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            That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report of the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) and subject to the additional condition on the submission and approval of a traffic management plan. 

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) in respect of this application which had been the subject of a site visit on 22 February 2016.  The usual consultations had been undertaken and the responses received detailed in the report.  Additional comments received since the preparation of the report were circulated at the meeting. 

                        The Senior Minerals and Waste Officer detailed the background to the report and gave a brief overview of applications 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 as they all related to the same site.  An application had been granted on appeal and was in the process of being implemented and the landfill site being constructed.  The use of the site would not change by these applications and the proposals were as a result of enforcement action with agenda items 6.1 and 6.3 being partly retrospective but this was not a reason to refuse the applications.   

This proposal was requesting a new access to the site which would be 250 metres away from the junction with the A494 trunk road; the existing access was approximately 50 metres from that junction.  The creation of the access had required the removal of several trees.  Welsh Government(WG) had initially issued a direction to withhold planning permission pending the submission of further information but this direction had now been lifted following the submission of a road widening scheme by the applicant at the junction between Pinfold Lane and the A494.  The creation of the new access would serve heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) with the existing access remaining in place for use by cars and light vehicles; it was felt that the proposal would be a significant highway gain.  A number of conditions relating to highways were being requested and the officer highlighted a comment in the late observations from a resident who had previously submitted comments during consultation; the concerns had been addressed in the report.  Highways had commented that the issues raised by the resident were insufficient to recommend refusal and therefore approval was recommended. 

                        Mr. S. Amos, the applicant, spoke in support of the application.  Pinfold Lane served other commercial uses and industrial uses and the new access would be located 250m north of the existing access and was a major improvement to the existing arrangement.  There were no objections from statutory consultees and no outstanding objections on any of the planning applications and therefore he requested that the applications be approved. 

            Councillor Derek Butler proposed the recommendation for approval which was duly seconded.  He said that there were concerns about having two accesses to the site with the new access also being the egress point for the HGVs.  Councillor Chris Bithell said that the proposal met with highway requirements and would be located further away from residential properties.    

                        Councillor Owen Thomas expressed significant concern that the work had already commenced on this site before the planning application had been considered.  He felt that the concrete included at the access would affect the water flow of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 123