Garlaff landfill Site, Skares - Barr Ltd - East Ayrshire Council

(d)
(e)
(f)
the avoidance of areas of flood risk and potential sea-rise change;
damage to the natural and built environment; and
intrusion into areas of high visibility particularly in road and rail
corridors.
A comprehensive environmental impact statement accompanies
the planning application and it is considered that the proposed
development can be undertaken in an environmentally acceptable
manner without significant conflict with the criteria set out in Policy
E19.
6. ASSESSMENT AGAINST OTHER MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS
6.1 The other principal material considerations relevant to the determination
of this application are the East Ayrshire Local Plan (Finalised Version with
Modifications), the East Ayrshire Opencast Coal Subject Plan (Finalised Version
with Modifications) (April 2001), the objections detailed in Section 4 above,
National Planning Policy Guidelines (NPPG10 – Planning and Waste
Management and NPPG 16 – Opencast Coal and Related Minerals) and
relevant planning history.
6.2 The Adopted Local Plan covering the development site is considerably
out of date and therefore it is considered appropriate that greater weight should
be attached to more recent expressions of policy. The Council has agreed that
the East Ayrshire Local Plan (Finalised Version with Modifications) (EALP) and
the East Ayrshire Opencast Coal Subject Plan (Finalised Version with
Modifications) (EAOCSP) shall be considered as prime material considerations.
The landfill element of the proposed development requires to be assessed
against Community and Service Infrastructure policies and Environment policies
contained within the EALP as follows:
(i) Policy CS4: the Council will ensure the provision of adequate waste
disposal and management facilities in as close proximity as possible to the
points at which the waste is generated. The Council will support the development
of sufficient new landfill sites at appropriate locations, giving due consideration
to any existing consented sites, to satisfy all the landfill requirements of East
Ayrshire (and the needs of any other neighbouring or adjacent Authority areas as
may be agreed by the Council) subject to other policy provisions.
The proposed development, relating to the extension of an existing
landfill operation, is considered to meet the provisions of Policy
CS4 in that the site will provide further landfill capacity to meet East
Ayrshire requirements for a period of approximately 16 years. The
proposed development will utilise existing infrastructure and will
provide continuity of operation of the existing civic amenity site at
Garlaff. Furthermore it is further considered that the proposed
development conforms to the proximity principle.