Policy information sourced from the Central and Eastern Berkshire Joint Minerals & Waste Plan

DM9 Protecting Health, Safety and Amenity

  1. Planning permission will be granted for minerals and waste development only where it can be demonstrated that it will not generate unacceptable adverse impacts on the health, safety and amenity of local communities and the environment.
  2. Minerals and waste development should not:
    • Release emissions to the atmosphere, land or water (above appropriate standards);
    • Have an unacceptable impact on human health;
    • Cause unacceptable noise, dust, lighting, vibration or odour;
    • Have an unacceptable visual impact;
    • Potentially endanger aircraft from bird strike and structures;
    • Cause an unacceptable impact on public safety safeguarding zones;
    • Cause an unacceptable impact on public strategic infrastructure;
    • Cause an unacceptable cumulative impact arising from the interactions between minerals and waste developments, and between mineral, waste and other forms of development.
    • Cause an unacceptable impact through:
      • Tip and quarry slope stability; or
      • Differential settlement of quarry backfill and landfill; or
      • Subsidence and migration of contaminants.
  3. Where it is considered that there will be adverse impacts, applicants will be expected to undertake mitigation to ensure an acceptable degree of potential impact.

For more information please see the Central and Eastern Berkshire Joint Minerals & Waste Plan