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Agenda No AGENDA MANAGEMENT SHEET Name of Committee Regulatory Committee Date of Committee 15 December 2008 Report Title Stratford Agripark, Clifford Chambers – Animal Carcass Transfer Station Summary This application seeks planning permission for the erection of a single storey portal framed building to accommodate a waste transfer station, for animal carcases, together with internal offices, external service yard, access roadway and landscaping on land at Stratford Agripark, Wincot Lands, Clifford Chambers near Stratford-upon-Avon. This application was deferred at the 18 November 2008 meeting of the Regulatory Committee in order to make a site visit to assess the visual impact of the proposed development. For further information Matthew Williams please contact Senior Planning Officer Tel. 01926 412822 [email protected] Would the Yes/No recommended decision be contrary to the Budget and Policy Framework? Background Papers Planning Application, received 5/6/2008. Letter from Welford-on-Avon Parish Council, dated 25/6/2008. Letter from Environment Agency, dated 1/7/2008. Letters from Stratford on Avon District Council (EHO), dated 7/7/2008, 11/11/2008, 26/08/2008. Email from Clifford Chambers and Milcote Parish Council, dated 7/7/2008. Email from Preston-on-Stour Parish Council, dated 9/7/2008. Letters from Stratford on Avon District Council (Planning), dated 7/7/2008 and 16/7/2008. Letter from Museum Services, dated 10/7/2008. E-mail from Councillor Mrs Seccombe, dated 18/5/2008. Quinton Parish Council, dated 21/7/2008. Emails from Defra Animal Health Officer, dated 6/7/2008 and 14/10/2008. Letter from Defra Animal Health, dated 27 October 2008. Email from County Archaeologist, dated 12/11/2008. Email from County Ecologist, dated 12/11/2008. Email from Stratford on Avon District Council (EHO), dated 13/11/2008. Regu/1208/ww1 1 of 13 CONSULTATION ALREADY UNDERTAKEN:- Details to be specified Other Committees .......................................................................... Local Member(s) Councillor Mrs I Seccombe – See paragraph 2.8. (With brief comments, if appropriate) Other Elected Members Councillor P Barnes – No comments received as at 28/11/08. Cabinet Member .......................................................................... (Reports to The Cabinet, to be cleared with appropriate Cabinet Member) Chief Executive .......................................................................... Legal X I Marriott – agreed. Finance .......................................................................... Other Chief Officers .......................................................................... District Councils Stratford on Avon District Council –See comments in paragraph 2.1. Health Authority .......................................................................... Police .......................................................................... Other Bodies/Individuals Long Marston Parish Council, Welford-on-Avon Parish Council, Atherstone-on-Stour Parish Council, Preston-on-Stour Parish Council, Quinton Parish Council, Clifford Chambers Parish Council, Environment Agency, Museum Field Services. FINAL DECISION YES/NO (If ‘No’ complete Suggested Next Steps) SUGGESTED NEXT STEPS : Details to be specified Further consideration by .......................................................................... this Committee To Council .......................................................................... To Cabinet .......................................................................... To an O & S Committee .......................................................................... To an Area Committee .......................................................................... Further Consultation .......................................................................... Regu/1208/ww1 2 of 13 Agenda No Regulatory Committee – 15 December 2008 Stratford Agripark, Clifford Chambers Animal Carcass Transfer Station Report of the Strategic Director for Environment and Economy Recommendation That the application be reported to the Secretary of State as a Departure from the Development Plan and subject to the application not being called in for her determination that the Regulatory Committee authorises the grant of planning permission for the erection of a single storey portal framed building to accommodate a waste transfer station, for animal carcasses, together with internal offices, external service yard, access roadway and landscaping on land at Stratford Wincot Lands, Clifford Chambers, near Stratford-upon-Avon, subject to the signing of a Section 106 Agreement to secure: the removal of redundant/derelict former airfield buildings and structures; completion of a bat and barn owl survey and