Sand extraction allowed at Bournewood Sand and Gravel, Swanley
Saturday, 01 October 2011, Mineral Planning
An inspector permitted the extraction of sand from an active quarry in Kent to continue until 2017, finding no green belt harm.
The Welsh Assembly government, following recovery of an appeal involving an extension of sand and gravel working at a quarry in Pembrokeshire, agreed that it was necessary to maintain an adequate supply of the materials.
An inspector permitted the extraction of sand from an active quarry in Kent to continue until 2017, finding no green belt harm.
A condition imposed on a planning permission authorising the extract of a rare, high-quality building stone in Warwickshire was amended to permit additional working at weekends.
The use of a barn at an Oxfordshire farm lying within the Chilterns AONB was judged inappropriate for an aggregates recovery and recycling facility due to its adverse impact on the character of the area and the amenity of residents.
The production of recycled aggregate from construction and demolition waste in Oxfordshire was allowed after an inspector decided that it accorded with sustainable development principles.
The owner of a sand quarry in Staffordshire failed to overturn two enforcement notices which alleged that the extraction of the mineral failed to accord with the terms of a planning permission.
The owners of a limestone quarry in the Peak District national park were unsuccessful in seeking to strike down an enforcement notice requiring them to comply with two conditions imposed on a temporary planning permission, an inspector ruling that there had been a breach of control and continued mining...
A planning inspector has granted permission for the extraction of 1.5Mt of sharp sand and gravel at a site in Oxfordshire.
The Welsh Assembly Government granted permission for the extraction of 1.1Mt of sand and gravel which was supported by the local planning authority.
The removal of large parts of a wood inhabited by red squirrels to enable the extraction of sand and gravel was rejected due to serious concern about the long term future of the animals.
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