H DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND REGULATORY BOARD 13 TH MARCH 2008 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNTY MATTER PART A – SUMMARY REPORT APP.NO. & DATE: 2007/1059/04 – 31 st August 2007 PROPOSAL: Application for determination of conditions for mineral site - schedule 14 of the Environment Act 1995: periodic review – Cliffe Hill Quarries LOCATION: Cliffe Hill Quarries, Stanton under Bardon (Hinckley & Bosworth Borough and North West Leicestershire District) APPLICANT: Midland Quarry Products MAIN ISSUES: Traffic and access, blasting, dust, noise, geological interest, site reclamation and local amenity. RECOMMENDATION: That planning permissions 1971/6279/17, 19801437/04, 1986/0378/04, 1989/1483/04, 1989/1568/07, 1990/0419/04, 1994/1026/07 and 1994/0891/04 relating to the Cliffe Hill Quarries be subject to the conditions set out in appendix 1. Circulation Under Sensitive Issues Procedures Mr. P. A. Hyde CC Mr. D. A. Sprason CC Officer to Contact Mr. P. Bond Email:
[email protected] 2 1971/6279/17, 19801437/04, 1986/0378/04, 1989/1483/04, 1989/1568/07, 1990/0419/04, 1994/1026/07, 1994/0891/04 and 2007/1059/04 – Continued PART B – MAIN REPORT Background Information 1. Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 1995 requires all mining sites to be periodically reviewed every 15 years from the date of either a previous review or in Cliffe Hill Quarries' instance, from the date of the latest substantive mineral permission relating to the site. The review process aims to allow the County Council to update the older mineral planning permissions by imposing modern operating, restoration and aftercare conditions.