Site planning risk brief

Permission for • Retention of previously excavated pit floors and faces within approximately 1.2 hectares of the existing sand-and-gravel pit, where average excavation depths exceeded the permitted levels by approximately 4-5 metres (within a maximum differential of c. 8 metres in localised areas) below the levels shown on the drawings approved under Plan File ref. No. 08/6662 & ABP Ref. PL 04.232102. These areas have since been infilled using on-site material to return them to the permitted levels and are now to be fully restored to agricultural use, with no further extraction proposed within them; • Retention and continue use of the existing historic site access; • Permission for: Recommencement of extraction within the remaining previously authorised sand and gravel resources over c. 2.4 ha (excluding the retained/restored areas), at a rate of approximately 50,000-60,000 tonnes per annum. Proposed pit floor levels will range between 100-105mOD. Extraction will be carried out on a dry-working basis only, with no requirement for dewatering; Recommencement and continued use of the existing aggregate processing plant and associated closed-circuit water settlement lagoons; Restoration of all worked areas to agricultural use through biodiversity-led measures. All for a period of 10years and within an application area of 6.2 hectres.

The development will consist of: • Continued extraction of remaining authorised sand and gravel resources (Plan File Ref. No. 08/6662 & ABP. PL 04.232102) over a total extraction area of c. 2.4 Ha.; • Continued use of the existing aggregate processing plant and associated water settlement lagoons; • Retention and continued use of the existing historic site access arrangements; • Restoration of all areas back to agricultural use. All for a period of 10 years and within an application area of 5.25 hectares.

Extraction of sand and gravel, processing of same by crushing, screening and washing using mobile/semi-mobile processing plant, settlement lagoons, new access with gates and natural stone pillars with internal roadway, site office and canteen, weighbridge, wheelwash, bunded fuel tank, chemical toilet and ancillary site works to include landscaping and screening berms and restoration of site for agricultural use. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 08/6662 and PL04.232102.

Permission for the establishment of a concrete and soil and stone recycling facility including associated plant and equipment and permission for the importation of clean and inert soil & stone for the partial restoration of a former quarry in order to improve the agricultural out put of the site, including the forming of an artificial pond/wetland area as well as all other necessary enabling works.

To construct new one and a half storey dwelling, domestic garage, site entrance, sewerage system and all associated site works.

Construct a single storey dwelling, site entrance, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works