**Document:** DC Skips Recycling Planning Statement **Application:** 13/90996/B — Use of site for the screening, crushing and sorting of mainly inert construction materials **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2013-11-12 **Parish:** Patrick **Document Type:** report / planning_statement **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/4818-patrick-landfill-site-land/documents/1293624 --- # DC Skips Recycling Planning Statement ## Dc Skips Ltd, ### Recycling Area Within Landfill Site, ### South Of Stoney Mountain Road, East Foxdale #### Planning Statement **Application for inclusion of stone recycling operation within boundary of landfill site.** - 7 AUG 2013 #### Site history: During the time the DC Skips Waste Transfer Station and adjacent landfill site have been operating it has more recently become apparent that there is a commercially viable demand for recycling the stone content, which is now a major proportion of the waste received in the skips collected from the public. This has been available to those who requested it as a secondary use of part of the site. Demand out-stripped supply of the size mostly required, so larger stones normally destined for landfill have been kept aside and later crushed to produce the smaller type more regularly in demand. The processing of the stone is a weather-dependant operation, so personnel can easily move between the two sites to carry out other work if weather stops the crushing / recycling. A flow chart is included that shows the origin of waste received and the waste streams that are generated by the sorting process at the Waste Transfer Station. This application is to deal with the stone stream only, as the remaining streams are already dealt with by other methods of disposal. This gradual change should have initiated a variation in the planning approval but was overlooked in error, resulting in stock-piles of crushed stone being stored on the lower ground levels at the landfill site, where the finished profile has not yet been achieved. Due to the site being located approximately 300m away from the main road at the bottom of a winding lane, there is been no obvious visual effect and no complaints have been received about this activity. #### Proposal: This planning application in parallel with a separate application to continue the landfill operation seeks to include, as a secondary use within the landfill site boundary, an area to permit stone recycling and storage, for a four-year period, commencing at the same time as (if) permission is granted to continue landfill. Justification for this process is supported by the **DOI "Waste Policy and Strategy, 2012 to 2022"** Vision document, especially in increasing the effectiveness of the Island’s waste resources by reducing landfill and increasing re-use and recycling of construction and demolition type wastes. (DOI Zero Waste Vision) It is accepted that the stone recycling operation will progressively reduce and will need to terminate approximately one year prior to the completion of landfill operations and restoration of the site. The annual quantity of recycling is expected to be in the region of 5,400 Cu.M., imported from the Waste Transfer Station. Recycling activity on this site is only proposed irregularly as material requiring recycling is made available within the licensed hours. It is not a permanent operation. The close proximity of the subject site to the Waste Transfer Station allows more flexibility of staff when either site demands and, consequently, separate personnel welfare facilities are not required on this site. No members of the public are permitted on this site. The site will only be operated during daylight hours between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm on Saturday, within the conditions imposed by a Waste Disposal License to be obtained from DEFA. No lighting will be installed or used on the site. There are no permanent utility services on this site as none are necessary. Water for dust suppression is obtained from a portable bowser, filled at the Waste Transfer Station when required during dry conditions. The recycling equipment used is a 'Powerscreen' chain filter which is fed by a track-driven excavator. The operation takes place in a hollow behind a bund of earth to suppress noise and reduce visual impact. ### Compliance with "Zero Waste, 2012 to 2022", IOM Government strategy. Policy 1 of the "Zero Waste" strategy demands reduction in traffic movements and related financial burden on waste disposal: DCS are able to achieve this due to the close proximity of the subject site to the DCS Waste Transfer Station, making it un-necessary to travel to other sites for disposal. Policy 2 of the "Zero Waste" strategy demands action towards overall target of 70% recycled and less than 5% landfilled and the Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling target of 90%, by 2022. Recycling the maximum amount of stone in this manner is a major step towards achieving this. Policy 4 of the "Zero Waste" strategy recommends optimising the use of the Island's waste facilities. By use of this self-owned disposal site, DCS are assisting the achievement of this policy, allowing other sites to continue longer for other waste producers. ### Compliance with Strategic Plan 2007 Policies. The various policies within the Strategic Plan 2007 have also been considered and their relevance and compliance to this application indicated in the tables on following pages. Note that all applicable policies are compliant, with brief justifications noted. [Table omitted in markdown export] T.E.Craine Agent for applicant 15th July 2013 [Table omitted in markdown export] --- *Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).* *Canonical page: https://planningportal.im/a/4818-patrick-landfill-site-land/documents/1293624*