Oxfordshire County Council has considered a recommendation to allow an aggregate recycling facility (ARF) with a capacity of 250,000tpa at a dormant quarry for a period of ten years.
The appropriate baseline for environmental assessment needs consideration, particularly when considering the effect of restoration.
Peter Nesbit is an associate at Eversheds LLP
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In his 2010 Autumn Statement, the chancellor announced a review of the implementation of the Habitats Directive and the Wild Birds Directive in the UK and a challenge to the red tape in the sector. DEFRA has now released the reports and Gary Sector ...
Two recent reports highlight the progress made and difficulties facing the construction sector.
With no ash disposal issues and opportunities for carbon capture at reduced cost compared with other technologies, Rohan Courtney predicts that underground coal gasification will bring energy production benefits
Dorset County Council has been recommended to approve an application for a 11ha extension to Chard Junction Quarry in the Dorset AONB.
Dorset County Council has considered a recommendation to approve an extension to Povington Pit to enable the extraction of 350,000 tonnes of ball clay over an eight year period.
Kent County Council has allowed a primary aggregate, recycled aggregate and topsoil depot to receive, store, process and dispatch primary aggregate and recovered material.
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The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has finally nestled down amongst us. Refreshingly for the mineral sector, it starts positively, with an acknowledgement that "minerals are essential to support sustainable economic growth and our quality ...
In Heard v Broadland District Council and Ors. EWHC (Admin) [2012] the claimant, who opposed urbanisation generally, challenged the adoption by the defendants of their Joint Core Strategy (JCS). The challenge centred around the adequacy of a strateg...
The UK has a target to deliver 15 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 and the Committee on Climate Change has advised that the most practicable renewable source is offshore wind. This is because of how much wind there is around the ...
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