That PLANNING PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject to
the conditions as set out within the published Officer Report as
amended solely in respect of condition no.20 at the consultation
meeting of the Members of the County Council’s Planning &
Regulatory Functions Committee on the morning of Tuesday 31st March
2020 which now reads as follows:
Amended Condition No. 20 (amendments shown in yellow
highlight)
Within 6 months of the date of this decision, a Detailed
Landscaping Scheme and After-care Management Plan including an
implementation programme and schedule of maintenance and
‘after-care’ for a minimum period of five years from
final restoration of an individual Phase shall first be submitted
and agreed in writing with the County Planning Authority. Where a
Phase has already been restored, the period of
‘after-care’ shall be deemed to commence on the date of
this decision and shall run for five years thereafter. The scheme
of landscaping and aftercare shall include long term design and
habitat objectives, method statements for site preparation and
establishment of key habitats, management responsibilities and
maintenance schedules and provide a combination of good quality
habitat creation on the restored landfill and ensure long-term
sympathetic management of the retained area. The scheme shall also
include details and provision for:
i) soil preparation;
ii) application of fertiliser;
iii) sowing and establishment of green cover;
iv) tree hedgerow and scrub planting, inclusive of sources,
species, sizes, planting density mix and number;
v) grassland planting, inclusive of sources, species, sizes,
planting density mix and number;
vi) wetland margin and aquatic planting, inclusive of sources,
species, sizes, planting density mix and number;
vii) maintenance/aftercare provisions which shall include a scheme
which ensures that if within a period of five years from the date
of the planting of any tree or shrub, that tree or shrub or any
tree or shrub planted in replacement for it, is removed, uprooted
or destroyed or dies (or becomes, in the opinion of the County
Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective), another tree
or shrub of the same species, size and maturity as that originally
planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the County
Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation;
and,
viii) boundary details and means of enclosure.
All works shall be carried out, applying accepted best practice at
all times, in accordance with the approved details and
implementation programme.