Garlaff landfill Site, Skares - Barr Ltd - East Ayrshire Council
Garlaff landfill Site, Skares - Barr Ltd - East Ayrshire Council
Garlaff landfill Site, Skares - Barr Ltd - East Ayrshire Council
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• Any authorised development is sensitively sited landscaped and<br />
screened so as to blend into, respect and compliment the<br />
landscape characteristics of the particular area in which it is to be<br />
located.<br />
• The landscape setting of a particular area affected by a proposed<br />
development is safeguarded from adverse or irreversible change<br />
by the use of appropriate conditions etc.<br />
Should the Committee be minded to approve the proposed<br />
development, it is considered that through the imposition of<br />
appropriate conditions and specific obligations in a Section 75<br />
Agreement, the development could be undertaken in a manner that<br />
would minimise impact on the rural area. The provisions of Policy<br />
ENV13 also require to be balanced against the provisions of<br />
Policies CS4, CS5 and CS6 as indicated above.<br />
It is therefore considered that the proposed development does not<br />
conflict with the policy provisions of the EALP.<br />
6.3 With respect to the proposal for the extraction of coal from the proposed<br />
development site, assessment against the EAOCSP is made as follows:<br />
(i) Policy MIN1: All future opencast coal developments will be directed<br />
towards and limited to the Potential Coal Extraction Areas as identified in the<br />
Subject Plan and the <strong>Council</strong> will be supportive of such developments in these<br />
areas, subject to the development proposals being in compliance with all other<br />
appropriate subject plan policies.<br />
The proposed extraction area lies outwith the Potential Coal<br />
Extraction Areas. However, this development site is not affected by<br />
any of the filter criteria that were applied in the definition of the<br />
Potential Coal Extraction Area. There are no significant constraints<br />
associated with this area. Nonetheless, the proposals for this part<br />
of the development site would require then to be assessed against<br />
Policies MIN2 and MIN3.<br />
(ii) Policy MIN2: The <strong>Council</strong> will not generally be supportive of any new<br />
opencast coal developments outwith the Potential Coal Extraction Areas with the<br />
exception of small scale, short term extraction proposals which meet the<br />
following criteria:<br />
• there is clearly demonstrated environmental benefit to be achieved<br />
through the removal of existing areas of dereliction.<br />
• there is an overall benefit for communities affected including local<br />
employment; and<br />
• there are no conflicts with any other Subject Plan Policies.