Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 94926
Received: 29/10/2019
Respondent: Mr JJ Gallagher
MP7 - Restoration - Once again there is no timeframe bounding how long communities must suffer quarrying in their area before it will be restored. The statement "that worked land is reclaimed at the earliest opportunity" is open to interpretation in favour of the quarrying company and the disadvantage of the local residents. That makes the policy flawed, unacceptable and unsound. As it currently stands the policy means a local community suffers the loss of amenity for the benefit of the mineral operator, the landowner and the kudos for the MPA, for a mineral extraction site that lasts for many years and even generations. Finally, it does not specify that the restoration will be for the benefit of the local community and not a fee-paying public for a development by a private company. Without a definitive timescale to restoration and guarantees that land will be returned freely for the amenity of the local community, this policy is unsound.
MP7 - Restoration - Once again there is no timeframe bounding how long communities must suffer quarrying in their area before it will be restored. The statement "that worked land is reclaimed at the earliest opportunity" is open to interpretation in favour of the quarrying company and the disadvantage of the local residents. That makes the policy flawed, unacceptable and unsound. As it currently stands the policy means a local community suffers the loss of amenity for the benefit of the mineral operator, the landowner and the kudos for the MPA, for a mineral extraction site that lasts for many years and even generations. Finally, it does not specify that the restoration will be for the benefit of the local community and not a fee-paying public for a development by a private company. Without a definitive timescale to restoration and guarantees that land will be returned freely for the amenity of the local community, this policy is unsound.