Agenda item

RR/2020/49/P - Beckley - Ebrofrost, Hobbs Lane

Minutes:

DECISION: GRANT (PLANNING PERMISSION) DELEGATED (SUBJECT TO EXPIRY OF CONSULTATION PERIOD)

 

CONDITIONS:

 

1.     The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents:

Site Location Plan dated 27 February 2020

Jacksons Fencing Plan received on 16-01-20

Jacksons Fencing Quotation (Ref: 1955154) dated 17 September 2019

MRL Acoustics Building Services Plant – Noise Assessment (Report No. MRL/100/1495.1v2), dated December 2019  

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning, as advised in Planning Practice Guidance Paragraph: 022 Reference ID: 21a-022-20140306.

 

2.     The noise mitigation measures (acoustic barriers) detailed in the plans and documents approved under Condition 1, shall be erected within two months of the date of this planning permission and shall thereafter be retained.

Reason: To protect the living conditions of residents in the locality from disturbance from noise, in accordance with Policy OSS4 (ii) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy 2014 and Policy DEN7 of the Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan 2019.

 

3.     The premises shall not be used for the production and processing of pasta before 5.30am on Mondays or after 6pm on Saturdays in any given week.

Reason: To protect the living conditions of residents in the locality from disturbance from noise, in accordance with Policy OSS4 (ii) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy 2014 and Policy DEN7 of the DaSA Local Plan 2019.

 

4.     No deliveries shall be taken at or despatched from the site before 7.30am or after 6pm Mondays to Saturdays, nor at any time on Sundays.

Reason: To protect the living conditions of residents in the locality from disturbance from noise, in accordance with Policy OSS4 (ii) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy 2014 and Policy DEN7 of the DaSA Local Plan 2019.

 

5.     At no time when the factory is operating shall the sound level rating from the plant’s operations exceed:

·       +5dB above background sound level (taken as a 15 minute LA90 at the boundary with the nearest noise sensitive premises) between the hours of 7am to 11pm.

·       The background sound level (taken as a 15 minute LA90 at the boundary with the nearest noise sensitive premises) between the hours of 11pm to 7am.

All measurements shall be taken in accordance with the methodology of BS 4142:2014+A1:2019 Methods for rating and assessing industrial and commercial sound (as amended).

Reason: To protect the living conditions of residents in the locality from disturbance from noise, in accordance with Policy OSS4 (ii) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy 2014 and Policy DEN7 of the DaSA Local Plan 2019.

 

6.     Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended, or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), the premises shall only be used for the production and processing of pasta and for no other purpose.

Reason: To protect the living conditions of residents in the locality from disturbance from noise, in accordance with Policy OSS4 (ii) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy 2014 and Policy DEN7 of the DaSA Local Plan 2019.

 

NOTE:

 

1.     With regard to Condition 5, where any changes to existing equipment or processes are proposed, a noise impact assessment should be carried out to ensure that the resulting sound level rating from the plant’s operations does not exceed the sound levels specified in the condition.

 

NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK: In accordance with the requirements of the Framework (paragraph 38) and with the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, the Local Planning Authority has acted positively and proactively in determining this application by assessing the proposal against all material considerations, including planning policies and any representations that have been received and subsequently determining to grant planning permission in accordance with the presumption in favour of sustainable development, as set out within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

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