Agenda item

S/37227 - THE DRYING AND STORING OF WILLOW CROP FROM THE ADJOINING FORESTRY LAND. EXCAVATION AND REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORISED AREAS OF HARDSTANDING, RETAINING ONLY THAT WHICH IS THE MINIMUM SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE BUILDING. IMPROVEMENT TO THE ACCESS ON TO THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF A NEW ATTENUATION POND AND CONNECTIVE DRAINAGE RUNS AT LAND AT GRUGOS WOOD, LLANNON, LLANELLI, SA14 8JH

Minutes:

[Note: Councillors D. Jones and G.B. Thomas, having earlier declared an interest in this item, left the Council Chamber prior to the consideration and determination thereof.]

 

The Senior Development Management Officer (South) referred to the private site visit undertaken by the Committee earlier that day (minute 4.1 of the Planning Committee meeting held on the 27th June, 2019 refers) the purpose of which was to enable the Committee to view the impact on the environment including the damage to the local peat bogs and also to assess the highway in respect of flooding and surface water.  He referred, with the aid of powerpoint slides, to the written report of the Head of Planning and the addendum, which provided an appraisal of the site together with a description of the proposed development, a summary of consultation responses received and information relating to local and national policies relevant to the assessment of the application. He advised that the Head of Planning was recommending approval of the application for the reasons detailed within her written report.

 

The Senior Development Management Officer (South) informed the Committee that in addition to the 61 concerns and objections received, a further two letters of representation had also been recently received objecting to the application.  Whilst, the main concerns and objections raised were set out with in the written report of the Head of Planning, the Committee also considered the additional concerns and objections received which were set out in the addendum. 

 

The Committee received a representation objecting to the application re-iterating the objections detailed within the Head of Planning’s report, the main areas of concern were in relation to the impact of the development on the drainage of this area and the potential flooding problems.  Furthermore, as the area consisted of a peat bog the habitat should be preserved.  Additionally, the Chair, recited a written representation objecting to the application on the Local Member’s behalf in his absence.

 

The applicant’s agent and the Senior Development Management Officer (South) responded to the issues raised as detailed within the Head of Planning’s written report/addendum. 

 

Furthermore, in response to a number of concerns raised over the impact of the scheme on historic pre-existing drainage problems on the highway, the Senior Development Management Officer (South) explained that to alleviate the problem, work had recently been carried out on the highway to improve the flow into an existing surface water culvert.  The application included a surface water scheme which consisted of an attenuation pond to ensure that the surface water from the building and the majority of the access track would be attenuated to greenfield rates so there would be no additional rate of water flowing into the surface water drains which crossed the highway.  It was proposed that any remaining water from the access track would be diverted to an existing ditch.  The scheme was therefore designed to ensure that the water from the access and track would not incur an adverse impact. 

 

Members noted that the County Drainage Engineers and NRW had been consulted on the application and had no objection to the proposal.

 

RESOLVED that Planning Application S/37227 be granted subject to the conditions detailed within the report/addendum of the Head of Planning.

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