Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of Service Delivery, (copy enclosed, Members’ Update to be circulated)*.

Following the Officer’s presentation, a debate ensued.

Members noted that there were no major concerns with the application. Councillor  Morley felt it would not impede on any amenities and Councillor Thompson noted  that a condition on external lighting was already in place and that Environmental Health had already supported the application.

In light of the aforementioned conditions the Chairman put the Officer’s recommendation to approve the application to the Committee and upon a vote being taken it was approved.

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

1.               The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

2.               The premises shall only be used by The Maldon Crystal Salt Company for

the production of salt using water collected from the River Blackwater and

as defined within Class B1(c) of Part B of the Schedule to the Town and

Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (or in any provision equivalent

to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking or re-enacting that

Order) and for no other purpose.

3.         Samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the building hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority prior to their use on site. The development shall be carried out using the approved materials.

4.         Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended), details of any gates, fences, walls, railings and piers to be constructed within the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  No part of the development hereby approved shall be occupied until any agreed boundary treatments have been carried out in accordance with the approved details with the approved scheme retained as such thereafter.

5.         The approved soft landscaping scheme shall be carried out within the first available planting season (October to March inclusive) following the commencement of the development.  If within a period of five years from the date of the planting the native hedgerow or any tree or is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, or becomes, in the opinion of the local planning authority, seriously damaged or defective, another plant of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the local planning authority gives its written consent to any variation.

6.         The proposed parking and turning areas as indicated on the approved plan drawing no.3371:002rev.B shall be provided prior to the first occupation of the building hereby permitted and retained as such in perpetuity. No further areas of hard standing or vehicular parking areas shall be constructed unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

7.         There shall be no staff on site undertaking operational activities except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (except Bank Holidays). 

8.         Deliveries and collections to and from the premises shall only be undertaken between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (except Bank Holidays).  No lorries shall be parked on the hardstanding forecourt of the development unless loading or unloading at anytime.

9.         No goods, plant, machinery, merchandise, packaging, waste containers, skips or materials shall be stored outside the building hereby permitted unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

10.         No external illumination shall be provided at the site except for small bulkhead type fittings above external doors.

11.         No additional floor space shall be created within the building hereby approved (for example, through a mezzanine floor).

12.         No extraction equipment or vents shall be incorporated into the external fabric of the building hereby permitted unless details have been submitted to and gained the prior written approval of the local planning authority.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter.

13.         The descaling process shall only take place between 9am and 6pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (except Bank Holidays).

                          14.         There shall be no more than 12 lorry movements associated with the use of

Longwick Farm by the applicant between 7:00 am Monday and 18:00pm Friday each week. A written record shall be maintained at the site showing all movements in and out of the site by vehicles in excess of 7.5 tonne gross vehicle weight. Such records shall contain the vehicle registration and operating companies’ identity and time/date of movement. The records shall be made available for inspection by the local planning authority. 

         15.         The building hereby permitted shall not be occupied until weather protected

storage for bicycles and parking for PTWs at the site have been provided in accordance with details which shall have been submitted to and gained the prior written consent of the local planning authority. The development shall be completed and retained in accordance with the approved details.