mail from Douglas Symes dated 2nd June 2015 and accompanying:
I. Drwg no: 1003/0/1v7 entitled “Illustrative Operations Plan”, dated 28/04/2015. For clarity this plan only in respect of depicting the extraction depth in the depicted cross section. Drwg no: 1003/0/1v10 below supercedes this plan in all other respects.
II. Drwg no: 1003/CS/1 entitled “Illustrative Crosss Sections – During Operations” dated 12-05-2015.
III. Drwg No: 1003/CS/2 entitled “Illustrative Cross Sections – Completed Reservoir” dated 12-05-2015.
IV Drwg No: 1003/R/1 entitled “Illustrative Reservoir Plan” dated 29-04-2015.
h) The e-mail from Douglas Symes dated 27th January 2016 and accompanying Archaeological Solutions Ltd Historic Buildings Impact Assessment entitled “Proposed agricultural Reservoir, Elmstead Hall, Elmstead, Essex Historic Building Impact Assessment” dated 21st December 2015.
i) BLacoustics Environmental Noise Survey dated February 2016 ref no: BDL3519tr2 as amended by letter from LFAcoustics dated 23rd May 2016.
j) The e-mail from Douglas Symes dated 12th September 2016 and accompanying Drwg no: 1003/0/1v10 entitled “Illustrative Operations Plan”, dated 01/09/2016.
Availability of Plans
4. A copy of this permission, including all documents hereby approved and any other documents subsequently approved in accordance with any conditions of this permission shall be kept available for inspection at the site during the prescribed working hours.
Protection of Existing Trees and Perimeter Vegetation
5. Existing hedgerows and trees within, and on the perimeter of, the site and identified for retention shall be retained and shall not be felled, lopped, topped or removed without the prior written consent of the Mineral Planning Authority. Any vegetation removed without consent, dying, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseases (at any time during the development or aftercare period) shall be replaced with trees or bushes of such size and species as may be specified by the Mineral Planning Authority, in the planting season immediately following any such occurrences.
6. No soil stripping shall take place within the footprint of the reservoir location until a scheme for the provision and protection measures of the standoff/buffer for the protection of the trees, as identified on Drwg no: 1003/0/1v7 entitled “Illustrative Operations Plan”; dated 28-04-2015 has been submitted to and received the written approval of the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall make provision for:
a) Measures to demarcate the standoff/buffer enhancement zones.
b) Maintenance of the demarcation measures during the life of the site activities.
c) Measures to restrict the open face along the standoff area to no more than one week.
For clarification all trees should be protected in accordance with BS: 5837 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – Recommendations.
Boundaries and Site Security
7. The operator shall maintain and make stock proof the perimeter hedges and fences and protect the same from damage. Where the site boundary does not coincide with an existing hedge or fence line, the operator shall provide and maintain fencing for the duration of the development and aftercare period.
8. No soil stripping shall take place until the footprint of the excavation area and those areas to be disturbed in the course of the reservoir construction have been physically pegged out. Those markers that can be retained during the course of the development to maintain demarcation boundaries shall be retained for that period.
Ecological Interest
9. No site preparation works, as defined in Condition 1 of this permission, shall take place until written confirmation has been received from a qualified ecologist that there are no protected species interests within the site. Such confirmation shall relate to a period not more than 6 days prior to the commencement of soil stripping operations.
Bird Nesting
10. No vegetation shall be physically disturbed during the bird nesting season (March to August inclusive) unless the vegetation identified for removal has been surveyed to confirm the absence of active bird nesting.
Archaeology
11. No site preparation shall take place as defined in Condition 1 of this permission until a mitigation scheme to address archaeological investigation and recording has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved, or as may subsequently be approved, in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall make provision for:
a) The recording of archaeological features which are revealed during site operations.
b) Procedures for post excavation analysis including production of an archive and report of findings made and
c) The conservation of any artefacts which are recovered and deposit of such artefacts at a suitable museum.
Processing Plant
12. No processing plant shall be brought onto the application land until the “Plant Area” as shown on Drwg no: 1003/0/1v10 entitled “Illustrative Operations Plan”, dated 01/09/2016.has been prepared and is available to accommodate the processing plant.
Limits of Extraction
13. No excavation shall be carried out deeper than 8 metres below existing ground level as provided for in paragraph 3.11.6 of the Environmental Statement and as shown on Drwg no: 1003/0/1v7 entitled “Illustrative Operations Plan”, dated 28/04/2015.
Topographical surveys
14. A survey of site levels shall be carried out at intervals of not less than every 12 months, starting from the date on which soil stripping commences. A copy of the survey shall be submitted to the Mineral Planning Authority within 14 days of being undertaken.
