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1) Chief Executive, Department of Transport, Sea Terminal, Douglas; 2) Mr. G. R. M. Moore, Dickinson Cruickshank & Co., 33/37 Athol Street, Douglas; 3) Chief Executive, Department of Industry, 2 Circular Road, Douglas; 4) Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Brant, The Kew, Switchback Road, German; 5) Mr. and Mrs. T. C. M. Frost, Brack-a-Broom, Peel; 6) Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crellin, Rockmount, German; 7) German Parish Commissioners; 8) Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Goldie, Close e Geary Cottage, Pat Clague's Lane, Poortown, Peel; 9) Mr. J. Lace, Ballalough Farm, Poortown Road, near Peel; 10) Mrs. J. Lace, 13 Close Cubbon, Peel; 11) The Director, Manx National Heritage, Manx Museum, Douglas; 12) SPMC&E, c/o Glebe Cottage, Kirk Maughold; 13) Secretary, Planning Committee; 14) The Editor, IOM Newspapers; 15) Manx Radio Newsroom; 16) The Editor, Peel City Guardian; 17) Manx Broadcasting and Journalism Bureau; 18) Secretary, Planning Appeals
In pursuance of his powers under the above Acts and Order the MINISTER for Local Government and the Environment, following report by the appointed person, does hereby APPROVE the application by the Department of Transport for extension of existing quarry in easterly direction for the extraction of road stone material, Poortown Quarry, Poortown Road, German, subject to compliance with the conditions or modifications specified on the attached schedule and numbered 1 to 19 inclusive.
Dated this 26th day of March, 1996.
By Order of the Minister
Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Note 1: This permission refers only to that required under the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment, byelaw, order or regulation.
Note 2: A copy of the report of the appointed person is appended hereto.
PA95/1261
(1) Working may take place only in accordance within the areas defined in the application plans and in accordance with the programme and phasing of operations as set out in those plans and in the supporting summary of the proposal.
(2) Working shall be begun within four years of the date of this approval or within two years of the final approval of all matters provided for in these conditions (save for that provided for in the condition (3) below), whichever is the later, failing which the approval granted shall lapse.
(3) Not later than 31st December 2006 one or other of the following shall be submitted for the approval of the Planning Committee:-
(4) In the event of working for any reason ceasing before 31st December 2006 or, as the case may be, before the submission of either the above proposal or scheme, measures for the adequate restoration, reshaping and landscaping of the workings shall be undertaken as agreed between the undertakers and the Planning Committee or in default of such agreement as determined on appeal.
(5) A comprehensive scheme of landscaping for the whole quarry and extension, to include details of phasing, regrading, movement of topsoil, seeding, planting, remedial measure sin the event of planting failure, boundary walls and fences, the existing hedgerows and trees which are to be retained and the measures to be taken to protect or replace them shall be submitted for the approval of the Planning Committee. No work on the extension site shall be begun until a scheme is approved, and landscaping thereafter shall be undertaken in full in accordance with such approved scheme.
(6) No more than a 20m width strip of overburden shall be stripped in advance of excavation.
(7) Facilities shall be provided for a staged archaeological assessment of the site to be undertaken. This shall comprise at minimum a desktop survey, above ground assessment and a watching brief during excavation with appropriate recording by a competent archaeologist, and, if it appears desirable to the Planning Committee (on the advice of Manx National Heritage) and practicable without unnecessarily delaying mineral extraction, below ground assessment, excavation and recording. Proper reports shall be made of all archaeological findings and deposited with Manx National Heritage.
Ecology
(8) An entomological survey of all old hedgebanks on the site shall be undertaken under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and Manx National Heritage in accordance with methodology statement to be submitted for the approval of the Planning Committee. No work on the site shall be begun until such a statement is approved.
Noise, drilling and blasting
(9) No drilling or blasting shall take place on Saturdays, Sundays, bank or other public holidays nor on any other day except between the hours of 0900 and 1630.
(10) No secondary blasting shall take place at any time.
(11) Approved temporary screen or baffle mounds shall be erected around the drilling rig and drive unit when working above the top face.
(12) No stripping of overburden, movement of topsoil or other overburden, formation of baffle mounds or their removal shall take place on Saturdays, Sundays, bank or other public holidays nor on any other day except between the hours of 0800 and 1800.
(13) All machinery used on the site shall be maintained or replaced as appropriate such that the best practicable means are used in controlling emissions from all equipment. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing efficient silencers on engines and plant shall be maintained strictly in accordance with manufacturers' specification.
(14) A scheme for monitoring noise and vibration shall be submitted for the approval of the Planning Committee. This scheme shall indicate the methods and equipment to be adopted to take measurements of noise and vibration, the period frequency and locations of measurement, the values of limits at each location and the measures for the reporting of monitoring results. No work on the site shall be begun until an approved scheme for monitoring is effectively in place.
Drainage
(15) Provision shall be made by way of settlement ponds, silt beds or otherwise for the regulation of water discharging from the site and its settlement in accordance with a scheme or plans which may be approved from time to time by the Planning Committee on the submission of the undertakers.
Dust
(16) Best practical means shall be employed to minimise dust nuisance, to include sheeting of vehicles carrying unwashed stone under 75mm, wheel cleaning facilities at the quarry entrance, fixed water spray heads to reduce dust on the approaches to the weighbridge, and damping (or similar treatment) of stockpiles and roadways in dry weather.
Washing plant
(17) At the earliest practicable opportunity, the washing plant shall be removed to the quarry floor.
Waste and topsoil
(18) No topsoil shall be removed from the site, nor waste deposited within the quarry.
Safety
(19) No working shall take place within 50m of the 8 tonne explosives magazine.
26/3/96.
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