mitigation measures; and, a programme of archaeological work and conditions and for the reasons contained in Appendix B of the report of the Strategic Director for Environment and Economy. Application No : S4510/08CM023 Received by County : 5/6/2008 Advertised Date : 19/6/2008 Applicant : Farm Waste Services Limited, Longstaples, Warwick Road, Ettington, Near Stratford-upon-Avon. Agent : Mr A Bishton, Associated Construction Consultants, 45/46 Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. The Proposal : Erection of single storey portal framed building to accommodate waste transfer station, for animal carcasses, together with internal offices, external service yard, access roadway and landscaping. Site & Location : Land At Stratford Agripark, Campden Road, Wincot Lands, Clifford Chambers, Near Stratford-upon-Avon. [Grid ref: 178.491]. See plan in Appendix A. Regu/1208/ww1 3 of 13 1. Application Details 1.1 The application proposes the development of an animal carcass and other animal waste transfer station on land adjoining Stratford Agripark, Campden Road, Clifford Chambers. Carcasses of fallen stock, such as sheep and cattle, which can not enter the food chain would be collected from local farms and brought to the site for bulking up prior to onward transfer to disposal facilities in Devon and Stoke-on-Trent. The facility would be used purely to store carcasses prior to onward transfer with no rendering taking place on site. 1.2 The facility would be a replacement for that previously/currently operated by Goodmans Slaughterers (now trading as Farm waste Services) at Ettington. The existing facility is currently being redeveloped into a ‘state-of-the-art’ materials sorting and recovery facility. The existing facility handled around 12500 carcasses collected from the local area in 2007 and the proposed transfer station would be expected to handle a similar number. 1.3 The proposed transfer station would be enclosed within a purpose built industrial style building measuring 45 metres by 30 metres, creating 1350 square metres of floor space. The building would be 10 metres in height. The building would be clad in steel profile sheeting and facing brickwork to match the adjacent livestock market building and industrial units. The building would also include an office/reception area and staff changing facilities. 1.4 Vehicles delivering carcasses to the site would enter the building through two interconnecting doors which would be operated to form an ‘air-lock’ to contain odours (the outer door would close before the inner opened and vice-versa). The building would be fitted with air extractor fans to prevent the escape of odours. All vehicles would be unloaded within the building. Carcasses would then be sorted and stored within segregated bunkers. Bulk collection vehicles would be loaded periodically through the day within the building for onward transfer to disposal facilities. Any carcasses remaining on site over night would be stored within one of two Cold Stores. 1.5 An external service yard area would be provided for the manoeuvring and parking of vehicles. No waste or carcasses would be stored in the open. 1.6 The operating hours of the site would be 07:30 to 18:00 hours from Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 16:00 hours Saturdays. No operations would take place on Sundays and Bank Holidays. The facility would employ 6 people. 1.7 Access to the site would be via the existing Agripark access onto the Campden Road. A new dedicated internal concrete access roadway would be constructed to separate the waste facility traffic from the cattle market. 1.8 The applicants fleet of six small box-van vehicles would operate from the site for making collections. In addition local farmers would also make deliveries of fallen stock. Bulked up carcasses would leave the site in articulated lorries. This would amount to one or two loads per day. The facility would generate around 36 vehicle movements per day. Regu/1208/ww1 4 of 13 1.9 Subsequent to initial submission of the application, and following discussions regarding the policy presumption against the development, the applicant now proposes the removal of a number of redundant/derelict former airfield buildings and structures in the vicinity of the application site, stretching to around 2000 square metres in floor space, to off-set the proposed new building. 1.10 The proposals include the provision of a landscape planting scheme around the facility. 1.11 The applicant has supplied letters of support for the proposal from various organisations and businesses, including: the Animal Health Officer at the County Council’s Trading Standards Service, the National Farmers Union, a waste operator, 4 local veterinary surgeons who use the Goodmans existing facility at Ettington. 2. Consultations