Agenda item

Application No: P2016/0078 - Proposed alternative restoration and aftercare scheme in respect of the former Margam Surface Mine, comprising engineering and landscaping works including: Pumping, earthworks, soil relocation, installation of an overflow drainage channel, re-introduction of rights of way across the site, agricultural (rehabilitation) works to establish vegetation and drainage (amendment to the restoration and aftercare scheme approved under planning permission reference P2006/1727. Former Margam Surface Mine, Fford Y Gyfraith, Cefn Cribwr. CF32 0BS

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That in accordance with Officer recommendation the wording of condition 2 be amended to read as follows, with all other conditions as shown within the report, attached as Appendix A, remaining unchanged:

 

That condition 2 read – the approved restoration shall be completed by 31 July 2018.  For a period of five years from the date of completion of restoration the restored area shall be managed in accordance with the approved aftercare scheme.  The planning permission shall expire following the complete restoration and aftercare of the site in accordance with the approved restoration and aftercare schemes.

 

Reason:

 

The alternative restoration scheme must be completed as quickly as possible but also in-accordance with a programme which does not adversely affect any European Protected Species on site, or the amenities of residents living adjacent to the site.

 

 

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