TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK S73 Application to Remove Planning Condition No.7 from Planning Permission 3/15/02039/CMM - The excavation of two stock ponds, construction of a central bank in Bridge Lake through importation of inert materials and associated bank improvement works on Chestnut Lake to improve the habitat and promote sport development in the community and rural area Muskham Lakes, Great North Road, South Muskham, Newark RECEIVED Applicant: Laffey's Ltd NCC 28/12/2016 PLANNING SUPPORTING STATEMENT December 2016 South View, 16 Hounsfield Way, Sutton on Trent, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6PX Tel: 01636 822528; Mobile 07521 731789; Email: [email protected] Managing Director – Anthony Northcote, HNCert LA(P), Dip TP, PgDip URP, MA, FGS, ICIOB, MInstLM, MCMI, MRTPI TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK is a trading name of Anthony Northcote Planning Ltd, Company Registered in England & Wales (6979909) Website: www.town-planning.co.uk TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK Muskham Lakes, South Muskham This planning statement has been produced by TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK on the basis of the national planning policy and local planning policy position applicable at the date of production. The policy interpretation it concludes are therefore only applicable at the date of production and will potentially vary as time progresses as a consequence of frequent national and local policy changes. It has also been produced to respond to this individual planning proposal and the conclusions it reaches are based only upon the planning application information the LPA has made available on its website, other published information and information provided to the company by the client and/or their representatives. The author of this report is: Anthony Bryan Northcote, Managing Director of TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK. He holds a Higher National Certificate in Land Administration (Planning) with Distinction; Diploma with Distinction in Town Planning; Post-Graduate Diploma with Distinction in Urban and Regional Planning together with a Master of Arts Degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He was elected to the Royal Town Planning Institute in 1996 and now has over 26 years planning experience within the public and private sectors involving a full range of planning issues. In addition he is also a Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management; a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management; a Member of the Town and Country Planning Association; a Member of the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association; a Fellow of the Geological Society; and an Incorporate of the Chartered Institute of Building. © TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK RECEIVED December 2016 NCC 28/12/2016 Applicant: Laffey’s Ltd Landowner: Nottingham Piscatorial Society Interested Party: The Newark Waste and Water Improvement Scheme 2 TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK Muskham Lakes, South Muskham Planning Condition No.7 from Planning Permission 3/15/02039/CMM Planning permission was granted on the 19th January 2016 to Nottingham Piscatorial Society for the excavation of two stock ponds, construction of a central bank in Bridge Lake through importation of inert materials and associated bank improvement works on Chestnut Lake to improve the habitat and promote sport development in the community and rural area. The only work carried out under the consent so far has been on the re-contouring work around Chestnut Lake and to create the stock ponds. Nothing has been done to date regarding the construction of the central bank in Bridge Lake through the importation of inert materials. Planning Condition No.7 attached to the consent states: “HGV movements 7. No HGVs importing materials shall be permitted to enter the site except between the months of March to August inclusive.” This application is to remove planning condition No.7 in its entirety to allow the importation of inert materials from the Newark Waste and Water Improvement Project construction activities. RECEIVED The Newark Waste and Water Improvement Project Severn Trent Water has commenced a major project to undertake replacement of sewers across Newark. NCC 28/12/2016 This scheme involves more than 20 kilometres of old pipes being replaced with new, larger ones, over the next three to four years. The scheme will be using specialised tunnelling machinery to replace the sewers. The tunnels, which are large enough to drive a transit van through them, will reduce the number of roads it has to dig up to install the sewers. (http://www.stw.works/NewarkSTW) The work, which has recently commenced, includes a 2.8 metre diameter tunnel from Crankley Point sewage treatment works to the southern end of Millgate and a 1.5 metre diameter tunnel under Queens Road and Sleaford Road. Severn Trent has appointed the BNM Alliance to carry out the £60million project. The BNM Alliance comprising NMCNomenca and Barhale plc will deliver the project. NMCNomenca, a division of North Midland Construction plc have asked our clients, Laffey’s Ltd, to undertake the transportation and disposal of some of the excavated material. Our clients are also undertaking other work on the project including recycling of material in other locations in and around Newark. 