Agenda and minutes
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS
To receive any apologies for absence and notices of substitutions under Standing Order 40. Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were recieved from Christian Mahne. |
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MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 16 July 2014 and 30 July 2014. Additional documents: Minutes: These were agreed as a true record of the last meeting. |
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PETITIONS
To receive any petitions from members of the public in accordance with Standing Order 65 (please see note 7 below). Additional documents: Minutes: There were none. |
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PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
To answer any questions received from local government electors within Surrey in accordance with Standing Order 66 (please see note 8 below). Additional documents: Minutes: There were none.
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MEMBERS' QUESTION TIME
To answer any questions received from Members of the Council in accordance with Standing Order 47. Additional documents: Minutes: There were none.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS
To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.
Notes: · In line with the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012, declarations may relate to the interest of the member, or the member’s spouse or civil partner, or a person with whom the member is living as husband or wife, or a person with whom the member is living as if they were civil partners and the member is aware they have the interest. · Members need only disclose interests not currently listed on the Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests. · Members must notify the Monitoring Officer of any interests disclosed at the meeting so they may be added to the Register. · Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest. Additional documents: Minutes: There were none.
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MINERALS/WASTE WA/2014/0005: Alton Road Sandpit, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 5EL
An application for the extraction of sand (770,000 tonnes) and clay (512,000 cubic metres) from a site of 36.2 ha; filling of existing and resultant void with (2.6 million cubic metres) non-hazardous industrial, commercial, household and inert waste; installation of plant and equipment; alterations to existing site access onto A31; and comprehensive restoration of the site over a period of 11.5 years without compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission ref. WA99/0223 to allow the development be completed in all respects not later than 31 December 2029.
The recommendation is that subject to:-
- The prior completion of a Legal Agreement with the applicant and landowners to secure the long term (20 years in addition to the 5 year aftercare scheme) management, maintenance and aftercare of the application site, edged red and blue, as denoted on the application site plan (Drawing ref: ALTONRD1309/Drawing No 2/ Revision B), through the preparation of a ecological enhancement and woodland management plan in accordance with the draft Heads of Agreement set out in Appendix 1 to the report,
to PERMIT subject to conditions.
Additional documents: Minutes: AN UPDATE SHEET WAS TABLED AND IS ATTACHED AS ANNEX 1 TO THE MINUTES
Declarations of interest: None
Officers:
Alan Stones, Planning Development Control Team Manager Nancy El-Shatoury, Principal Lawyer Caroline Smith, Transport Development Planning Team Manager Peter Brett, Consultant
Speakers:
Rob Dutton, read out the following statement on behalf of Tony Goodall who was unable to make the meeting.
“The original planning permission lapsed in 2006 due to non-compliance with Condition 28, when the site was declared dormant. Until verifiable evidence is provided to identify precisely how or when such a Condition could possibly have been waived, isn’t it beyond the limits of reasonableness for Members to be expected to approve this Application? The proposed development falls outside of the limits of adopted Policy AR1. Consequently any sand on the site is not listed in the Local Plan as part of mineral reserves, and wouldn’t be needed to meet soft sand reserve targets. Pages 27,28 and 29 of the Planning Inspectors Report of November 2012 specifically identifies the limitations of the site that does not include quarrying for sand. In any event the viability of these proposals is very questionable. Furthermore, why should any Applicant be exceptionally granted an extension where in essence nothing has been done with the site since 1991 when the last landfill was deposited? Shouldn’t there be substantive technical reasons that need to be identified to explain precisely why no development activities have taken place? No gas flow data has been supplied by the Operator since 1998. Such fundamental data is essential in order to actually determine that the Gas Management System has been operating effectively. As a direct consequence about 52 million cubic metres of landfill gas is unaccounted over the past ten years alone. It can only be through pure luck that the gas has escaped through the porous surfaces of the landfill instead of migrating into homes as previously recorded. Unfortunately the proposals would significantly increase the potential for lateral migrations of gas into homes, and the risks caused by any system failure would be increased astronomically. Under these circumstances is it possible for Members to feel confident about the Operators competence particularly since new Government guidance is not due out until late next year? Why is it that an appropriate investigation to determine the site’s suitability as a SANG and an SNCI has not been carried out, particularly since Waverley Borough Council are desperately searching for SANGS to enable them to produce a viable Local Plan to satisfy the Government’s housing targets? A Complaints procedure regarding the handling of this Application has yet to run its course. Furthermore, a request for this Application to be called-in for decision by the Secretary of State has been registered, as well as a request for the Complaint to be considered by the Local Government Ombudsman. If these procedures don’t lead to a rejection of this Application then a Judicial Review is likely to follow”.
Rob Dutton, a local resident, made representations ... view the full minutes text for item 89/14 |
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Planning & Regulatory Committee will be on 24 September 2014. Additional documents: Minutes: The next meeting will be held on 24 September 2014. |