Agenda Meeting: Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee Venue: The Grand Meeting Room, County Hall, Northallerton Date: Tuesday 31 March 2015 at 10.00 am Recording is allowed at County Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, subject to:- (i) the recording being conducted under the direction of the Chairman of the meeting; and (ii) compliance with the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at meetings, a copy of which is available to download below. Anyone wishing to record must contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda. Any recording must be clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and be non-disruptive. http://democracy.northyorks.gov.uk/ Business 1. Minutes of the Meeting held on 10 February 2015 (Pages 1 to 19) 2. Public Questions or Statements. Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Mary Davies or Josie O’Dowd of Democratic Services (contact details below) by midday Thursday 26 March 2015 three working days before the day of the meeting. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:- at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes); when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting. Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Mary Davies Tel: 01609 532840 or Josie O’Dowd Tel 01609 532591; Fax: 01609 780447 or e-mail [email protected] or josie.o’[email protected] (or 0800 220617 after office hours) Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk County Matters 3. C3/14/00970/CPO (NY/2014/0275/ENV) – Planning Application accompanied by an Environmental Statement for the purposes of natural gas production and water re- injection at the existing borehole at the Ebberston Moor South well site; the construction and drilling of a second borehole for water production and re-injection; the construction of a 13.9km long 12` diameter steel underground pipeline from Ebberston Moor South well site to transfer natural gas to the Knapton Generating Station and installation of a new gas reception module at the Generating Station on land at Ebberston Moor South wellsite, Ebberston Common Lane, Snainton -interconnecting pipeline- to Knapton Generating Station, East Knapton, Malton on behalf of Third Energy UK Gas Ltd and Moorland Energy Ltd (Ryedale District) (Thornton Dale and The Wolds Electoral Division) (Pages 20 to 100) 4. C8/53/125F/PA (NY/2014/0292/ENV) - Planning Application accompanied by an Environmental Statement for the purposes of the Change of Use of Biomass Renewable Energy Facility to Waste Management Facility with Advanced Thermal Treatment, with Extensions to the Existing Buildings and Amendments to Existing Site Layout on Land at the former Arbre Power Station, Selby Road, Eggborough, Goole on behalf of Drenl Ltd (Selby District) (Osgoldcross Electoral Division) (Pages 101 to 182) General 5. Items dealt with under scheme of delegation (Pages 183 to 186) 6. Other business which the Chairman agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances Barry Khan Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services) County Hall Northallerton 10 March 2015 NOTES: (a) Members are reminded of the need to consider whether they have any interests to declare on any of the items on this agenda and, if so, of the need to explain the reason(s) why they have any interest when making a declaration. NYCC Planning & Regulatory Functions 2015-03-31-Agenda/2 The relevant Committee Administrator or Monitoring Officer will be pleased to advise on interest issues. Ideally their views should be sought as soon as possible and preferably prior to the day of the meeting, so that time is available to explore adequately any issues that might arise. (b) Emergency Procedures for Meetings Fire The fire evacuation alarm is a continuous Klaxon. On hearing this you should leave the building by the nearest safe fire exit. From the Grand Meeting Room this is the main entrance stairway. If the main stairway is unsafe use either of the staircases at the end of the corridor. Once outside the building please proceed to the fire assembly point outside the main entrance. Persons should not re-enter the building until authorised to do so by the Fire and Rescue Service or the Emergency Co-ordinator. An intermittent alarm indicates an emergency in nearby building. It is not necessary to evacuate the building but you should be ready for instructions from the Fire Warden. Accident or Illness First Aid treatment can be obtained by telephoning Extension 7575. NYCC Planning & Regulatory Functions 2015-03-31-Agenda/3 Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee 1. Membership County Councillors (11) Councillors Names Political Party 1 BLADES, David Conservative 2 HESELTINE, Robert Independent 3 HOULT, Bill Liberal Democrat 4 IRETON, David Conservative 5 LEE, Andrew (Vice-Chairman) Conservative 6 LUNN, Cliff Conservative 7 McCARTNEY, John NY Independent 8 PACKHAM, Robert Labour 9 SANDERSON, Janet Conservative 10 SOWRAY, Peter (Chairman) Conservative 11 TROTTER, Cliff Conservative Total Membership – (11) Quorum – (3) Con Lib Dem NY Ind Labour Liberal UKIP Ind Total 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 11 2. Substitute Members Conservative Liberal Democrat Councillors Names Councillors Names 1 HARRISON-TOPHAM, Roger 1 GOSS, Andrew 2 WELCH, Richard 2 JONES, Anne 3 PEARSON, Chris 3 GRIFFITHS, Bryn 4 JEFFELS, David 4 5 5 NY Independent Labour Councillors Names Councillors Names 1 BARRETT, Philip 1 BROADBENT, Eric 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 NYCC Planning & Regulatory Functions 2015-03-31-Agenda/4 A167 B6271 A684 A1 Northallerton A684 A19 Bedale A168 A1 A167 Thirsk CountyCounty HallHall -- -- -- -- --ww -- -- ww -- CountyCounty HallHall VisitorVisitor ParkingParking NorthallertonNorthallerton NationalNational NorthallertonNorthallerton BusBus StopsStops ww atat CountyCounty HallHall -- RailRail StationStation -- NorthNorth YorkshireYorkshire DL7DL7 8AD8AD ©©© CrownCrownCrown copyright.copyright.copyright. AllAllAll rightsrightsrights reserved.reserved.reserved. NorthNorthNorth YorkshireYorkshireYorkshire CountyCountyCounty CouncilCouncilCouncil 100017946100017946100017946 200820082008 (Produced(Produced(Produced bybyby CorporateCorporateCorporate GIGIGI Team)Team)Team) TelTel :: 08450845 88 7272 7373 7474 ITEM 1 North Yorkshire County Council Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee Minutes of the meeting held at County Hall, Northallerton on 10 February 2015, commencing at 10.00 am. Present:- County Councillors Peter Sowray (Chairman), David Blades, Andrew Goss (as substitute for Bill Hoult), Robert Heseltine, David Ireton, Andrew Lee, Cliff Lunn, John McCartney, Robert Packham and Janet Sanderson. County Councillors in attendance:- Carl Les and Elizabeth Shields. There were 29 members of the public in attendance. Copies of all documents considered are in the Minute Book 98. Minutes Resolved - That the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 December 2014, having been printed and circulated, be taken as read and confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record. 99. Public Questions or Statements The Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services) reported that other than the persons who had indicated that they wished to speak on the applications below, and would do so during consideration of those items, there were no public questions or statements from members of the public. 100. C8/2013/0677/CPO - Relocation of Colliery activities and construction of an Energy Centre to recover energy from waste, with ancillary development, including offices and utility uses (eg workshops and electrical rooms); parking; a new access point and improvements to the existing access; internal roads; railway sidings; a weighbridge and gatehouse; a substation and transformer compound; a National Grid connection, private wire connection to the Colliery; sustainable urban drainage systems; lighting; CCTV; landscaping and fencing at Kellingley Colliery, Turvers Lane, Knottingley Considered - The report of the Corporate Director - Business and Environmental Services outlining to Members how, at their Committee held on 2 September 2014, they had determined to permit the above planning application to develop the Southmoor Energy Centre on land at Kellingley Colliery, subject to the signing of a Section 106 NYCC Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee - Minutes of 10 February 2015/1 1 legal agreement (Appendix 1 to the report outlined a plan for the proposed Southmoor Energy Centre site). Before the Decision Notice could be issued contact was made with the County Planning Authority by the National Planning Casework Unit on 8 October 2014 with regard to the determination of the planning application. On 16 October 2014 Central Government issued further planning policy relative to waste treatment applications, entitled “National Planning Policy for Waste”, which replaced the revised Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management (PPS10). The two events delayed the determination process and it was considered that in view of their implications relative to the application an update report should be prepared for the next appropriate Committee so that the application could be re-determined. A