Agenda Item No. Committee: Regulatory Planning Committee Date: 8 February 2017 Report by: Head of Planning and Environment Proposal: Installation of to facilitate the transfer of leachate and other associated development. Site Address: Former Hastings Household Waste Recycling Site, Freshfields, off Bexhill Road, Pebsham, Bexhill, TN40 2RZ Applicant: Karl Taylor, Assistant Director - Operations, East Sussex County Council Application No. RR/784/CM Key Issues: Need for and purpose of the development Effect on strategic gap and Countryside Park Traffic considerations Effect on residential amenity Contact Officer: Jeremy Patterson Tel: 01273 481626 – Local Member: Councillor Charles Clark SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS 1. To grant planning permission subject to conditions as indicated in paragraph 8.1 of this report CONSIDERATION BY HEAD OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT The Site and Surroundings 1.1 The application site is situated on the eastern side of the access road, known as which is approximately 630 metres north of its junction ‘Freshfields’, with the A259 Bexhill Road. The site is adjacent to the entrance to the Pebsham Landfill site, which extends to the north and north-east (and is now being restored). The Southern Water Services Hastings Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) is located to the north-west. 1.2 To the and south-east of the site are the Bulverhythe playing fields and recreation ground. A tree belt is present along the eastern side of Freshfields to the south of the site and an area of trees and scrub is located to the east of the site. Opposite the site on the western side of Freshfields is Pebsham Lane, from which a public footpath tracks north towards the WWTW. Further to the south-west on the western side of Freshfields is a waste and recyclables transfer station (WRTS) and the Hastings Household Waste Recycling Site (HWRS). 1.3 The application site is an existing developed site, formerly accommodating the Hastings HWRS. The operational area is cut into the land and lies at a lower level compared to adjoining land on all sides. It is roughly
Agenda Item No. Committee: Regulatory Planning Committee Date: 8 February 2017 Report by: Head of Planning and Environment Proposal: Installation of to facilitate the transfer of leachate and other associated development. Site Address: Former Hastings Household Waste Recycling Site, Freshfields, off Bexhill Road, Pebsham, Bexhill, TN40 2RZ Applicant: Karl Taylor, Assistant Director - Operations, East Sussex County Council Application No. RR/784/CM Key Issues: Need for and purpose of the development Effect on strategic gap and Countryside Park Traffic considerations Effect on residential amenity Contact Officer: Jeremy Patterson – Tel: 01273 481626 Local Member: Councillor Charles Clark SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS 1. To grant planning permission subject to conditions as indicated in paragraph 8.1 of this report CONSIDERATION BY HEAD OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT The Site and Surroundings 1.1 The application site is situated on the eastern side of the access road, known as ‘Freshfields’, which is approximately 630 metres north of its junction with the A259 Bexhill Road. The site is adjacent to the entrance to the Pebsham Landfill site, which extends to the north and north-east (and is now being restored). The Southern Water Services Hastings Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) is located to the north-west. 1.2 To the and south-east of the site are the Bulverhythe playing fields and recreation ground. A tree belt is present along the eastern side of Freshfields to the south of the site and an area of trees and scrub is located to the east of the site. Opposite the site on the western side of Freshfields is Pebsham Lane, from which a public footpath tracks north towards the WWTW. Further to the south-west on the western side of Freshfields is a waste and recyclables transfer station (WRTS) and the Hastings Household Waste Recycling Site (HWRS). 1.3 The application site is an existing developed site, formerly accommodating the Hastings HWRS. The operational area is cut into the land and lies at a lower level compared to adjoining land on all sides. It is roughly
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