Decision details

A report was presented on the variation of condition 3 of permission 06/10/0169 to vary the hours of operation of the shredder to 07.30 to 17.30 Monday to Friday (except bank holidays) 7.30 to 13.00 on Saturdays with no metal processing operations to be undertaken by the shredder recycling plant at any time on Sundays and public holidays at Recycling Lives, Longridge Road, Preston.

The Committee was reminded that a report relating to this planning application was originally presented to the Development Control Committee on 2^nd March 2016.  At that meeting it was resolved to refuse planning permission with the application being brought back to the following meeting to confirm the precise reasons for refusal.

A report then followed to the meeting on 13^th April 2016 which outlined possible reasons for refusal. However, following consideration of the report, it was resolved that the application be deferred in order to allow further discussions with the applicant as to the mitigation measures that might be employed to address the concerns of the committee regarding the environmental impacts of the additional hours of operation.

The committee was informed that following the Committee meeting on 13^th April 2016, the applicant had submitted further information outlining the mitigation measures proposed to further address any noise, dust and other amenity impacts resulting from the operation of this site.

The Development Management Officer reported orally that the applicant had made a number of comments in relation to the list of recommended conditions appended to the report. These were set out in the Update Sheet circulated at the meeting (copy set out at Annex A to the Minute Book and published as a supplementary report to the agenda).

The Officer advised that the proposed changes to the conditions set out in the Update Sheet were acceptable. The committee was also advised that the applicant had agreed to accept the recommended hours of operation of the pre-shredder as set out at Condition 2 to the planning permission.

Following questions to the officers with regard to the mitigation measures proposed it was:

Resolved: That planning permission be Granted subject to the conditions set out in the report to committee and the inclusion of the amended conditions as set out in the Update Sheet.