25 October 2004 · Planning Committee
New Turkeyland Quarry, Balthane Road, Balthane, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 2ar
New Turkeyland Quarry, a 4.7ha limestone void up to 30m deep adjacent to Ronaldsway Airport and 100m from the Irish Sea, ceased extraction in 2003 under a 1971 permission requiring restoration. The proposal infills with inert wastes (sub-soil, railway ballast, demolition/construction waste mainly stone/brick/aggregate)…
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The proposal complies with Condition 3 of the 1971 permission (ref IDO 30698) requiring progressive restoration of worked areas, establishing the principle of infill reclamation.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the infilling of the site as shown in the drawings and information received in the form of the planning statement received on 6th July, 2004.
Pre-commencement works
Prior to the commencement of infilling the northwest corner of the site must be regraded to a smooth profile and sown with a grass mix suitable to calcareous down. Note: the advice of the Wildflowers of Mann Project and DAFF is recommended in this respect.
no objection on condition that definitions of inert waste are observed, with stringent enforceable conditions attached
no objections in principle to infilling with inert waste
Multiple consultees responded to the quarry reinstatement application, raising concerns about rare calcareous grassland and potential protected species but generally offering no objection subject to conditions for habitat retention and waste definitions.
Key concern: rare calcareous grassland habitat retention
DAFF Wildlife and Conservation Office
Conditional No ObjectionWe are in touch with the applicant to try and retain these habitats within the plan for restoration.; any areas are worth retaining, and could perhaps be managed to encourage an increase in their area.
Conditions requested: reseeding would be restricted to those areas that do not already have established turf
Manx National Heritage
Conditional No Objectionwe would nevertheless welcome an opportunity to discuss further with the applicant any means there might be to preserve or enhance it as part of the restoration process.; Should the species still be present in the quarry, measures will need to be devised to ensure that it survives.
Conditions requested: a note be added to the approval notice, advising the applicant to consult Manx National Heritage and/or the Wildlife and Conservation Division of D.A.F.F., on possible measures to save the calcareous grassland
Ian Bleasdale representing Society for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside & Environment
No ObjectionOne needs to know where it is to go and how it is to be treated?; That apart, the Society raises no objections in principle to this application.
Department of Transport Highways Division
No ObjectionNo adverse traffic impacts.
Malew Parish Commissioners
Conditional No ObjectionThe Commissioners wish to notify you that they have no objection to this planning application on condition that the definitions of inert waste are observed, with stringent enforceable conditions attached.
Conditions requested: definitions of inert waste are observed, with stringent enforceable conditions attached