Vehicle Routeing
15. No soil stripping shall take place until sign/s advising drivers of vehicle routes agreed with the Mineral Planning Authority have been erected and thereafter maintained during the life of the development permitted, at the site exit.
16. A written record shall be maintained at the site office of all movements in/out of the site by HGVs. Such records shall contain the vehicle’s registration and operating company’s identity and time/date of movement. The records shall be made available for inspection by the Mineral Planning Authority if requested and retained for the duration of the life of the development permitted.
17. No site preparation works shall take place as defined in Condition 1 of this permission until a Transport Plan for the routeing of HGVs to and from the site has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved, or as may subsequently be approved, in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall make provision for:
i) Monitoring both visual and written of the approved arrangements during the life of the site.
ii) Ensuring that all drivers of vehicles under the control of the applicant are made aware of the approved arrangements,
iii) Routeing map for use by drivers; and
iv) The disciplinary steps that will be exercised in the event of default.
Highway Cleanliness
18. No mud or dirt shall be carried out onto Tye Road by vehicles using the site.
Haul Road maintenance
19. The internal haul road shall be maintained with a compacted bound surface/or tarmaced and maintained in good condition throughout the reservoir construction period as provided for in para 3.6.3 of section 3.6 on Access of Volume 1 of the Environmental Statement.
HGV Movements
20. The total numbers of Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) movements entering or leaving the site during any single day shall not exceed the following overall limits:
Mondays to Saturdays: 80 movements (40 in/40 out)
Sundays and Bank/Public Holidays: none
Sheeting Vehicles
21. All HGVs shall be sheeted before leaving the site.
Vehicle Maintenance
22. No servicing, maintenance or testing of vehicles or plant shall take place other than within the excavation void area. (For the purposes of this condition the restriction shall not apply to unforeseen vehicle breakdowns).
Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP): Biodiversity
23. No site preparation work, as defined in Condition 1 of this permission, shall take place until a scheme of working has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved, or as may subsequently be approved, in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:-
a) Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities;
b) Identification of biodiversity protection zones;
c) Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements);
d) The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features;
e) The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works;
f) Responsible persons and lines of communication;
g) The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works or similarly competent person; and the
h) Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs.
The approved CEMP: Biodiversity shall be implemented and adhered to throughout the construction period of the development hereby approved.
Scheme of Working
24. No site preparation work, as defined in Condition 1 of this permission, shall take place until a scheme of working has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved, or as may subsequently be approved, in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:-
a) Screener technical data and elevation/cross sections.
b) Processing plant technical data and elevation/cross sections.
c) Silt handling arrangements.
d) Water pump technical data and plan/elevations.
e) Arrangements for the day to day onsite assessment of depth levels.
f) A programme of grass cutting and weed control on any storage mounds which avoids the bird breeding season.
g) Cross sections through the application area using Drwg no: 1003/0/1v10 entitled “Illustrative Operations Plan”, dated 01/09/2016 on a central north-south and central east –west axis to clarify depth and relationship of processing plant and temporary “as dug” storage mound with outside application land vantage points.
Sale of Aggregate
25. There shall be no retailing or direct sales of soils or bagged aggregates to the public from the quarry.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Hours of Operation
26. a) No operations authorised or required by this permission shall be carried out on the site except between the following times:-
0700 – 1800 hours Mondays to Fridays.
0700 – 1300 hours Saturdays.
b) There shall be no working on Sundays or Bank/National Holidays.
c) This condition shall not apply in cases of emergency when life, limb or property is in danger. The Mineral Planning Authority shall be notified, in writing, as soon as possible after the occurrence of any such emergency.
Importation
27. No materials for infilling or excavated materials, including minerals, shall be imported to the site other than clays for site lining purposes.
Rubbish
28. All rubbish and scrap materials generated on the site shall be collected and stored in a screened position within the site area until such time as they may be properly disposed of to a suitably licensed waste disposal site.
Burning
29. No waste or other materials shall be burnt on the site.
Lighting
30. No artificial external lighting, whether free standing or affixed to infrastructure, that may be required to be provided within the application site shall be installed until a scheme of lighting at the site has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the details as approved. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:
a) Lighting point location.
b) Lighting design details.
c) Proposed Illuminance coverage.
d) Assessment of sky glow and light spillage outside of site boundary.
