7 January 2009 · Planning Inspector (report to Council of Ministers)
New Turkeyland Quarry, Balthane Road, Balthane, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 2ar
The proposal varies existing permission for inert waste infill at New Turkeyland Quarry (4.67ha void in carboniferous limestone, near coast south-east of Ballasalla) to additionally accept up to 18,000 tonnes/year of processed/matured IBA following processing at adjacent Old Turkeyland Quarry (screening, metal recovery…
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Inspector concluded proposal technically feasible for IBA maturation/processing at Old Turkeyland and landfill at New Turkeyland, meeting Waste Strategy by reducing waste before landfilling and achiev…
Strategic Policy Waste Policy 1
Requires acknowledged need per Waste Strategy and landfill only if no alternative management. Inspector found need for IBA post-recycling/re-use demonstrated, no better method, meets Waste Hierarchy.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Permits countryside development only in exceptional cases of overriding national need with no reasonable alternative. IBA disposal nationally essential, Turkeyland technically/sustainably suitable.
General Policy 3
Similar to SP2, overriding need test. Proposal meets as essential waste solution.
Environment Policy 2
In AHLVSS, landscape protection paramount unless no harm or essential location. Processing continues existing intrusion; landfilling contained in void with restoration, policy satisfied without needing exception.
Waste Policy 1
No unacceptable impacts on residents/restoration. Sites remote from dwellings, operations contained, meets (b) and (e).
Waste Policy 19
Restoration requirements met by capping/restoration to calcareous grassland.
Multiple consultees responded to application 07/01612/B for variation of permission to allow storage/disposal of processed bottom ash at New Turkeyland Quarry, with most raising no objection but Environmental Protection Unit highlighting licensing and groundwater risks, and Fire Service requesting consultation.
Key concern: potential risk to groundwater from non-engineered landfill
Society for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside & Environment
SupportThe Society SUPPORTS this initiative and sees it as a vastly better solution than dumping at Archallaghyn (or elsewhere.); At best these two applications promise re-cycling, with a fall-back facility for storage at a site where any leachate will seemingly be harmless.; The Society can therefore only OBJECT.
Environmental Protection Unit
Conditional No Objectionsupporting site specific risk assessments for all three activities demonstrating that the waste and its handling will not pollute the environment or harm health in the short or long term; A further risk assessment for the re-use of the incinerator residue in each application is necessary prior to removal from site.
Conditions requested: planning permission, if granted, clearly indicates whether the approval allows for the development of a lined landfill site; mitigation measures for the control of noise and dust should be controlled in a similar way to existing operations in New and Old Turkeyland Quarries
Malew Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners wish to notify you that they do not object to this Planning Application.
Isle of Man Fire And Rescue Service
Conditional No ObjectionApplicant to consult with the Fire Safety Department to discuss fire safety measures.
Conditions requested: Applicant to consult with the Fire Safety Department to discuss fire safety measures
The original applications involved landfill facilities for incinerator bottom ash (IBA), construction & demolition (C&D) wastes, and contingencies in existing voids/quarries. Archallagan was a large government-proposed landfill in forestry/countryside; Turkeyland by Waste Management and Recycling Ltd for IBA processing/storage/disposal; Point of Ayre for residual C&D/hazardous wastes in AHLVSS. Appellant/TRWM argued technical feasibility, need compliance, low impacts, and sustainability via re-use. Inspector found Turkeyland fully compliant with policies including WP1, EP2, sustainable at £35/tonne, no pollution/amenity harm, recommends permission. Point of Ayre acceptable subject to BPEO comparison with Archallagan, no unacceptable harm despite AHLVSS intrusion. Archallagan oversized, harmful to countryside/amenity/ecology, alternatives exist via Turkeyland/Point of Ayre. Overall, promotes BPEO with Turkeyland for IBA, Point of Ayre preferable to Archallagan for C&D.
Precedent Value
Prioritise BPEO with site-specific alternatives over single large landfills; national waste need can override landscape harm if essential/no alternatives and licensing protects environment; real data from existing sites trumps estimates.