3 TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK Muskham Lakes, South Muskham RECEIVED NCC 28/12/2016 © Atkins Ltd – Plan Accompanying 15/SCR/00007 - Request for screening opinion for Newark Sewers Strategy Project (comprising the construction of a 3km new transfer sewer between Millgate/Farndon Road and Crankley Point STW using tunnelling techniques; upgrading of 11.6km of existing sewers using traditional 4 TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK Muskham Lakes, South Muskham open cut/trench techniques; and associated works at Crankley Point STW). Site at Transfer Sewer from Millgate/Farndon Road to Sewage Works, Quibells Lane, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2ED. Atkins Ltd on behalf of Severn Trent Water submitted a revised EIA Screening Opinion request to Nottinghamshire County Council on the 14th May 2015. A negative screening decision was issued by the County Council on the 7th October 2015. The Newark Sewer scheme according to the specification produced by Atkins, will involve the upgrade of 11.6km of sewers across Newark, the sewer upsizing will take place within the public highway. This upsizing will utilise traditional open cut/trench construction replacing existing sewers, sometimes at increased depths. This element of work is described as taking place over a 3 to 4 year period, working on 10 to 15m lengths at a time in 2 or 3 locations around the town at any one time. A new 3km transfer sewer will also be constructed using trenchless construction, i.e. tunnelling along a route of Castlegate and Northgate to Crankley Point Sewerage Treatment Works via Quibells Lane. This aspect will involve a 20m diameter, 25m deep pumping shaft and a further 7 shaft access points (of between 4m and 10m in diameter) to allow tunnelling access. This tunnelling is described as going to take place on a continuous 24 hour period over an anticipated 1 year duration. RECEIVED The Newark Sewer Scheme project involves four main elements, with progress to date as follows: NCC 28/12/2016 Eton Avenue- Newark South (0%) Queen's Road (0%) Quibells Lane- Newark North (10%) East of Newark (0%) 5 TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK Muskham Lakes, South Muskham During the tunnelling and trench digging there will be waste arising from spoil removal. NMCNomenca have asked our clients Laffey’s Ltd to transport, dispose, recycle and process this material. The Newark Sewer Strategy is vital to the growth and development of the Town. It will reduce the current impact of flooding to properties in Newark, it will remove the restrictions on future development growth arising from an ageing sewer network and will realise an improvement in waste water quality discharged into the River Trent. The Destination of Waste Arisings Where possible the excavated tunnel material will undergo processing and recycling which includes crushing and screening activities, some of that material will be re-used in the laying of the new sewers. The material will fall within the definition of non-hazardous inert waste. Following recycling some material will not be suitable for re-use on the Newark project or other schemes and needs to undergo disposal. This material is presently having to go to landfill, although at this stage this has involved only very limited tonnages of material. Progress and timing of the actual sewer scheme will dictate this as a supporting activity. Rather than take the remaining inert material to landfill, our clients in collaboration with the Nottingham Piscatorial Society would like to utilise the material at Muskham Lakes for the construction of the central bank in Bridge Lake. RECEIVED We understand that the tunnelling will result in material being temporarily deposited at tunnel exits around the streets of Newark. From those locations our clients will then collect the material for recycling where appropriate or for re-use or disposal. The Newark Sewer Project is currently working 7 days per week, Atkins NCC 28/12/2016 Ltd estimate the stockpiles for the tunnelling and shaft works will involve between 250m3 and 500m3 of material remaining in the Newark Sewer Scheme holding areas. BNM Alliance propose to undertake environmental control works including: Vehicle sheeting; Hard standing at access and egress points to prevent deposition of mud onto the highway; Vehicle wash at Crankley Point; and Road Sweepers At the screening stage in 2015 Atkins Ltd had identified the site a landfill site at Balderton as a potential location for disposal of material which cannot be recycled. However landfill availability means that any material to be disposed of may need to be transported to a number of landfill sites across the sub-region. 6 TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK Muskham Lakes, South Muskham The principles underlying the Newark Sewer Scheme with regard to waste arisings is to: 1.