Noise – Monitoring
31. No site preparation works shall take place, as defined in Condition 1 of this permission, until a scheme of site noise monitoring has been submitted to, and has received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved and shall make provision for:
a) A programme of implementation to include the noise monitoring locations identified in Condition (33) below and as identified on the attached plan no: ESS/24/15/TEN/A entitled “Noise Monitoring Locations” during the life of the development.
b) Noise monitoring at three monthly intervals.
c) Monitoring during typical working hours with the main items of plant and machinery in operation.
d) Monitoring to be carried out for at least 2 separate periods and for at least a total of 30 minutes at each monitoring location during the working day whilst typical site operations are occurring.
e) The logging of all weather conditions including wind speed and direction.
f) The logging of both on site and off site noise events occurring during measurements with any extraneous noise events identified and, if necessary, discounted from the measured data.
g) The results of the noise monitoring to be made available to the Mineral Planning Authority no later than 7 days following the date of the measurement.
The location of monitoring points may be varied with the written approval of the Mineral Planning Authority as the site develops and noise levels shall correlate with those levels in Condition (33).
Noise – Temporary Operations
32. For temporary operations, the free field Equivalent Continuous Noise Level (LAeq,1hr) at noise sensitive properties as listed in Condition 33 shall not exceed 70dB LAeq,1hr. Measurement shall be made no closer than 3.5m from the façade of properties or other reflective surface and shall be corrected for extraneous noise.
Temporary operations shall not exceed a total of eight weeks in any continuous 12 month duration. Five days written notice shall be given to the Mineral Planning Authority in advance of the commencement of a temporary operation. Temporary operations shall include site preparation bund formation and removal, site stripping and restoration and any other temporary activity that has been approved in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority in advance of such a temporary activity taking place.
Noise – Normal Operating Levels
33. Except for temporary operations, the free field Equivalent Continuous Noise Level (LAeq,1hr) at noise sensitive premises adjoining the site, due to operations in the site, shall not exceed 1h, the LAeq levels as set out in the following table and identified on the attached plan no: ESS/24/15/TEN/A entitled “Noise Monitoring Locations”:
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Receptor Location
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Criterion / dB LAeq,1hr
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Holly way
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49 dB
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Parsonage Farm
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48 dB
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Elmstead Hall & Cottages
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48 dB
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Mount Pleasant Cottages
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47 dB
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Allen’s Farm
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47 dB
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Balls Farm
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48 dB
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Fen Farm
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55 dB
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Fern Villa
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54 dB
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Edwinstone
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48 dB
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Friars Hall
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48 dB
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Measurements shall be made no closer than 3.5m to the façade of properties or other reflective surface and shall have regard to the effects of extraneous noise and shall be corrected for any such effects.
Loudspeakers
34. No sound reproduction or amplification equipment (including public address systems, loudspeakers etc) which is audible at the nearest noise sensitive location shall be installed or operated on the site without the prior written approval of the Mineral Planning Authority.
Reversing alarms
35. Only broadband sound emitting reversing alarms shall be employed on vehicles and plant engaged in site activities and transport on and off site.
Dust
36. No site preparation works shall take place, as defined in Condition 1, until a scheme for dust monitoring/mitigation at the site has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the details as approved, in writing, by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:
a) A dust control plan.
b) A dust monitoring plan to include:
I. The location(s) of dust monitoring points.
II. The type of monitoring equipment to be used, the pollutant to be monitored and the standard to be monitored against.
III. A programme of monitoring to commence prior to soil stripping to provide a baseline against which to compare future monitoring.
IV. A programme of implementation to include frequency of monitoring and locations during the various Excavation phases.
V. log of complaints from the public and a record of the measures taken to be kept and submitted to the Mineral Planning Authority on request.
VI. The results of dust monitoring over each three month period shall be submitted to the Mineral Planning Authority within 21 days of the end of each three month monitoring period.
Groundwater monitoring
37. No site preparation works shall take place, as defined in Condition 1, until a scheme for monitoring/reporting ground water levels at the site during the period of extraction works as provided for in Paragraph 5.10 of the Hafren Water Hydrological Assessment has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the details as approved, in writing, by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:
A programme of site monitoring including method of monitoring, locations and frequency covering the construction
a) period and filling of the reservoir.
b) Reporting methods and timescales.
c) Such measures as to mitigate water loss at any adjacent receptors as a result of drawdown of groundwater and timescales for implementing mitigation measures.
Surface Water Drainage and Pollution Protection
38. Any oil, fuel, lubricant, paint or solvent within the site shall be stored so as to prevent such materials contaminating topsoil or subsoil or reaching any watercourse.
