Paragraph 53

the drilling of boreholes;

the carrying out of seismic surveys; or

the making of other excavations,

it is contrary to the requirements of the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010;

it consists of the drilling of boreholes for petroleum exploration;

any operation would be carried out within 50 metres of any part of an occupied residential building or a building occupied as a hospital or school;

any operation would be carried out within a national scenic area or a site of archaeological or special scientific interest;

any explosive charge of more than 1 kilogram would be used;

any excavation referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c) would exceed 10 metres in depth or 12 square metres in surface area;

in the case described in sub-paragraph (1)(c) more than 10 excavations would, as a result, be made within any area of 1 hectare within the land during any period of 24 months; or

any structure assembled or provided would exceed 12 metres in height, or, where the structure would be within 3 kilometres of the perimeter of an aerodrome, 3 metres in height.

no operations shall be carried out between 6pm and 7am;

no trees on the land shall be removed, felled, lopped or topped and no other thing shall be done on the land likely to harm or damage any trees, unless the planning authority have otherwise agreed in writing;

before any excavation (other than a borehole) is made, any topsoil and any subsoil shall be separately removed from the land to be excavated and stored separately from other excavated material and from each other;

within a period of 28 days from the cessation of operations unless the planning authority have, in a particular case, agreed otherwise in writing—