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Department of Environment Food and Agriculture, Planning & Building Control Directorate, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Email [email protected]. Tel 01624 685950 Dalgleish Associates Ltd Cathedral Square Dunblane FK15 0AH TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013 In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Colas (IOM) Ltd, Ref 18/01193/B, for the Infilling of quarry and restoration of grassland at Broom House Quarry Foxdale Road Ballasalla Isle Of Man subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any): 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals. 2. This approval relates to the infilling operations to achieve the profiles shown in Figures 3 and 4 as submitted using only overburden from the approved quarrying activities to the north. For the avoidance of doubt, no approval is granted for the importation of material from any other site, nor the infilling of the void with any other material. Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and to clarify the extent of the approval granted. 3. The approved development shall not commence unless information has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department which demonstrates that the quantity and type of material to be used from the adjacent quarry will not compromise the implementation of the approved restoration plan for the adjacent quarry extension. Reason: To ensure that the restoration of the adjacent quarry is not compromised. 4. The development must be undertaken in accordance with the methodology (Phases 1 and 2 and Developing the Bowl) set out in the method statement received on 12th June, 2019. Reason: To avoid any unacceptable environmental impact. 5. Infilling operations shall take place over no more than 18 months. In the event that after 18 months of infilling the approved levels have not been achieved, then no later than 6 months after the cessation of infilling works, the site shall be restored in accordance with an alternative restoration scheme which has first been approved in writing by the Department.
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Department of Environment Food and Agriculture, Planning & Building Control Directorate, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Email [email protected]. Tel 01624 685950 Reason: To ensure that infilling works take place within a timely manner and, in the event that the approved levels are not achieved, a suitable alternative restoration scheme is implemented. 6. Prior to the commencement of works, a detailed planting scheme must be approved by the Department, showing species, sizes and locations of trees and shrubs to be planted and the relocation of the dead trees which are identified in the application as having ecological value, together with a five year maintenance plan and the development must be undertaken in accordance with these details. Reason: To ensure that the proposed landscaping is implemented to reduce the environmental impact of the development. 7. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the proposed infilling or in accordance with the proposed landscaping details, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. Reason: The landscaping of the site is an integral part of the scheme and must be implemented as approved. 8. Prior to the commencement of works hereby approved, the applicant must have approved by the Department a combined management plan for both Rosehill and Broom House Quarry Voids including provision for Schedule 8 Introduced Species (Wildlife Act 1990) and which provides for the long term management of both sites. Reason: To ensure that the development accords with Environment Policy 4 of the Strategic Plan (2016). 9. Prior to the commencement of work, an Ecological Clerk of Works must be appointed, details of which must be approved by the Department. The ECoW must be retained throughout the duration of the works hereby approved. Reason: To avoid any unacceptable environmental impact and to ensure that the development is undertaken in accordance with the approved details. 10. The storage of any liquid other than water on site must be undertaken in appropriately protected vessels which provide for containment of at least 100% of the storage capacity of the tanks and with no passive means of drainage therefrom. Reason: To ensure that the development is undertaken in accordance with Environment Policy 22 of the Strategic Plan. 11. Operating hours for the approved activities, including the provision of machinery by staff, shall be carried out only between 0700 - 1800hrs Monday to Friday inclusive and 0700hrs to 1300hrs on Saturdays. Maintenance of plant may be carried out within these hours and between 0700 and 1630hrs on Saturdays and 0800hrs to 1630hrs on Sundays. There shall be no working outside these hours unless approved in writing by the Department. Reason: To accord with the approved method of working in the adjacent two quarry sites.
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Department of Environment Food and Agriculture, Planning & Building Control Directorate, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Email [email protected]. Tel 01624 685950 12. Details of any security fencing to be erected (as per section 3.8 of the Environmental Impact Assessment) must first be approved in writing by the Department and implemented in accordance with the approved details. Such fencing shall be removed when it is no longer required. Reason: To control the impact of the development. 13. No lighting may be installed within the site. Reason: To avoid unnecessary light pollution, in accordance with Environment Policy 22 of the Strategic Plan (2016). 14. Provisions for the suppression of dust on the site must be undertaken in accordance with the Dust Management Plan proposed for the extension of the quarry to the north, as set out at Section 9.3 of the EIA Report approved in respect of 18/00161/B. Reason: To ensure the control of dust emissions in order to protect the environment. This decision relates to the method statement received on 12th June, 2019, drawing 3v.1 received on 10th December, 2018, Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 all received on 12th November, 2018. NOTE The applicant should note that any translocation of protected species will require consent from DEFA under the Wildlife Act 1990. Date of Issue: 16th July 2019 Director of Planning and Building Control
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Department of Environment Food and Agriculture, Planning & Building Control Directorate, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Email [email protected]. Tel 01624 685950 Guidance Note This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it. All correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas. https://www.gov.im/planningapplication/services/planning/search.iom This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013. Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria set down in that instrument. Specifically, a valid appeal must be in writing, signed by the appellant, and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. To further validate the appeal it must contain: · Payment of a planning appeal fee as prescribed in the current Fees Order; · The reasons for making the appeal; and · An election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation. An appeal form and guidance notes are available from either Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or to download from the Department’s website https://www.gov.im/categories/planning-and-building-control/planning- applications/planning-appeals/how-to-appeal/ If no appeal is lodged within 21 days of the date of issue overleaf, and this decision becomes final, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House. Please note that if the counter copy of the application is not collected within THIRTY DAYS following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyed without further notice.
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