Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Preliminary Draft Local Plan Consultation May 2018 Form A: Minerals and Waste Local Plan Consultation Response Form From 16 May to 26 June 2018 the Councils are consulting on the Preliminary Draft version of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan. This is the first of three rounds of consultation on this new Plan, which can be viewed at cambridgeshire.gov.uk/mwlp or peterborough.gov.uk/mwlp. This form can be used for responding to the consultation, however we would prefer you to make comments online at: http://consult.peterborough.gov.uk/portal/planning/pc/ccc_pcc_mwlp_2036/jpd/jpd. Alternatively you can email this form to [email protected]or post it to Joint Minerals and Waste Planning Team, ℅ Peterborough City Council, Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1HF. All comments must be received by 11.59pm on 26 June 2018. Late comments will not be accepted. Part A: Your Details Name: Keith Bird Agent name: Organisation: Hanson UK Organisation: Address: Address: Postcode: Postcode: Email: Email: Tel: Tel: Signature: (not required for electronic submission) Date: 20.06.18 Important information about data protection: Any comments you make as part of the consultations into the Minerals & Waste Local Plan will be made public as it is a statutory requirement to publish comments. We will publish these online. If you have any concerns then please contact us. The Councils will however remove email addresses, postal addresses, telephone numbers and signatures. Your information will be retained by the Councils as part of our statutory plan making duty, until no later than six months after the Plan is adopted, at which point your information will be securely deleted / destroyed. We will consult you at subsequent stages of the Plan’s preparation to seek further comments from you and to keep you informed. If you do not wish to be contacted at subsequent stages of the Plan, please let us know using the contact details at the top of this page. By submitting this form you are agreeing to these conditions. PETERBOROUGH
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Preliminary Draft Local Plan Consultation
May 2018
Form A: Minerals and Waste Local Plan
Consultation Response Form
From 16 May to 26 June 2018 the Councils are consulting on the Preliminary Draft version of the Minerals and Waste
Local Plan. This is the first of three rounds of consultation on this new Plan, which can be viewed at
cambridgeshire.gov.uk/mwlp or peterborough.gov.uk/mwlp.
This form can be used for responding to the consultation, however we would prefer you to make comments online at:
http://consult.peterborough.gov.uk/portal/planning/pc/ccc_pcc_mwlp_2036/jpd/jpd. Alternatively you can email this
form to [email protected] or post it to Joint Minerals and Waste Planning Team, ℅ Peterborough
City Council, Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1HF.
All comments must be received by 11.59pm on 26 June 2018. Late comments will not be accepted.
Part A: Your Details
Name: Keith Bird Agent name:
Organisation: Hanson UK Organisation:
Address:
Address:
Postcode: Postcode:
Email: Email:
Tel: Tel:
Signature: (not required for electronic submission)
Date: 20.06.18
Important information about data protection:
Any comments you make as part of the consultations into the Minerals & Waste Local Plan will be made public
as it is a statutory requirement to publish comments. We will publish these online. If you have any concerns
then please contact us. The Councils will however remove email addresses, postal addresses, telephone
numbers and signatures. Your information will be retained by the Councils as part of our statutory plan making
duty, until no later than six months after the Plan is adopted, at which point your information will be securely
deleted / destroyed. We will consult you at subsequent stages of the Plan’s preparation to seek further
comments from you and to keep you informed. If you do not wish to be contacted at subsequent stages of the
Plan, please let us know using the contact details at the top of this page. By submitting this form you are
agreeing to these conditions.
PETERBOROUGH
Part B: Your Comments If you want to comment on several policies, paragraphs or other matters, please use a separate Part B for each
representation. Please provide as much information as possible: for example, if you disagree with a policy
please let us know why and tell us what alternative wording or approach you think we should use. If you need
more space, please continue on a separate sheet. If you wish to submit a site to be allocated for mineral or
waste management development, please use the appropriate Form 1 (for minerals) or Form 2 (for waste
management).
Which policy, paragraph or other matter are you commenting on? e.g. Policy CP1
Support: I support the above referenced policy /
paragraph because:
Object: I object to the above referenced policy /
paragraph because:
General Comments:
I neither support nor object to the above referenced policy / paragraph but I make the following observations:
Please email your comments to: [email protected] or post a hard copy to Joint Minerals
and Waste Planning Team, ℅ Peterborough City Council, Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1HF. If
you have any queries please call 01733 747474.
Thank you for taking time to respond
Form 1: Suggested Minerals Site (May 2018)
Contact Details:
Name: Keith Bird Phone number: Email address:
Postal address: Hanson UK, ,
,
Please indicate your relationship to the site? If you are not the landowner please provide information to support deliverability. For example, is there an agreement / lease to use the land, etc?
☐landowner
☐agent
☒operator
☐other
Site Information:
Site name / location: Needingworth Quarry OS reference: TL 396 718
Site address: Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 3RJ
Type of mineral development proposed: Please also state type of mineral.
☒Extraction – Sand & Gravel
☒Processing – Sand & Gravel
☐Other…………………………………………...
Is the site adjacent to an existing operational or allocated site?
☒Yes (details): Existing site extension
allocation.
☐No:
Site operational details: Please provide your best estimate for the information opposite.
