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Landfill worries hamper Wolston application

Residents in the Wolston area of Warwickshire, where Bardon Aggregates has applied to extract 1.2million tonnes of sand and gravel, have promised to fight the plans on grounds that it could become a landfill site.

The proposed 212acre quarry could help the county of Warwickshire increase its current dwindling landbank of sand and gravel, which currently sits at 6.1 years, according to local planners, well under the MPS1 minimum of seven years.

One Warwickshire planner told MQR: “Around 10-15 permissions came on line at the same time and now they are all coming to an end. It is causing us quite a problem.”

The Wolston Fields Farm application seeks to pull out the material over seven years. Bardon says it wants to restore the site to a beauty spot, but residents believe that as the company does not own the land its plans for the site could be ignored.

However the planning officer in charge of the case told MQR he is seeking to convey to residents that as the application is for a shallow operation, once clay liner has been added to the site it would become unsuitable for landfill because of its depth.

He said there were a lot of objections to the operation and that he was expecting a petition to be handed in over the next two weeks. A decision will be made by Warwickshire County Council in May.

Meanwhile, Ennstone is applying to extract 3.12million tonnes of sand and gravel from nearby Ling Hall Quarry.

Its application is outside the area allocated in the Warwickshire local minerals plan in a bid to lower the number of people affected by the workings hopefully reducing resistance to the plans.

 
 

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