ROADS AND DEVELOPMENT SUB-COMMITTEE                         ITEM 6
 
11TH DECEMBER 1989
 
CONTINUATION OF INFILLING AT NORTHNEY HOLIDAY CENTRE, HAYLING  ISLAND
(APPLICATION NO. 89/53427)
 
REPORT OF THE COUNTY PLANNING OFFICER
 
 
1.   In February 1987 temporary  planning permission was granted  for
the infilling of an old sunken football pitch at the disused Northney
Holiday Centre, Hayling Island.  That consent expired on 31st  August
1988.  An application  has now been made  for permission to  continue
infilling the site, shown on  the attached plan, which comprises  the
old football pitch and an additional area of land to the south  which
has been partially infilled without planning permission.
 
2.   The site  lies within  the Chichester  Harbour Site  of  Special
Scientific Interest and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
 
3.   The applicant proposes to import an estimated 1,000 cubic metres
of soil to the 2 hectare site to complete filling to levels congruent
with the southern boundary  and then to restore  the site to  amenity
grassland. He  estimates  that this  will  generate about  200  lorry
movements and will take about 6 months to complete.
 
Consultations
 
4.   The Nature Conservancy Council, Chichester Harbour  Conservancy,
Havant  Borough  Council's  Environmental  Health  Officer,  Southern
Water and the County Surveyor (Waste Disposal) have no objections  to
the application.    The  National Rivers  Authority  and  the  County
Surveyor have no objection, subject to conditions regarding the  type
of waste to  be tipped,  the duration of  tipping and  access to  the
site.
 
5.   I have  received a  letter from  North East  Hayling  Residents'
Association objecting  to the  application on  the grounds  that  the
tipping is unnecessary and that it would result in excessive traffic,
noise and dust nuisance.
 
Policies
 
6.   The following policies of the recently adopted Waste  Management
Plan are particularly relevant to this application:
 
"Policy 13:    The County Council will seek to ensure through the
               planning  permission  and   disposal  site   licensing
               procedures that  waste  disposal developments  do  not
               give  rise  to   unacceptable  environmental   impact,
               pollution risks or danger to public health."
 
 
 
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"Policy 14:    The County Council will require landfill, land raising
               and  other  temporary  waste  disposal  sites  to   be
               restored to a satisfactory environmental standard  and
               to a state suitable for an appropriate after-use."
 
District Council's Comments
 
7.   Havant Borough  Council has  no  objection to  the  application,
subject to conditions  to safeguard the  local residents against  the
impact of the works and to  the permission being limited to a  period
of six months.
 
County Planning Officer's Comments
 
8.   I accept  that further  tipping  on this  site will  cause  some
disturbance to local residents.  However, the importation of soil  is
necessary to restore the land  to some beneficial use and  reasonable
appearance.  The disturbance caused by the works can be minimised  by
conditions regarding the duration  and hours of working.   I am  also
recommending that any planning permission  granted is limited to  the
tipping of soils and that conditions be imposed concerning access  to
the site, highway safety, and the standard of site restoration.
 
RECOMMENDATION
 
9.   I recommend  that  Planning  Application No.  89/53427  for  the
continuation of infilling at Northney Holiday Centre, Hayling  Island
be approved subject to the following conditions:
 
     (1)  Time Limit (1.2.1) [substitute 1 year]
 
     (2)  Development to be carried  out in accordance with  approved
     plans and details  (2.1.1) [MTS/HI/2  and the  letter dated  2nd
     November and the amended site location plan submitted with it.]
 
     (3)  The site shall  be fully restored  in accordance with  this
     consent within  6  months of  the  commencement of  the  tipping
     hereby approved.
 
     (4)  Time  limits  to  control  noise  (8.3.33)  [delete   "This
     condition... on the site."]
 
     (5)  Access  provision  (5.4.1)  (1)  [The  existing  access  to
     Northney Lane]
 
     (6)  No lorry shall leave the site unless its wheels have been
     cleaned sufficiently  to  prevent  mud being  carried  onto  the
     highway.  Details of the facilities provided for wheel  cleaning
     shall be  submitted  to, and  approved  by, the  Local  Planning
     Authority before tipping commences.
 
     (7)  No  importation  of  materials   for  sorting  or   storage
     (8.3.10) (2)
 
 
 
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     (8)  No further materials other  than clean naturally  occurring
     earth-spoils shall be tipped at the site.
 
     (9)  The site shall be restored to a state suitable for  amenity
     after-use.
 
     (10) All non-earthspoil  waste  previously tipped  at  the  site
     shall be graded  out and covered  with a minimum  of 0.8  metres
     depth of sub-soil which shall  be graded in accordance with  the
     levels  hereby  approved   and  ripped  using   a  winged   tine
     sub-soiler.   The sub-soils  shall  in turn  be covered  with  a
     minimum of 0.2 metres  even depth of top  soil.  The quality  of
     soil shall conform to B.S. 3  882 and soil shall only be  spread
     when dry and friable.
 
     (11) Unless otherwise agreed  in writing by  the Local  Planning
     Authority, upon completion of top-soiling the site shall be sown
     with the following grass seed mix:
 
          30% Loretta Perennial Rye Grass;
          25% Boreal Creeping red fescue;
          40% Checker Chewings fescue; and
          5%  Highland Browntop (Agrostis).
 
          at the rate of 50g/m2.
 
 
 
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