● Start date: 2025 ● Operational life (y): 3 years ● Annual production (t): 1 million tonnes per
annum ● Total yield (t): 3 million tonnes
Has the site previously been submitted in previous plans or as a planning application?
☒Yes (details): Existing allocation ref M1B.
☐No:
Please include with your site submission the mandatory information listed opposite: Please tick the boxes opposite to indicate that you have attached the requested information for consideration
☒OS map base showing site boundary in red
and other land in / or likely to be under applicants control, in blue
☒geological evidence to support the reserve
☒highways access points
☒location of processing plant
☒environmental mitigation measures
☒restoration scheme details
It would assist us in determining the deliverability of your site if you could also include the additional information listed opposite: Please tick which additional information you have provided
☒proposed working hours
☒details of lorry movements and routes
☒details of phasing
☒likely number of employees
☐intended use for reject materials including
stone, sand and slit
☐estimated area of best and most versatile
agricultural land before and after development
Supporting Information
Site Boundary & Phasing:
The proposed allocation area is shown on the attached drawing number O2/767 (edged dashed
orange), adjoining the existing planning permission area of Needingworth Quarry (edged red). This
plan also identifies the expected phasing of extraction to be followed in working the extension
reserves.
Those parts of the proposed allocation where Hanson currently owns mineral interests are indicated
shaded blue on drawing number O2/671a. These comprise both freehold minerals with working rights
and manorial interests. The remaining interests within the extension area would be pursued should
the existing site allocation be retained and subsequently planning permission be issued for mineral
extraction.
Geological Evidence:
The proposed allocation is estimated to contain circa 3 million tonnes of sand and gravel based on
the site investigation undertaken to date. The positions of existing boreholes drilled within the
allocation area are shown on the attached drawing number O2/769. Further drilling investigations
would be conducted in advance of any planning application to extend the existing Needingworth
Quarry should the allocation be confirmed.
Highway Access & Processing Plant Location:
All material extracted from the proposed allocation would be conveyed across the River Great Ouse
via the existing main conveyor and processed for sale through the existing Needingworth processing
plant.
All material sold from the site would be transported via the current highway access onto Bluntisham
Road, Needingworth. The location of the existing processing plant site is shown on drawing number
O2/671a.
Environmental Mitigation Measures:
The processing plant site is generally the most intrusive part of a quarry operation but the existing
plant located approximately 2.5km from the nearest settlement (Needingworth village) is well
screened and sufficiently separated from the village that any impact on local residents is within the
limits of acceptability.
Any planning application to extract minerals from the proposed allocation area would be
accompanied by a full Environmental Impact Assessment to address potential impacts and mitigate
accordingly.
Restoration Scheme Details:
Hanson is currently working in partnership with RSPB to restore the adjoining Needingworth Quarry
sand and gravel workings to create a reedbed priority habitat of international importance (Ouse Fen
Nature Reserve). Whilst a restoration scheme for the proposed allocation area has yet to be
formulated, it is clear that a complementary restoration would offer an opportunity to extend the
existing approved restoration scheme to achieve even greater nature conservation benefits, thereby
adding significantly to the wildlife and recreational value of the reserve. This approach has the
support of the RSPB.
The successful phased reinstatement of reedbed, wet scrub and grassland habitat carried out at
Needingworth Quarry to date demonstrates the feasibility of restoring the allocation site to high
quality wetland habitat capable of supporting priority species such as the bittern. The quality of this
work has been recognised by a national RTPI planning award in the planning for biodiversity
category.
An extension of the adjoining quarry would allow new public access points to be created linking into
the 32km of public rights of way being created under the current quarrying permission at
Needingworth, offering a significant contribution towards Cambridgeshire’s Green Infrastructure
Strategy objectives.
Proposed Working Hours:
Hanson would expect to undertake working of the allocation area in accordance with the existing
permitted operating hours at the adjoining Needingworth Quarry.
Extraction operations are currently carried out at the site between 0700 hours to 1900 hours (Monday
to Friday) and 0700 hours to 1300 hours on Saturdays except in exceptional circumstances. Material
deliveries from the site are currently carried out between 0700 hours to 1800 hours (Monday to
Friday) and 0700 hours to 1300 hours on Saturdays except in exceptional circumstances.
Lorry Movements and Routes:
Needingworth Quarry operates a heavy commercial vehicles routing arrangement as part of
commitments entered into under a Section 106 planning agreement with Cambridgeshire County
Council. This ensures that heavy vehicles transporting materials to the A14 turn left onto the A1123
when leaving the site before joining the A1096 (St Ives Bypass) southbound to reach the junction
with the A14. Hanson would be prepared to enter into a similar legal agreement with the County
Council in respect of extraction from the proposed allocation area.
At an estimated annual output of 1.0 million tonnes lorry movements would be circa 400 per day (200
in; 200 out) or 36 per hour (18 in; 18 out).
Number of Employees:
Needingworth Quarry currently has a workforce of 9 permanent quarrying employees and 5
permanent bagging plant employees.
Hanson currently employs a fleet of 6 permanent heavy commercial vehicle drivers running out of
Needingworth, with support from an additional 18 regular franchise drivers.
It is expected that similar levels of employment would be maintained in working the proposed