Preferred Options consultation document

Ended on the 30 October 2019

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Proposed Mineral Extraction Sites

Sand and gravel

The following 40 sites were proposed for sand and gravel extraction by mineral operators or landowners. Since the Initial Consultation, sites MIN 79 and MIN 80 have been withdrawn from the M&WLPR process and therefore will not be considered any further. Site MIN 76 has received planning permission for mineral extraction and therefore will not be considered any further in the process. The assessments for all the remaining sites are included in this document. Policy MP1 'Provision for minerals extraction' states that specific sites for at least 20,313,000 tonnes of sand and gravel will be allocated. Therefore, 19 sites with an estimated resource of 20,380,000 tonnes are concluded to be suitable to allocate to meet the forecast sand and gravel need during the plan period.

Site ref.	Location	Estimated resource (tonnes)	Conclusion
Breckland
MIN 12	land north of Chapel Lane, Beetley	1,175,000	Allocate (960,000t in the plan period)
MIN 51 & MIN 13	land west of Bilney Road, Beetley	1,120,000	Allocate
MIN 08	land north of Stoney Lane, Beetley	731,000	Not allocated
MIN 23	land north of Back Lane, Beeston	500,000	Not allocated
MIN 200	land west of Cuckoo Lane, Carbrooke	300,000	Allocate
MIN 116	land at Woodrising Road, Cranworth	950,000	Not allocated
MIN 35	land at Heath Road, Eccles, Quidenham	500,000	Not allocated
MIN 102	land at North Farm, south of the River Thet, Snetterton	980,000	Not allocated
MIN 201	land at Swangey Farm, north of North Road, Snetterton	590,000	Not allocated
Broadland
MIN 55	land at Keepers Cottage, Attlebridge	527,000	Not allocated
MIN 202	land south of Reepham Road, Attlebridge	1,000,000	Allocate
MIN 48	land at Swannington Bottom Plantation, Felthorpe	1,900,000	Not allocated
MIN 37	land at Mayton Wood, Coltishall Road, Buxton	1,450,000	Allocate
MIN 64	land at Grange Farm, Buxton Road, Horstead	650,000	Allocate
MIN 65	land north of Stanninghall Quarry	4,500,000	Allocate
MIN 96	land at Grange Farm (between Spixworth Road and Coltishall Lane), Spixworth	1,600,000	Allocate
MIN 213	Land at Mansom Plantation, Stratton Strawless	1,000,000	Allocate
Great Yarmouth
MIN 203	land north of Welcome Pit, Burgh Castle	280,000	Not allocated
MIN 38	land at Waveney Forest, Fritton	1,870,000	Not allocated
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
MIN 45	land north of Coxford Abbey Quarry, East Rudham	700,000	Not allocated
MIN 204	land north of Lodge Road, Feltwell	720,000	Not allocated
MIN 19 & MIN 205	land north of the River Nar, Pentney	850,000	Not allocated
MIN 74	land at Turf Field, Watlington Road, Tottenhill	160,000	Not allocated
MIN 76	land at West Field, Watlington Road, Tottenhill	285,000	Planning permission granted 18/04/2019
MIN 77	land at Runns Wood, south of Whin Common Road, Tottenhill	630,000	Not allocated
MIN 206	land at Oak Field, west of Lynn Road, Tottenhill	780,000	Allocate
MIN 32	land west of Lime Kiln Road, West Dereham	560,000	Not allocated
North Norfolk
MIN 69	land north of Holt Road, Aylmerton	2,000,000	Allocate (1,800,000t in plan period)
MIN 71	land west of Norwich Road, Holt	700,000	Not allocated
MIN 115	land at Lord Anson's Wood, near North Walsham	1,100,000	Allocate (1,080,000t in plan period)
MIN 207	land at Pinkney Field, Briston	400,000	Allocate
MIN 208	land south of Holt Road, East Beckham	1,320,000	Allocate (600,000t in plan period
South Norfolk
MIN 209	land adjacent to the A143, Earsham (Extension Area 1)	435,000	Allocate
MIN 210	land adjacent to the A143, Earsham (Extension Area 2)	750,000	Allocate (595,000t in the plan period)
MIN 211	land west of Bath Hills Road, Earsham (Extension Area 3)	485,000	Allocate
MIN 25	land at Manor Farm (between Loddon Road and Thorpe Road), Haddiscoe	1,300,000	Allocate
MIN 92	land east of Ferry Lane, Heckingham	570,000	Not allocated
MIN 212	land south of Mundham Road, Mundham	325,000	Allocate
MIN 79	land north of Hickling Lane, Swardeston	1,970,000	Site withdrawn
MIN 80	land south of Mangreen Hall Farm, Swardeston	750,000	Site withdrawn

Carstone

The carstone resource in Norfolk is only located in West Norfolk. Only one site has been proposed (by Middleton Aggregates Ltd) for carstone extraction, with an estimated mineral resource of 1,416,000 tonnes. The assessment of the carstone site is included in this document. This site is concluded to be suitable to allocate for carstone extraction and would meet the forecast need of 340,200 tonnes of carstone during the plan period. The assess

Site ref.	Location	Estimated resource (tonnes)	Conclusion
MIN 6	land off East Winch Road, Mill Drove, Middleton, King's Lynn	1,416,000	Allocate

Silica Sand

The silica sand resource in Norfolk is only located in West Norfolk. Three sites have been proposed for silica sand extraction (by Sibelco UK Ltd), with an estimated mineral resource of 20,200,000 tonnes. However, only two of these sites with an estimated resource of 4,200,000 tonnes have been concluded to be suitable to allocate. These two sites would not meet the forecast need of 10,500,000 tonnes of silica sand during the plan period. Therefore, four areas of search will also be allocated for silica sand extraction. The assessments of the proposed sites and areas of search are included in this document.

Site ref.	Location	Estimated resource (tonnes)	Conclusion
MIN 40	land east of Grandcourt Farm, East Winch	3,000,000	Allocate
SIL01	land at Mintlyn South, Bawsey	1,200,000	Allocate
AOS E	land to the north of Shouldham	Not known	Allocate
AOS F	land to the north of Stow Bardolph	Not known	Allocate
AOS I	land to the east of South Runcton	Not known	Allocate
AOS J	land to the east of Tottenhill	Not known	Allocate
SIL 02	land at Shouldham and Marham	16,000,000	Not allocated

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