Agenda item

Report of the Director of Development and Regeneration (enclosed)

Approved full planning permission with conditions

Application No:            07/00715/CB3

Proposal:                   New spillway and blocking up of existing weir, lowering of embankment walls, capping of 5 mineshafts, 500 cubic metres silt removal from reservoir (to be stored temporarily on site, before removal off site and/or use near mineshaft No. 4 at quarry end), and closure of damaged culvert.

Location:                    Copper Works Wood, Stanstead Road, Chorley

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Ralph Snape, seconded by Councillor Edgerley, and subsequently RESOLVED (14:0) to grant full planning permission subject to the following conditions:

1. The proposed development must be begun not later than three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until samples of all visible external facing materials to the new spillway  (notwithstanding any details shown on previously submitted plan(s) and specification) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall only be carried out using the approved materials.

Reason:  To ensure that the materials used are visually appropriate to the locality and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

3. Within 28 days of the completion of the desilting of the lake, the stored silt shall be removed from the approved storage area as detailed on drawing no. CBC/05, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority..

Reason: In the interests of neighbour amenity.

4. Before the development hereby permitted is commenced a survey to establish the presence/absence of bat roosts shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. If bats are found then a method statement shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing detailing how detrimental impact on the conservation status of the bat population will be avoided during and after the development. Any necessary mitigation measures to protect the species shall be implemented in accordance with the agreed scheme.

Reason: To protect the bat population and in accordance with policy EP4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan

5. Before development commences, details of the routes to be used to access the site to carry out the works shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The works shall then be carried out using the agreed routes.

Reason: To establish routes of least impact into the site in accordance with policy EP4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6. Before development commences the applicant shall submit to the Local Planning Authority and have agreed in writing a scheme for the translocation of vegetation from access routes and working areas. The development shall then be carried out in accordance with this scheme.

Reason: In accordance with policy EP2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

7. Access to one of the mine shafts will require a stream crossing, which needs to be designed to avoid fragmentation of habitats. The crossing design should be submitted for to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and then implemented in accordance with this scheme.

Reason: In accordance with policy EP2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.