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Allowed10 December 20213271410

Bletchley Landfill Site, Guernsey Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 5FP

Planning appeal 3271410 at Bletchley Landfill Site, Guernsey Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 5FP (Milton Keynes Council) was allowed on 10 December 2021 by Inspector Palmer N, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether conditions 2, 3 and 5 of permission MK/806/95 meet the tests in national policy.

Appeal A: recontouring of the landfill site without complying with conditions 2, 3 and 5 of planning permission MK/806/95; Appeal B: construction and operation of a surface water attenuation lagoon forming part of the surface water management scheme for Bletchley Landfill Site

Authority
Milton Keynes Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
minerals-waste · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Palmer N
Postcode
MK3 5FP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether conditions 2, 3 and 5 of permission MK/806/95 meet the tests in national policy
  • consideration of alternative options for closure of the landfill and their environmental implications
  • the effect of the extension of the period of operation of the landfill on the living conditions of local residents
  • other environmental effects of the revised proposals for the duration, sequence and completion of restoration

What decided it

The proposed restoration scheme and timescale were found to be robustly based, with no unacceptable harm to residents' living conditions or the environment, against an agreed strategic need to continue landfilling.

The strategic benefit of continued landfill capacity, together with biodiversity net gain and public access improvements, outweighed the limited and unproven prospect of a shorter restoration period, with no unacceptable harm identified to living conditions or the environment.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DS4Policy SD8Policy WDC1Policy WCS1Policy NE6Policy D5Policy CT2Policy NE3Policy NE1Policy NE2Policy D1Policy NE5Policy WDC4

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