Decision details

West Lancashire Borough: Application number LCC/2018/0055
Construction of an electricity generating facility of up to 5MW from five generators powered by mains gas, and associated plant and equipment consisting of five radiators, five transformer

Is Key decision?: No

Decisions:

A report was presented on an application for a gas powered standby facility for the generation of electricity located within part of an existing fenced compound on the edge of the West Quarry Railway Pad, Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge.

 

The Committee was informed that the proposal had attracted some interest in the local area and that County Councillor John Fillis had requested that the Committee visit the site before determining the application.

 

Several members of the Committee commented that they had already had the opportunity of visiting the site and its locality on a previous occasion when it was the subject of a separate planning application.  It was therefore Moved and Seconded that:

 

'The request for a site visit to land adjacent to West Quarry Railway Pad, Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge be refused'.

 

On being put to the vote the Motion was Carried, it was therefore:

 

Resolved: That the request for a site visit to land adjacent to West Quarry Railway Pad, Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge be refused.

 

Report author: Jonathan Haine

Date of decision: 12/12/2018

Decided at meeting: 12/12/2018 - Development Control Committee

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