Plans for two new waste recycling units at the old Fullers Earth Works site at Odd Down have been approved by Bath & North East Somerset Council.
Photo © Waste Recycling Bath
The site at Fosseway Environment Park, close to the Park & Ride, is run by Waste Recycling Bath, which said that adding two new units will help streamline operations and improve efficiency.
Processes that currently take place outside will move under the cover of the new buildings, which will be open on two sides. Standing at 10.4 metres high, they will each measure 50 metres by 20 metres.
The scheme includes parking for 22 cars, nine LGVs and two HGVs.
It also includes landscaping, screening and enhanced biodiversity. All existing trees will be kept and there will be 31 new trees, along with areas of neutral grassland, wildflower meadows, an area of mixed scrub and three native hedgerows.
The site is within the Green Belt and the Cotswold National Landscape lies to the south.
Combe Hay Parish Council, which was consulted about the proposals, said the spoil piles at the site continue to alter the ridge line and that no approval should be granted until they are removed and an acceptable solution to the issue of spoil is reached.
The Environment Agency had no objection to the new units.
The council planners’ report said the new development is considered to be sited to minimise harm to the Green Belt and the proposed tree planting will strengthen the existing screening.
