REVIEW OF OLD MINERAL PERMISSIONS
ANNEX FOUR EXAMPLE OF AN AMENDED SCHEME OF CONDITIONS
Changes from the scheme of conditions originally submitted are shown in italics
1 Consent for the extraction of aggregates shall expire by 21 February 2042 by which time, unless with the express approval of the Planning Authority, all working shall have ceased and the quarry fully restored in accordance with the approved schemes, including the removal of all plant and buildings from site.
2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Planning Authority, the working site shall be carried out in accordance with the working programme and phasing plans (figures 2a-2e) detailed in the Environmental Statement dated 30 July 1998 except as including the working method described in section 2.3 of the report on the Assessment of Environmental Noise dated 2 March 2000; and restoration of the site shall be undertaken in accordance with the conditions following.
3 For the avoidance of doubt, processing methods shall be restricted to the areas defined in Figure 5 Revision 1 dated 20 August 1998 and appended to the document entitled Modifications to Plant and Working dated 4 October 1999.
4 From the commencement of this review the operators shall maintain records of their monthly output/production and shall make them available to the Planning Authority at any time upon request. All records shall be kept for at least 5 years.
5 The surfacing of the site access shall be maintained in a good state of repair and kept clean and free of mud and other debris at all times until completion of site restoration.
6 With the exception of the quarry operator or its nominated contractor, no haulage vehicles shall be permitted to enter the quarry working with the exception of the council or its nominated contractor in respect of the removal of washed road chips, and for the purposes of removing armour stone.
7 No loaded lorries shall leave the site unsheeted except those only carrying stone in excess of 75mm.
8 No slurry or water from the permitted operation shall be allowed to flow onto the public highway.
9 Should future monitoring of the AXX/access road junction show that lorries from the site are carrying deleterious material onto the junction then the operator shall take adequate mitigating measures to resolve the situation to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority in consultation with the Roads Authority.
10 Except in emergencies to maintain safe quarry working, which shall be notified to the Planning Authority as soon as practicable, or unless the Planning Authority as agreed otherwise in writing, no operations other than water pumping, servicing, maintenance and testing of plant shall be carried out at the quarry except between the following times:-
i) Extraction of rock - between the hours of 0600 and 2100 Monday to Friday
ii) Milling of limestone - this automated process shall operate on a 24 hour basis
iii) Crushing and screening of rock - between the hours of 0600 and 2100 hours Monday to Friday; between the hours of 0800 and 2000 hours on Saturday; and between the hours of 1000 and 1800 hours on Sunday.
Iv) Despatch of aggregates and limestone - between the hours of 0600 and 2100 Monday to Friday; between the hours of 0800 and 2000 hours on Saturday and between the hours of 1000 and 1800 hours on Sunday.
V) Despatch of aggregates as part of ship loading operation - between the hours of 0600 and 2100 hours Monday to Friday and between the hours of 0800 and 2000 hours on Saturday. No Sunday activity.
11 During permitted hours of operation, for general quarry operations excluding soil and overburden handling works, the free-field equivalent continuous noise level (L aeg,1h) shall not exceed 45 dB(A) at the nearest noise sensitive premises.
12 During permitted hours of operation and for a maximum of eight weeks in any year, for soil and overburden handling works, the free-field equivalent continuous noise level (L aeg,1h) shall not exceed 70 dB(A) at the nearest noise sensitive premises.
13 Monitoring of noise arising from quarrying operations shall be carried out in accordance with a detailed scheme which shall be submitted to and require the approval in writing on the Planning Authority in consultation with the Environmental Health Authority within three months of the scheme of conditions being approved in order to ensure that the specified limits are not being exceeded. Such scheme shall include proposed monitoring locations, proposals for the frequency of monitoring; and provisions for reporting the results of the monitoring to the Planning Authority.
14 All vehicles, plant and machinery operated within the site shall be maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's specification at all times, and shall be fitted with an use effective silencers.
15 Except in emergencies to maintain safe quarry working, which shall be notified to the Planning Authority as soon as practicable, or unless the Planning Authority has agreed otherwise in writing, no blasting shall take place on site except between the following times:-
1000 and 1600 hours Monday to Friday inclusive.
16 The operator shall employ best blasting practice at all times to minimise the effects of ground vibration and air blast overpressure, having regard to blast design, methods of initiation and the weather conditions prevailing at the time. Peak particle velocity at any blast sensitive property shall not exceed 8.5mm/sec at 95% confidence limits with a maximum of 10mm/sec.
17 At all times during the carrying out of operations authorised or required by this planning permission, and in addition to requirements covered by SEPA authorisation, the flowing dust control scheme, in accordance with the guidance given in PAN 50 Annex B, shall e implemented to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority:
i) Portable water sprayers shall be maintained on site and shall be used to minimise dust on haul roads.
ii) All vehicles used for the movement of materials within the site shall be equipped with exhausts pointing away from the ground.
iii) All relevant heavy plant shall be fitted with radiator fan deflector plates.
iv) Drilling rigs shall be fitted with efficient dust control measures.
v) If, in extreme adverse conditions the aforementioned measures are not adequate, the following action shall be taken:
a) Restriction on the speed on vehicles on site
b) Temporary re-routing of vehicles on site
c) Temporary cessation of activities giving rise to concern
vi) In the event of a complaint concerning dust emission, the site manager shall immediately investigate and implement any necessary remedial measures.
