2014-09-16 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                            16 September 2014


On the 13 February 2014, officers met with the applicant and consultants to discuss the
additional information requirements. The applicant advised it would engage a new traffic
engineer and investigate the possibility of upgrading sections of Top Forestry Road and
review the potential odour impacts. It was agreed that a period of 3 months was sufficient to
provide the response.

A draft infrastructure agreement template was given to the applicant in November 2013 and
again in June 2014.

The applicant did not provide any additional information within the agreed three months,
indicating a number of times that officers could expect to receive the information ‘shortly’.
The applicant was subsequently given a deadline of 31 July 2014. The revised information
was received on this date and included an updated ‘Noise and Air Quality Impact
Assessment’ prepared by MWA Environmental and a ‘Traffic Engineering Report’ prepared
by Lambert & Rehbein. No infrastructure agreement was received as part of the response.
The following further assessment is predominantly based on the information within these
reports.

2.   PROPOSAL
The application seeks approval for a Material Change of Use for Animal Husbandry Type 2 –
Intensive (Poultry Farm) and Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA 4 - Poultry Farming),
situated at 136 Top Forestry Rd, Ridgewood. The closest residences to the subject site are
identified on the locality plan below.




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