Object

Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Pre-Submission Publication

Representation ID: 99342

Received: 18/12/2022

Respondent: Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

The supporting text states that due to the site being 1.16km from the Beetley and Hoe Meadows SSSI site boundary, and being one of the finest remaining areas of wet unimproved grassland in Norfolk, the proposed extraction would be worked dry, above the water table. Also, Dillington Carr, Gressenhall SSSI is 1.44km from site boundary, CWS1027 Gressenhall Green Marshes is 730m from site boundary and Great Wood ancient woodland is 1.28km from the allocation. However, no specific condition is in included in MIN12 to ensure that the site will only be worked dry above the water table.

Change suggested by respondent:

In order to ensure that the plan does not result in impacts on SSSIs, CWS and ancient woodland, we request specific inclusion in the policy wording that the site will only be worked above the water table. Policy MIN 200 includes such wording, so in order to ensure that the policy is effective and doesn’t inadvertently promote development in conflict with nature conservation laws and policy, and is consistent with the precautionary approach taken in other policy text wording, we strongly recommend that this condition is added to this policy.