Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Pre-Submission Publication
Mineral Extraction Sites
(2) Sand and gravel
The following sites were proposed for sand and gravel extraction by mineral operators and are allocated to meet the forecast sand and gravel need during the plan period. The assessments for all the allocated sites are included in this document. Policy MP1 'Provision for minerals extraction' states that specific sites for at least 12.597 million tonnes of sand and gravel will be allocated. The following 16 sites with an estimated resource of 18.145 million tonnes are allocated to meet the forecast sand and gravel need during the plan period. 15.4 million tonnes of the estimated resource are expected to be extracted within the plan period with a further 1.4 million tonnes already included in the existing landbank.
|
Parish |
Site reference |
Location |
Estimated total resource (tonnes) |
Estimated resource (tonnes) available during the plan period 2021-2038 |
Planning status at 31.12.2021 |
|
Beetley |
MIN 12 |
land north of Chapel Lane |
1,175,000 |
1,120,000 |
No planning application |
|
Beetley |
MIN 51 & MIN 13 & MIN 08 |
land west of Bilney Road |
1,830,000 |
1,480,000 |
No planning application |
|
Carbrooke |
MIN 200 |
land west of Cuckoo Lane |
300,000 |
300,000 |
No planning application |
|
Attlebridge |
MIN 202 |
land south of Reepham Road, |
545,000 |
545,000 |
Planning application submitted in 2018 and being determined |
|
Frettenham and Buxton with Lammas |
MIN 37 |
land at Mayton Wood, Coltishall Road, Buxton |
1,450,000 |
1,450,000 |
Permission granted June 2021 |
|
Horstead with Stanninghall |
MIN 64 |
land at Grange Farm, Buxton Road, Horstead |
650,000 |
650,000 |
Permission granted May 2021 |
|
Horstead with Stanninghall |
MIN 65 |
land north of Stanninghall Quarry |
3,745,000 |
3,745,000 |
Permission granted August 2021 |
|
Spixworth |
MIN 96 |
land at Grange Farm (between Spixworth Road and Coltishall Lane) |
1,600,000 |
1,600,000 |
No planning application |
|
Tottenhill |
MIN 206 |
land at Oak Field, west of Lynn Road |
750,000 |
750,000 |
Planning application submitted in 2021 and being determined |
|
Aylmerton |
MIN 69 |
land north of Holt Road |
2,000,000 |
700,000 (northern part of site received permission in 2020 so 1 million tonnes already included in the landbank) |
Permission granted for northern part of site in October 2020 |
|
North Walsham |
MIN 115 |
land at Lord Anson's Wood, near North Walsham |
1,100,000 |
960,000 |
No planning application |
|
Edgefield |
MIN 207 |
land at Pinkney Field, Briston |
400,000 |
N/A site received permission in 2019 so already included in the landbank |
Permission granted in August 2019 |
|
East Beckham |
MIN 208 |
land south of Holt Road |
1,320,000 |
800,000 |
No planning application |
|
Haddiscoe |
MIN 25 |
land at Manor Farm (east of Crab Apple Lane) |
1,300,000 |
1,300,000 |
No planning application |
|
N/A |
N/A |
TOTAL |
18,165,000 |
15,400,000 |
N/A |
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 provide flexibility to meet any future increase in demand for Carstone during the Plan period.
|
Parish |
Site reference |
Location |
Estimated resource (tonnes) |
Estimated resource available during the plan period 2021- 2038 |
Planning status at 31.12.2021 |
|
Middleton |
MIN 6 |
land off East Winch Road, Mill Drove |
1,416,000 |
1,120,000 |
No planning application |
The silica sand resource in Norfolk is only located in West Norfolk. Two sites with an estimated resource of 4.1 million tonnes will be allocated for silica sand extraction. Both sites have been proposed by Silbelco UK Ltd. The assessments of these two sites are included in this document. These two sites would not meet the forecast need of 10.34 million tonnes of silica sand during the plan period. Therefore, a criteria-based policy (MPSS1) for planning applications for silica sand extraction is also included in the Minerals and Waste Local Plan.
|
Parish |
Site reference |
Location |
Estimated resource (tonnes) |
Resource available during the plan period 2021-2038 (tonnes) |
Planning status at 31.12.2021 |
|
East Winch |
MIN 40 |
land east of Grandcourt Farm |
3,000,000 |
3,000,000 |
Planning application submitted in 2018 and being determined |
|
Bawsey |
SIL01 |
land at Mintlyn South |
1,100,000 |
1,100,000 |
Permission granted August 2021 |
|
N/A |
TOTAL |
N/A |
4,100,000 |
4,100,000 |
N/A |