39. a) Any fixed or free standing oil or fuel tanks shall be surrounded by a fully sealed impermeable enclosure with a capacity not less than 110% of that of the tanks so as to fully contain their contents in the event of any spillage;
b) If there is multiple tankage, the enclosure shall have a capacity not less than 110% of the largest tank;
c) All filling points, vents and sight glasses shall be within the sealed impermeable enclosure; and
d) There shall be no drain through the impermeable enclosure. (The applicant’s attention is drawn to the requirement set out in BS 799 Part 5: 1987.)
40. All foul drainage shall be contained within a sealed and watertight cesspit fitted with a level warning device constructed to BS 6297 “Design and Installation of Small Sewage Treatment Works and Cesspools” (1983).
41. No drainage from the site, or from areas immediately adjoining the site, shall be interrupted either partially or fully by the operations hereby approved.
42. No foul or contaminated surface water or trade effluent shall be discharged from the site into either the ground water or surface water drainage systems except as may be permitted under other legislation.
Fixed Plant and Buildings
43. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 and Part 19 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as amended, no plant/structures whether fixed or static, lagoons, stocking of minerals or other materials or other structures shall be erected or placed on the site, except as provided for under other conditions of this permission.
Handling and Storage of Soil and Soil Forming Material
44. Prior to the stripping of any soils from the site, excess vegetation shall be removed from the areas to be stripped (The term 'excess vegetation' in this condition means all vegetation above a height of 154mm (6") above ground level).
45. Before any part of the site is excavated or traversed by heavy vehicles or machinery (except for the purpose of stripping that part or stacking topsoil on that part), or used for the stacking of subsoil or soil making material, all available topsoil shall be stripped from that part.
46. No operations involving soil lifting/replacement shall take place between the months of October to March inclusive.
47. No movement of soils or soil making materials shall take place except when the full depth of soil to be stripped or otherwise transported is in a 'suitably dry' soil moisture condition. Suitably dry means the soils shall be sufficiently dry for the topsoil to be separated from the subsoil without difficulty so that it is not damaged by machinery passage over it.
(For clarity, the criteria for determining "suitably dry soil moisture conditions" and "dry and friable" is based on a field assessment of the soils wetness in relation to its lower plastic limit. The assessment should be made by attempting to roll a ball of soil into a thread on the surface of a clean plain glazed tile (or plate glass square) using light pressure from the flat of the hand. if the soil crumbles before a long thread of 3mm diameter can be formed, the soil is dry enough to move. The assessment should be carried out on representative samples of each major soil type.)
48. All suitable soils and soil making material shall be recovered where practicable during the stripping or excavation operations and separately stored.
49. No site preparation works shall take place, as defined in Condition 1, until a scheme to address how site soils are to be handled, stored, retained on the farm unit or exported has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the details as approved, in writing, by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:
a) The total quantities of soils both sub and topsoil to be disturbed within the footprint of the application land.
b) Handling and storage arrangements during the life of the development.
c) The type and quantities of both subsoil and topsoil to be retained on the application footprint land and that which is to be exported.
d) The arrangements for identifying which soils both subsoil and topsoil are to be retained and which are to be exported.
For clarity soils removed during the process of the application works permitted under this permission may require separate planning approval at the receiver locations.
50. The topsoil, subsoil, and soil making material mounds shall be constructed with only the minimum amount of compaction necessary to ensure stability and shall not be traversed by heavy vehicles or machinery except during stacking and removal for re-spreading during the restoration of the site. They shall be graded and seeded with a suitable low maintenance grass seed mixture in the first available growing season following their construction. The sward shall be managed in accordance with correct agricultural management techniques throughout the period of storage.
51. No soil stripping shall take place until a soil movement and storage scheme has received the written approval of the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall provide for amongst other matters:
(i) Identification on the ground of the different top and subsoil types.
(ii) Lifting, storage and recording arrangements for the differing soil types.
(iii) Overlap of soil types in a storage mound being kept to the minimum necessary for the effective formation of that mound and the interface being defined on site and on a record plan so that it can be easily located at mound removal stage.
52. Such precautions unless as may be necessary to prevent the mixing of the soil types with any overlap of soil types in a storage mound be kept to the minimum necessary for the effective formation of that mound and the interface shall be defined on site and on a record plan so that it can be easily located at mound removal stage.
53. All soil and soil forming material storage mounds, together with all areas that remain unworked, or have been restored, shall be kept free of weeds and all necessary steps shall be taken to destroy weed at an early stage of growth to prevent seeding.
54. An annual report, together with plans at a scale to be agreed with the Mineral Planning Authority, setting out the previous year’s soil movement and restoration shall be submitted by 31st December each year, or such other date as may be agreed in writing with the Mineral Planning Authority.
