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The site represents a parcel of land within Old Turkeyland Quarry - a former quarry now used for the production of concrete blocks and processing material. The site lies at the end of Balthane Road which leads from the A5 Castletown Road through Balthane industrial estate towards the airfield, then turning north east to lead past New Turkeyland active quarry to the older quarry which lies across the road to the north.
The applicant controls both the application site, land to the north and east of this and New Turkeyland Quarry.
The site lies within an area designated on the Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan) Order 1982 as an Area for Surface Mineral Working.
IDO 5604 proposed the installation of plant at the quarry for crushing limestone and was permitted (1948) IDO 11788 proposed a grinding mill and storage bins and was permitted (1956) IDO 23718 proposed the principle of new buildings and was permitted (1968) IDO 24079 proposed new buildings and was permitted (1968) IDO 31807 proposed an extension to the existing quarry in a north eastern direction and was permitted (1972) IDO 45275 proposed the erection of an office building was permitted (1977) PA 97/1829 proposed an extension to blockworks kiln building - permitted PA 07/1611 proposed the creation of a facility for the processing and maturation of bottom ash and was permitted PA 08/1042 proposed the temporary operation of a mobile asphalt plant and was permitted
Proposed is the operation of a waste transfer station for the temporary storage of asbestos prior to despatch for final disposal. This involves the storage of no more than 500 tonnes at any one time of asbestos stored in lockable sealed containers or lockable box skips, delivered by licensed contractors and the material will be double bagged and handled in accordance with the Waste Management Licence. The site will operate between 0700 - 1700hrs Monday to Friday and 0700-1300 hrs Saturdays. Material will be stored for no more than one year on the site.
The site presently has a licence to operate as a landfill facility.
There is presently no facility for the storage and/or disposal of asbestos which is a material which cannot be recycled or re-used. The amount of material brought to site would be approximately 63 loads per annum which is not a significant change to the traffic presently associated with the authorised operations on site.
An application for a waste disposal licence has been submitted concurrently and the applicant has liaised with The Waste Operations Management Unit and Environmental Protection Unit prior to the submission of the application.
Malew Parish Commissioners indicate that they have no objection to the application. Department of Local Government and the Environment Estates and Housing Directorate indicate that they have no comment to make Department of Transport Highways and Traffic Division indicate that they do not oppose the application
A resident of Port Soderick comments that the principle is not opposed but finds it difficult to assess how long "temporary" will be. The application indicates that material will not be stored for more than a year on the site.
Manx Electricity Authority recommend a note regarding electricity supplies and working practices around the site. This is a matter for the contractor on site and the Manx Electricity Authority and should not be referred to in the planning decision notice.
Whilst Waste Policy 1 of the Strategic Plan makes provision for waste management installations including landfill sites, civic amenity sites and facilities for the bulking up, separation, recycling or recovery of materials from waste, there is no provision for temporary storage facilities. However, there is no current disposal facility for asbestos and as such, the provision within Waste Policy 1 where "landfill will only be permitted where it can be demonstrated that there is no alternative method for managing that waste" is relevant in that there is no alternative method presently for managing that waste.
The restoration of the quarry has been undertaken in conjunction with conditions attached to IDO 31807 which was commenced but not completed due to the quality of the mineral found. The inclusion of the temporary storage of asbestos on this site, which is some distance from residential property, the haul route is through generally industrial land before reaching the principal traffic route and as such, the site is considered suitable for the proposed use and that there are no more preferable sites on which this use could be undertaken. The proposed use will not adversely affect any of the criteria listed in Waste Policy 1 above and as such the proposal is considered to be acceptable.
It is not felt that conditions controlling the hours or nature of operation as many of these aspects are dealt with in the licence issued by the Department and access is through an industrial area where hours of operation are not generally controlled.
The Department of Transport and the local authority are, by virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2005, paragraph 6 (5) (c) and (d), considered "interested persons" and as such should be afforded party status.
Manx Electricity Authority do not raise material planning considerations, Department of Local Government and the Environment Estates and Housing raise no material comment on the proposal and the resident of Port Soderick is not directly affected by the proposal so none of these parties should be afforded party status in this instance.
Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 30.01.2009 Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal
C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal
C 1. The use must be taken up within four years of the date of this notice in order for this approval to remain valid after that time.
C 2. This permission relates to the operation of a waste transfer facility as shown and described in Figures 1 and 2 and the supporting statement all received on 24th December, 2008.
I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular No 31/07 (Delegation of Functions to Senior Planning Officer)
Decision Made : Permitted Date : 10/2/09
Signed : S. Shouitt Senior Planning Officer Planning Committee
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