Any planning application for landfill and/or landraising operations will need to satisfy the following additional criteria:

a)  The type of material used for filling and the degree of compaction should be compatible with the proposed after-use;

b)  Where the proposed development is located on a floodplain, the proposals will not have an unacceptable detrimental impact on flood attenuation capacity and would not impede the flow of flood waters;

c)  The visual impact of finished contours (pre-settlement and post-settlement) must be acceptable;

d)  Landfill and landraising schemes must have a positive contribution to landform and landscape quality on completion; and

e)  Satisfactory means (such as interim restoration) must be used to ensure that damage to restoration caused by subsidence or landfill gas is minimised.