Object
Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Pre-Submission Publication
Representation ID: 99080
Received: 06/10/2022
Respondent: Middleton Aggregates Ltd
Agent: Stephen M Daw Limited
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The use of the term, 'at existing sand and gravel workings' has in the past been overinterpreted to mean within the active working area rather than 'at' a quarry. Siting of inert recycling facilities in such a way is unnecessarily restrictive and can prove problematical as the working area is by definition busy, constantly moving and can lead to contamination (of mineral) issues.
Clarification is required, so that the policy cannot interpreted in an overly restrictive manner, thus allowing recycling facilities to be positioned elsewhere at a quarry and for example on previously worked land or on land adjoining a quarry, provided all other criteria are met. Similar clarification is required to identical wording used in Policy WP4.