Minutes:
106.1 Item 7E
Application DC/21/01048
Proposal Planning Application – Change of use of land and buildings from poultry unit to structural insulated panels manufacturer (Class B2)
Site Location MENDLESHAM – Cherrygate Farm, Norwich Road, Mendlesham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5NE
Applicant Supersips Ltd
106.2 A break was taken from 12:00pm until 12:04pm after application number DC/21/02047 and before the commencement of application number DC/21/01048.
106.3 Councillor Hicks left the meeting at 12:00pm.
106.4 Councillor Humphreys MBE took the Chair.
106.5 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members including: the location and layout of the site, the proposed use of the site, access to the site, the existing use of the buildings, and the officer recommendation of approval.
106.6 The Case Officer and the Area Planning Manager responded to questions from Members on issues including: the response from Highways regarding Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs), the conditions applicable to the site access, transport of chemicals via HGVs, the response from the Environment agency, any residential properties on the site, and the number of vehicle movements to and from the site.
106.7 The Case Officer, the Area Planning Manager and the Planning Lawyer provided clarification to Members of the implications of the change of use to class B2, and whether permission could be personalised to a particular user.
106.8 The Case Officer and the Area Planning Manager responded to further questions from Members on issues including: noise pollution, potential odours from the site, the red line area and whether the change of use applied to the buildings on site or the land, whether HGV movements could be restricted, and the future use of the redundant buildings on site.
106.9 Members considered the representation from Kevin Blatch who spoke as an Objector.
106.10 The Objector responded to questions from Members on issues including: the traffic crash map information.
106.11 Members considered the representation from James Platt who spoke as the Agent.
106.12 The Agent responded to questions from Members on issues including: the access to the site, the size of the vehicles visiting the site, potential odour issues and the number of vehicle movements to the site.
106.13 The Applicant responded to questions from Members regarding the manufacturing process.
106.14 Members considered the representation from Councillor Stringer who spoke as the Ward Member.
106.15 Members debated the application on issues including: the potential employment opportunities, access to the site, potential contamination issues, the sustainability of the products, and the suitability of the site.
106.16 A break was taken between 13:19pm and 13:43pm to allow Officers to discuss potential additional conditions with the applicant.
106.17 The Area Planning Manager read out the revised recommendation as detailed below:
That the Chief Planning Officer be authorised to GRANT Planning Permission subject to the agreement of the Environment Agency and Essex and Suffolk Water, or should their holding objection be maintained, REFUSE Planning permission for such reasons considered defensible by Officers at appeal.
Any approval subject to the following conditions:-
· Standard time limit — three years to implement change of use
· Development to accord with approved plans
· Sustainability report to detail compliance with Core Strategy policy CS3
· Site boundary noise levels to be no greater than 5dBA above background levels
· Sound insulation on all buildings to be agreed
· Restriction on location of noisy activities on site such they only occur within insulated buildings
· Sound insulation on external plant, machinery and equipment
· Limit to hours of work to apply to the office and manufacturing process proposed on site
· Use of crew buses for late evening and night workers
· Restriction on parking on site for late evening and night workers
· Details of any illumination to be agreed such that light spill be restricted to the site itself, that external illumination be set to be motion activated during night hours and for lighting to not adversely impact ecology.
· Such conditions considered necessary following the conclusion of discussions with the Environment Agency.
Plus –
· No outside storage unless agreed
· Restriction on the use of the buildings and land to manufacture of insulated panels manufacturer with incidental storage and office use only.
· The use of the buildings in terms of individual operations to be agreed (but in general accord with the plan provided)
· Scheme of delivery management of materials to be agreed that includes limit to hours of delivery both to and from the site, number of trips and operation of a ring ahead strategy for HGV to be secured.
106.18 Members continued to debate the application on issues including: the use of chemicals on site, and the timescales for conditions.
107.18 Councillor Passmore proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the revised recommendation.
107.19 Councillor Meyer seconded the proposal.
107.20 Councillor Passmore and Councillor Meyer agreed to an additional condition relating to fire hydrants.
By a vote of 6 votes for and 1 against
It was RESOLVED:
That the Chief Planning Officer be authorised to GRANT Planning Permission subject to the agreement of the Environment Agency and Essex and Suffolk Water, or should their holding objection be maintained, REFUSE Planning permission for such reasons considered defensible by Officers at appeal.
Any approval subject to the following conditions:-
· Standard time limit — three years to implement change of use
· Development to accord with approved plans
· Sustainability report to detail compliance with Core Strategy policy CS3
· Site boundary noise levels to be no greater than 5dBA above background levels
· Sound insulation on all buildings to be agreed
· Restriction on location of noisy activities on site such they only occur within insulated buildings
· Sound insulation on external plant, machinery and equipment
· Limit to hours of work to apply to the office and manufacturing process proposed on site
· Use of crew buses for late evening and night workers
· Restriction on parking on site for late evening and night workers
· Details of any illumination to be agreed such that light spill be restricted to the site itself, that external illumination be set to be motion activated during night hours and for lighting to not adversely impact ecology.
· Such conditions considered necessary following the conclusion of discussions with the Environment Agency.
Plus –
· No outside storage unless agreed
· Restriction on the use of the buildings and land to manufacture of insulated panels manufacturer with incidental storage and office use only.
· The use of the buildings in terms of individual operations to be agreed (but in general accord with the plan provided)
· Scheme of delivery management of materials to be agreed that includes limit to hours of delivery both to and from the site, number of trips and operation of a ring ahead strategy for HGV to be secured.
· Fire hydrants.
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