Restoration
55. Within 12 months of the date of this permission, a revised restoration scheme based on Drwg Ref No: Figure 2.3 – 4 Rev B entitled “Scenario 2 Restoration to Agriculture” has been submitted to, and received the written approval, of the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall then only be implemented as approved, or as may subsequently be approved, in writing, by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:-
c) Restored landform contour levels.
d) Reinstatement programme including soil profiles for the area identified for “land returned to agriculture”.
e) Removal of all site structures.
f) Reduction in size of the Tye Road bellmouth and verge reinstatement together with its treatment.
g) Site water drainage.
h) The provision of the wetland together with cross sections, levels and engineering details.
Landscaping
56. Within 6 months of the date of this permission, a scheme of landscaping, based on Drwg No: 1003/R/1 entitled “Illustrative Reservoir Plan” dated 29-04-2015.shall be submitted to the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the details as approved, in writing, by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:
i) A landscape management plan.
j) The proposed northern tree avenue to be revised incorporating irregular tree rows.
k) Husbandry management of the existing mature trees.
l) Ground preparation works, including soil assessment, ripping, fertilising etc.
m) Planting species including berry bearing shrubs, size, density, numbers and location.
n) Perimeter hedgerow planting around site perimeter including access track to south and bellmouth as well as along northern edge of track forming northern site boundary (as recommended in Section entitled “Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Measures” paragraphs 3.18 – 3.30 of the Ecological report entitled “Appraisal of Ecological Interests and Constraints” dated February 2015 accompanying the planning application).
o) Grass seed mixes and rates.
p) A programme of implementation to include the provision for planting during the first available season following restoration.
q) A programme of maintenance.
Trees, shrubs and hedges planted in accordance with the approved scheme shall be maintained and any plants which at any time during the life of this permission including the aftercare period, die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Mineral Planning Authority.
Biodiversity Management Plan
57. No site preparation work, as defined in Condition 1 of this permission, shall take place until a Biodiversity Management Plan has been submitted to, and received the written approval of, the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved, or as may subsequently be approved, in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall make provision for:-
a) A description and evaluation of features to be managed;
b) Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management;
c) Aims and objectives of management;
d) Appropriate management options for achieving the aims and objectives of the project;
e) Measures to secure biodiversity interest as reservoir is drawn down to supply water.
f) Prescriptions for management actions;
g) Preparation of a work schedule (including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a five-year period);
h) Details of the body or organisation responsible for implementation of the plan;
i) On-going monitoring and remedial measures.
The Plan shall include details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which the long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery. The plan shall also set out (where the results from monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the Plan are not being met) how contingencies and/or remedial action will be identified, agreed and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme.
Amenity Aftercare
58. Within one year of the date of the commencement of site preparation works as provided for by Condition 1 of this permission a wetland/woodland aftercare scheme providing for such steps as may be necessary to bring the land to the required standard for use as a reservoir and associated wetland/woodland habitat shall be submitted for the approval of the Mineral Planning Authority. The wetland/woodland aftercare scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the details as approved, or as may subsequently be approved, in writing, by the Mineral Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall specify the steps to be carried out and their timing within a five year aftercare period, or such longer period as may be proposed, and shall make provision for:-
(i) a management plan and strategy;
(ii) a programme to allow for monitoring the establishment of the wetland and aquatic vegetation which shall provide for:
(a) such work as is necessary to enable the establishment of (ii) above; and
(b) maintenance arrangements to include such amendments to drainage patterns, and replacement and/or control of plant species as required to achieve the objectives;
(c) For the woodland area the:
cultivation practices;
post-restoration secondary soil treatments;
soil analysis;
fertiliser applications, based on soil analysis;
drainage;
tree planting and maintenance;
weed control;
(d) annual meetings with representatives of the Mineral Planning Authority and landowners to review performance.
All areas the subject of wetland aftercare shall be clearly defined on a plan together with the separate demarcation of areas as necessary according to differences in management.
The period of wetland aftercare for the site or any part of it shall commence on the date of written certification by the Mineral Planning Authority that the site or, as the case may be, the specified part of it has been satisfactorily restored.
Cessation
59. In the event of site operations being discontinued for six months in the period specified in Condition (2) then the land as disturbed within the approved extraction area shall be restored in accordance with a scheme submitted by the developer which has the written approval of the Mineral Planning Authority. The scheme shall be submitted not later than one month from the Mineral Planning Authority’s issue of written notice that it is of the opinion that land reclamation work has not taken place in the six month period and shall include the requirements of Conditions 55 and 56 inclusive of this permission. The scheme, as approved by the Mineral Planning Authority, shall be commenced within three months of notification of determination of the scheme and shall be fully implemented within a further period of 12 months or such other period as may be approved by the Mineral Planning Authority.