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

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(xii) In light of the future implementation of a strategy for waste management in Ayrshire that could lead to a reduction of municipal waste to landfill, the obligation of the applicant to review the operations with the Planning Authority to enable appropriate safeguards to be negotiated which will ensure the complete restoration of the site within 20 years. (xiii) The restriction of total annual waste deposited on site to 275,000 tonnes. (xiv) The undertaking of structural surveys of residential properties where considered appropriate in consultation with the applicant, the Planning Authority and the Environmental Health Division. Alan Neish Head of Planning and Building Control Note: This document combines key sections of the associated report for quick reference and should not in itself be considered as having been the basis for recommendation preparation or decision making by the Planning Authority
EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL SOUTHERN LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE: 22 JUNE 2001 00/0685/FL : PROPOSED EXTENSION TO LANDFILL SITE TO RECLAIM OPENCAST VOID WITHIN AREA B OF SKARES ROAD OPENCAST SITE BY LANDFILL WITH CONTROLLED WASTES INCLUDING EXTRACTION OF COAL RESERVES, GARLAFF LANDFILL SITE, SKARES, NEAR CUMNOCK. APPLICATION BY BARR LIMITED Report by the Head of Planning and Building Control 1. PURPOSE OF REPORT 1.1 The purpose of this report is to present for determination a full planning application which is to be considered by the Local Planning Committee under the scheme of delegation because the proposed development relates to the extension of an existing landfill site and involves ancillary mineral extraction which development is considered to generally accord with policies in the East Ayrshire Local Plan and the Opencast Coal Subject Plan, is of area significance and is the subject of letters of representation. 2. APPLICATION DETAILS 2.1 Site Description: The application site lies approximately 4 kilometres southwest of Cumnock, approximately 1 kilometre east of Skares village and lies on the south side of the B7046 Cumnock – Skares road. The site extends to some 89.5 hectares and comprises the existing operational landfill site at Garlaff and Areas B and C of the existing operational opencast site at Skares Road. 2.2 The land slopes from a high point of 260 metres Above Ordnance Datum at the southern end of the application site to 222 metres AOD on the north western boundary with the topography of the site exhibiting as gently undulating. The application site is bounded to the south by commercial coniferous woodland, by the Milzeoch opencast coal site to the east which is presently undergoing restoration, and by mixed woodland and agricultural land to the west. The site is bounded to the north by the B7046 road and agricultural land in pastoral use. 2.3 The application site can be characterised by four distinct areas: (i) The northern part of the proposed development site accommodates the existing site infrastructure of the current landfill operation and comprises the site entrance, site offices and weighbridge, waste
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