Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Extension of electricity battery storage facility to provide additional 249mw capacity including electrical plant and equipment, alterations to land levels, landscaping and associated works, following removal of existing wind turbine, site clearance and levelling.

 

Mr Patridge spoke in favour of the application.

 

It was proposed by the Chair and seconded by the Vice Chair:

 

‘THAT the officer’s recommendation be adopted, namely:

 

That the application be approved for the following reasons:

 

The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

GROUND:

In accordance with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Purchase Act 2004).

 

The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted drawings numbered 05 Rev C, 06 Rev C, 07 Rev A, 08 Rev A and 09 Rev A received, 22 April 2022 and 03 Rev C received 04 July 2022.

 

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

 

Prior to the commencement of any development on site details to include the following shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority and should be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

(a) Routing of construction and delivery vehicles to / from site

(b) Parking and turning areas for construction and delivery vehicles and site personnel

(c) Timing of deliveries

(d) Provision of wheel washing facilities

(e) Temporary traffic management / signage

(f) Measures to control noise affecting upon birds within the adjacent SSSI

(g) Dust control measures

(h) Access arrangements

(I) Details of anticipated number of hourly, daily and total HGV movements and timescale for the same

(j) Details of the largest size of vehicle likely to visit the site

(k) Details of any abnormal loads

(l) Details of herras fencing to be erected along the site boundaries adjacent to the construction footprint.

(m) Details of any required mitigation for protected sites

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety, neighbouring amenity and protected species, in accordance with policies QD02 QD03 and SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice contained within the NPPF.

 

Prior to the commencement of any development on site a detailed ecological mitigation and habitat creation plan to include the following shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority and should be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

o Updated Preliminary Ecological Survey (if existing survey data is over 2 years old)

o Any specific species surveys recommended.

o Overview of mitigation and habitat creation required.

o Detailed methodology for the mitigation and habitat creation/enhancement.

o Timing of the works

o Details of who will implement the works

o Interim management plan until site wide management plan has been impelmented.

o Map showing the areas of the mitigation areas, habitat creation and enhancement areas

 

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to make a positive contribution to biodiversity, in accordance with Policies QD02 and SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan, and the advice as contained within the NPPF.

 

No Development shall take place until a detailed sustainable surface water drainage scheme for the site has been submitted to (and approved in writing by) the local planning authority. The detailed drainage scheme shall demonstrate that the surface water generated by this development (for all rainfall durations and intensities up to and including the climate change adjusted critical 100 year storm) can be accommodated and disposed of within the curtilage of the site without increase to flood risk on or off-site. The drainage scheme shall also demonstrate that silt and pollutants resulting from the site use and construction can be adequately managed to ensure there is no pollution risk to receiving waters.

 

GROUND:

To ensure the development is served by satisfactory arrangements for the disposal of surface water and to ensure that the development does not exacerbate the risk of on/off site flooding, in accordance with Policy CC02 of the Thanet Local Plan and advice contained within the NPPF.

 

No building on any phase (or within an agreed implementation schedule) of the development hereby permitted shall be occupied until a Verification Report, pertaining to the surface water drainage system and prepared by a suitably competent person, has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The Report shall demonstrate the suitable modelled operation of the drainage system where the system constructed is different to that approved. The Report shall contain information and evidence (including photographs) of details and locations of inlets, outlets and control structures; landscape plans; full as built drawings; information pertinent to the installation of those items identified on the critical drainage assets drawing; and, the submission of an operation and maintenance manual for the sustainable drainage scheme as constructed.

 

GROUND:

To ensure the development is served by satisfactory arrangements for the disposal of surface water and to ensure that the development does not exacerbate the risk of on/off site flooding, in accordance with Policy CC02 of the Thanet Local Plan and advice contained within the NPPF.

 

Prior to the development being operational, a management plan to include the following shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority and should be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

o Map showing the areas of the mitigation areas, habitat creation and enhancement areas to

be managed.

o Overview of management to be implemented.

o Detailed management plan capable of being a 5 year rolling plan.

o Details of how the management will be funded.

o Who will carry out the works.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to make a positive contribution to biodiversity, in accordance with Policies QD02 and SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan, and the advice as contained within the NPPF.

 

If, during development, significant contamination is suspected or found to be present at the site, then works shall cease, and this contamination shall be fully assessed and an appropriate remediation scheme agreed with the Local Planning Authority. The approved works shall be implemented within a timetable agreed by the Local Planning Authority and shall be of such a nature as to render harmless the identified contamination given the proposed end use of the site and surrounding environment, including controlled waters.

Prior to first occupation/use and following completion of approved measures, a verification report shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that the proposed development will not cause harm to human health or pollution of the environment, in accordance with Policy SE03 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

Ground levels should be raised to 3.0 mAOD across the entire site, elevating the development above the 2.89 mAOD flood level for the 0.5% AEP event including climate change to the year 2052.

 

GROUND:

To reduce any impact of flooding in accordance with Policy CC02 of the Thanet Local Plan and advice contained within the NPPF.

 

Sensitive equipment should be located at least 300mm above the design flood level (2.89mAOD)

 

GROUND:

To reduce any impact of flooding in accordance with Policy CC02 of the Thanet Local Plan and advice contained within the NPPF.

 

During the debate, the Chair called for the meeting to be adjourned at 20:02 and resumed at 20:08.

 

Upon being put to the vote, the motion was declared CARRIED.