20 February 2015 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control (M. Gallyher)
Pooil Vaish Quarry, 347 Poyllvaaish To Scarlett, Pooilvaaish, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 4ph
The application sought permission to continue working an existing coastal limestone quarry without lateral extension, extracting dimension stone, building stone, and waste rock for local and export markets, while removing overburden stockpiles that were sterilising reserves and visible from public paths.
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The site is an established quarry allocated for mineral extraction in the Area Plan for the South, with historic working since the 17th century and government mining leases, so not treated as greenfie…
General Policy 2
Requires development in accordance with Area Plan zoning without adverse landscape/wildlife/views/amenity/highway effects. Site allocated as Mineral Extraction Site; proposal improves visual amenity by removing stockpiles, no wildlife harm, traffic controlled by conditions.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding national need/no alternative. Traffic could adversely affect countryside amenity; no national need as reserves in landbank but unique stone/no substitute, benefits (restoration/controls) outweigh.
Environment Policy 4
No adverse effect on ASSI/protected species; DEFA no objection, sand martins nesting suspended, no increased disturbance.
Minerals Policy 1
Permits winning minerals if need/no secondary aggregate substitute, no unacceptable amenity/landscape/archaeology/ecology/highway effects, phased restoration. Unique limestone need met, impacts mitigated/controlled, restoration secured.
Strategic Policy 4
Protect/enhance heritage/landscape/nature near ASSI; no monument harm, landscape enhanced by tidy/restoration.
Environment Policy 27
Enhance natural environment/mineral sites via reclamation; approved restoration to geological habitat with bond.
Approved plans
This planning permission relates to the development proposed in the Planning Application submitted November 2014, the overburden phasing plan submitted 6th January 2015, and updated proposals summarised in the e-mail of 6th January 2015.
Time limit and duration
The development permitted shall commence before the expiry of two years from the date of this permission, and shall cease 30 years from the date of this approval or at an earlier date as notified by the Department of Infrastructure Planning and Building Control in the event the quarry is not worked continuously for a period of 24 months...
Extraction limits
The permission relates to the: extraction and removal of up to 3,500 tonnes of mineral per year; campaign crushing of rock once a year; removal of up to 44,810 tonnes of overburden... over a 30 year period.
Method of working
The mineral will be worked in accordance with the Method Statement of Working set out on page 1 of the Planning Application and stockpiled in accordance with Plan Showing Proposed Locations of Stockpiles submitted on 06/01/2015.
Overburden removal
The overburden will be removed in accordance with the Proposed Method for Removing Overburden in the Planning Application, and in the phases identified on the plan submitted on 06/01/2015.
Buttress construction
The buttress shall be constructed in accordance with the method of working on page 19-20 of the application and shall be maintained as such unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Department...
Vehicle movements
Vehicle movements must be limited only to: a. The use of one flatbed/trailer in any one day, maximum length 9m... b. One wagon of 19 tonnes payload... No tracked vehicles to be used.
Prior notification
The occupants of Pooil Vaaish Farm... must be notified in writing of the intention to commence the removal of overburden or crushed rock 7 days in advance...
Traffic management scheme
Prior to the use hereby permitted commencing a traffic management scheme shall be submitted to and be approved... operated during times of campaign crushing and removal of overburden.
Restoration scheme
The quarry will be restored in accordance with the Final Quarry Profile... Proposed Restoration Plan, and the Cross Sections Illustrating the Proposed Restoration Landform.
Cessation and removal
On the expiry of 30 years... all operations shall cease and all buildings, equipment, and hardstandings shall be removed from the site.
Hours of operation
The working hours... Monday to Friday 0800 - 1630hrs. Transportation... 0900 to 1630hrs. The site shall not be operational Saturday, Sunday or Public Bank Holidays.
Fencing and gates
Before the development... details of the fencing and security gates shall be submitted... all site fencing and security gates... shall be installed.
Drainage scheme
Within 3 months... a scheme for the monitoring and maintenance of quarry drainage shall be submitted... and the Scheme shall be implemented...
Overburden records
From the date... keep a written record of the tonnage of all overburden removed... provide such records... at intervals not exceeding 6 months...
Stone removal records
From the date... keep a written record of the volume of all stone removed... up to 31st May and up to 30th November each year...
Site surveys
Within 12 months... and at intervals of 5 Years thereafter... a full survey of the site shall be undertaken...
Quarry face surveys
Within 12 months... and at intervals of 12 months thereafter... a survey of the condition of the quarry face...
Stockpile heights
At no time shall the height of any overburden mound or stockpile... exceed 4 metres.
do not oppose the application
no objection; welcomes biodiversity mitigation and restoration by natural recolonisation; requests conditions on archaeology, lorry regulation, verge protection, restoration
no objection; notes breeding birds/campaign crushing timing, ASSI adjacency no new effects if clean effluent, sand martins addressed
no objection; supports overburden removal; desirable higher dimension stone; desktop stability assessment recommends conditions
no objection subject to workable conditions on traffic levels, management scheme, single vehicle, laybys/traffic lights