18 With the exception of explosive boxes, there shall be no burning of waste within the site.
19 Any oil, fuel, lubricant or other potential pollutant shall be handled on the site in such a manner as to prevent pollution of any watercourse or groundwater. For any liquid other that water, this shall include storage in suitable tanks housed within a suitable bund or other means of enclosure to provide containment for 100% of the storage capacity and with no passive means of drainage.
20 Measures shall be taken to ensure that drainage from the areas immediately adjoining the site is not impaired or rendered less efficient by the operations authorised by this planning permission, and adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent the pollution of ditches, water courses and drains with and in the vicinity of the site as stated in Section 7 of the Environmental Statement. A detailed scheme for water management from the quarry and the processing area, including the proposed wetland treatment of run-off from the processing area, and for surface run-off from the connecting haul road, shall be submitted to the Planning Authority. The water management scheme shall require the approval of the Planning Authority in consultation with SEPA and the scheme as approved shall be implemented within a time period to be agreed with the Planning Authority in consultation with SEPA.
21 Details of the treatment and disposal of sewage effluent arising from the site facilities shall be submitted to and require the approval in writing of the Planning Authority in consultation with SEPA within three months of the date of approval of these conditions by the Planning Authority.
22 Within three months of approval of these conditions by the Planning Authority the operator shall secure the processing area and the area of the quarry excavation as shown on Figure 5 and Figures 2a-2d of the Environmental Statement, by means of fencing or such other means in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety Executive to be agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.
23 External stockpiles of material at the processing area shall not exceed 6 metres in height.
24 The operator shall complete the diversion of the estate road around the plant and processing area and complete the construction and planting of the bund at this location, including seeding the area between the bund and the processing area with native local grass species, and the bund bounding the estate road on the northern side of the quarry, as shown on Figure 5 and Figures 2a-2d of the Environmental Statement respectively, within three months of the date of the approval of these conditions by the Planning Authority. The planting of the bunds shall comprise native species of shrubs to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority in consultation with Scottish Natural Heritage.
25 Within six months of the date of approval of these conditions by the Planning Authority, detailed proposals to screen the quarry working, particularly from the east, by way of supplementary boundary tree planting, shall be submitted to and require the approval in writing of the Planning Authority in consultation with Scottish Natural Heritage. Such proposals shall include a phased programme for their implementation.
26 Within six months of the date of approval of these conditions by the Planning Authority, detailed proposals for the formation of an alternative footpath link segregated from the quarry access road and generally in accordance with the schematic plan illustrated in drawing number xxx.rev2 Figure A, shall be submitted to and require the approval in writing of the Planning Authority. Such proposals shall include a timetable for their implementation.
27 No development operations shall commence in succeeding phases until all peat soil has been stripped to full available depth from the excavation areas and all associated working areas; following which all available glacial drift shall be stripped from the same areas.
28 The following scheme for the stripping, handling and storage of peat soils shall be implemented to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority.
i) The stripping of peat soil shall only be carried out when ground conditions are such that no undue damage shall result to the soil.
ii) Work routines for stripping operations shall be designed to minimise vehicle traffic on unstripped land, and at all times the mechanical handling and compaction of the peat soil shall be minimised.
iii) Peat soil and glacial drift shall be carefully stored in separate mounds, as shown on Figures 2a-2d of the Environmental Statement, and shall be prevented from mixing; peat soil mounds shall not exceed two metres in height.
29 All storage mounds of peat soil and glacial drift shall be evenly graded, shaped and drained to prevent water ponding on or around them; the glacial drift shall be covered with a thin layer of peat soil (0.15m) to encourage long term natural revegetation.
30 No turf, peat soil topsoil shall at any time be removed from the site.
31 Two years prior to completion of mineral extraction, detailed schemes for final contours and restoration of the site, including the processing area, shall be submitted to and require the approval of the Planning Authority.
32 The infill and rehabilitation of the site shall incorporate the use of the peat soil and glacial drift which has been retained together with topsoil and subsoil which shall be brought into the site in sufficient quantities, as specified in Chapter 3 of the Environmental Statement, and subject to the provision of condition 33, such as the final restoration, as shown indicatively on Figure 2e of the Environmental Statement, is achieved and restoration is undertaken to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority.
33 No infill material, other than topsoils and subsoils as exempted under the provision of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 (as amended), shall be brought onto the site without benefit of the requisite planning permission and Waste Management Licence and only in accordance with a scheme of restoration and in locations approved in writing by the Planning Authority.
34 At least 3 months prior to the commencement of the replacement of the topsoil on any part of the site, an aftercare scheme for the restored land shall be submitted to and require the approval of the Planning Authority prior to implementation, and the scheme shall specify such steps as may be necessary to bring the land to a suitable standard for the specified use. Spreading of topsoil shall take place within twelve months of the date of approval by the Planning Authority of the aftercare scheme.
35 Should the site cease operation for any reason before the proposed end date as contained in the time limit condition, within six months of final cessation of quarrying and associated rock crushing, screening and milling operations, a scheme for final landform restoration and aftercare, to be implemented by the operator, shall be submitted by the operator to and require the prior approval in writing of the Planning Authority. Restoration operations shall commence no later than six months after the date of approval by the Planning Authority of the restoration and aftercare scheme. For the avoidance of doubt, the scheme shall include provisions for restoration of the processing area.