Decision details

A report was presented on an application for the variation of condition 1 of planning permission 1/98/29 to extend the period for mining operations to 31st December 2036 with final restoration of the site by 31st December 2038 at  Claughton Moor Quarry, Claughton, Lancaster.

The report included the views of Lancaster City Council, the Environment Agency, Lancashire County Council's Specialist adviser (Ecology), Natural England, Lancashire County Council's consultants on Landscape (Jacobs) and the Health and Safety Executive. It was noted that no letters of representation had been received.

The Development Management Officer presented a PowerPoint Presentation showing an aerial view of the site and the nearest residential properties. The committee was also shown a site plan, and photographs of the site including the aerial ropeway system.

Following questions to the Officers by the Members with regard to the aerial ropeway it was:

Resolved: That after first taking into consideration the environmental information, as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, and subject to the signing of a section 106 agreement relating to extended aftercare and removal of the aerial ropeway system, planning permission be granted subject to conditions set out in the report to the committee.