Six industrial storage units at Hargher Street, Burnley

“Site and Surrounding Area 1.1. The application relates to the northern area of the former Hargher Clough Mill site with the western half of the site occupied by a former mill building (to be retained) and location of the existing access whilst the eastern area is an area which has been cleared. The central and southern area of the wider mill site has been developed with industrial units which are complete and, in some cases, occupied.”

“Proposal 2.1. This application is being presented to committee as more than 3 objections have been received. The submission proposes to construct an industrial building containing 6no. units. The building would be a maximum of 36m wide by 15.2m deep with a mono pitched roof with a maximum height and eaves height of 6m and 4.5m respectively. The proposal includes 13no. additional car parking spaces to the west and east side of the building.”

“Environmental Health – No objection subject to conditions requiring a Construction Management Plan, No burning of construction waste or materials, restriction of noise from plant, solid brick wall to be retained and maintained, and hours of operation.”

“Coal Authority – Initially objected to the scheme as it is within High Risk Coal Mining Area and the submission failed to include a suitable Coal Mining Risk Assessment. The applicant subsequently provided an additional Coal Mining Risk Assessment, and the Coal Authority has reviewed this and confirms that it raises no further objection subject to the inclusion of conditions covering investigation, remediation if required and verification of works undertaken.”

“Publicity – A total of 7no. objections have been received. The comments raised can be summarised as follows: • Loss of light to neighbouring residential properties and specifically rear gardens; • Loss of Amenity; • Contravenes local and national planning policies; and • Increase noise, to the detriment of neighbouring amenity.”

“The following concerns were also raised but are not planning considerations and so will not be considered further, they can be summarised as: • Will decrease the value of my house.”

“The plan should include, but not be limited to: a) An acoustic assessment for all noise-related areas of construction works, including piling (where applicable), and mitigation measures necessary to minimise noise or vibration disturbance from those construction works b) Procedures for maintaining good public relations including complaint management public consultation and liaison; c) All works and ancillary operations which are audible at the site boundary, shall be carried…”

“4) No development, excluding demolition of existing structures and site clearance, hereby approved shall commence until; a) a scheme of intrusive investigations has been carried out on site to establish the risks posed to the development by past shallow coal mining activity; and b) any remediation works and/or mitigation measures to address land instability arising from coal mining legacy, as may be necessary, have been implemented…”