Commentary on provisions of the Act Part 1: Conditions Conditions relating to waste and soil disposal and excavation
Where the relevant planning authority is a qualifying authority, paragraph 7 requires waste and spoil disposal and the excavation of bulk materials from borrow pits to be done in accordance with plans and specifications approved by that authority (which in a non-unitary area is the county council). Paragraph 7(4) and (5) enable the authority, when approving these, to require plans and specifications showing additional details to be submitted, in order to permit approvals of the plans and specifications to be staged. Paragraph 7(6) to (9) set out the grounds on which approval can be refused or conditions applied. Under paragraph 7(10), conditions require the agreement of the nominated undertaker.
	Paragraph 8 further provides that before development to which paragraph 7 applies is begun, the planning authority must approve a restoration scheme. Under paragraph 8(3) approval may only be refused on the ground that the scheme ought to be and is reasonably capable of being modified. Paragraph 8(5) enables the scheme to make provision about aftercare.