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The Committee RESOLVED: 

That planning permission be GRANTED subject to the conditions set out in Section 9 of this reporttogether with an additional condition prohibiting HGV movements to and from the site at weekends and on bank holidays, and that authority to undertake any minor nonmaterial editing which may be necessary to the wording of those conditions be delegated to the Service Manager – Planning & Development.

Description of Application

(a) SCC/3833/2021 Removal of Condition 2 of Schedule B of planning permission 2016/0025/CNT to enable extraction of Carboniferous limestone to recommence within Bartlett's Quarry prior to the permanent cessation of extraction at Torr Works Quarry

(b) SCC/3835/2021 Application under S106A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the modification of the Torr Works Section 106 Agreement to enable the recommencement of Carboniferous limestone extraction at Bartlett's Quarry, Nunney

The Committee RESOLVED: 

a) in respect of SCC/3833/2021, planning permission be GRANTED subject to the prior completion of the section 106 deed of variation to secure the modifications proposed in application SCC/3835/2021 to ensure the total combined amount of quarry material transported by road from Bartletts Quarry and Torr Quarry is restricted to no more than 3 million tonnes per annum and is closely monitored and the imposition of the conditions listed in paragraph 9.1 of the report, and that authority to undertake any minor non-material editing which may be necessary to the wording of those conditions be delegated to the Service Manager – Planning & Development. The Planning Service Manager to consult the Operator with regard to securing a routing plan for all HGVs transporting materials to the North to travel via the Bulls Green Road and onto the Old Wells/ Frome Road and those going South onto the A361, and HGVs from Bartletts Quarry to not use the road from Cranmore Piers to Long Cross through Waterlip.

b) in respect of SCC/3835/2021, the modifications detailed in paragraph 9.2 of the report are made to the S106 Agreement relating to Torr Quarry, and that authority to undertake any minor editing which may be necessary to those modifications be delegated to the Service Manager – Planning & Development.

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