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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EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL<br />
SOUTHERN LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE: 22 JUNE 2001<br />
00/0685/FL : PROPOSED EXTENSION TO LANDFILL SITE TO RECLAIM<br />
OPENCAST VOID WITHIN AREA B OF SKARES ROAD OPENCAST SITE<br />
BY LANDFILL WITH CONTROLLED WASTES INCLUDING EXTRACTION<br />
OF COAL RESERVES, GARLAFF LANDFILL SITE, SKARES,<br />
NEAR CUMNOCK.<br />
APPLICATION BY BARR LIMITED<br />
Report by the Head of Planning and Building Control<br />
1. PURPOSE OF REPORT<br />
1.1 The purpose of this report is to present for determination a full planning<br />
application which is to be considered by the Local Planning Committee under<br />
the scheme of delegation because the proposed development relates to the<br />
extension of an existing <strong>landfill</strong> site and involves ancillary mineral extraction<br />
which development is considered to generally accord with policies in the <strong>East</strong><br />
<strong>Ayrshire</strong> Local Plan and the Opencast Coal Subject Plan, is of area significance<br />
and is the subject of letters of representation.<br />
2. APPLICATION DETAILS<br />
2.1 <strong>Site</strong> Description: The application site lies approximately 4 kilometres<br />
southwest of Cumnock, approximately 1 kilometre east of <strong>Skares</strong> village and lies<br />
on the south side of the B7046 Cumnock – <strong>Skares</strong> road. The site extends to<br />
some 89.5 hectares and comprises the existing operational <strong>landfill</strong> site at <strong>Garlaff</strong><br />
and Areas B and C of the existing operational opencast site at <strong>Skares</strong> Road.<br />
2.2 The land slopes from a high point of 260 metres Above Ordnance Datum<br />
at the southern end of the application site to 222 metres AOD on the north<br />
western boundary with the topography of the site exhibiting as gently undulating.<br />
The application site is bounded to the south by commercial coniferous<br />
woodland, by the Milzeoch opencast coal site to the east which is presently<br />
undergoing restoration, and by mixed woodland and agricultural land to the west.<br />
The site is bounded to the north by the B7046 road and agricultural land in<br />
pastoral use.<br />
2.3 The application site can be characterised by four distinct areas:<br />
(i)<br />
The northern part of the proposed development site accommodates<br />
the existing site infrastructure of the current <strong>landfill</strong> operation and<br />
comprises the site entrance, site offices and weighbridge, waste