New Turkeyland Quarry, Balthane Road, Balthane, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 2ar
The proposal involves re-engineering three pre-existing landfill cells (1.14ha total) at the former Old Turkeyland Quarry near Ronaldsway Airport and Ballasalla to accept stable non-reactive hazardous wastes like asbestos, gypsum, contaminated soils, and periodic marine dredgings (up to 19,000t every 2-3 years), with a…
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Waste Policy 1
Permits waste management installations including landfills where there is acknowledged need per Waste Strategy, no unacceptable impacts on amenity/traffic/environment/heritage/ecology/water/airport safety, phased restoration, and no alternative waste management method. Officer assessment in Planning Statement finds compliance via EIA findings of no significant effects, national need overriding minor impacts, established site use, and no sterilisation of minerals.
General Policy 3
Allows location-dependent development outside zones for overriding national need with no reasonable alternative (g). Planning Statement argues established waste site meets this for strategic landfill voidspace need cited in Waste Strategy, as Wright’s Pit North capacity limited.
General Policy 2
Endorses development in land-use zones if material considerations met. Site identified as waste facility in Area Plan for the South; EIA confirms no adverse landscape/ecology/amenity/traffic effects.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding national need. Site is previously developed quarry, not countryside per definition; restoration enhances per PPS 2/09.
Environment Policy 27
Enhances natural environment via reclamation of mineral workings. Proposal enables infill restoration to grassland tying into 1972 permission.
Malew Parish Commissioners raised concerns about the suitability of the access road from Balthane and enforcement of designated haulage routes, seeking clarification from the applicant. DEFA EPU provided a waste regulation policy document outlining environmental protection standards for landfills but did not give a direct consultation response.
Key concern: access road from Balthane (B53) wholly unsuitable for current volume of vehicles
Malew Parish Commissioners
No CommentThe existing access road from Balthane (B53) is considered wholly unsuitable for the current volume of vehicles using the site.; The Commissioners therefore ask whether the applicant intends to carry out the necessary upgrading and improvement works to this road prior to the commencement of development at the site.; The Commissioners seek clarification on how the applicant proposes to ensure compliance and enforcement of the designated routes.
