Futures Forum: Quarrying in East Devon: Aggregate Industries' planning application for Straitgate Farm site: imminent
Futures Forum: Quarrying in East Devon >>> Aggregate Industries' planning application for Straitgate Farm site >>> consultation to 2nd July
The developer, Aggregate Industries, is part of a larger conglomerate:
Futures Forum: Holcim/Aggregate Industries: the costs and benefits
Last night, Ottery St Mary Town Council met to consider the proposals - the first item on the Agenda:
1)
DCC/3774/2015 Aggregate Quarry development for the
Industries
Ltd extraction
of sand and gravel at Straitgate Farm extending to 40.23 ha including new site
access onto Birdcage Lane at northern end of site, together with staff welfare
facilities, car parking and wheelwash
Straitgate Farm,
Exeter Road, Ottery St Mary.
Council Meetings - Ottery St Mary TC
The Town Council unanimously rejected the application:
Ottery Town Council strongly opposes quarry at Straitgate Farm
Monday, 29 June 2015 2 Comments by Claire
Ottery town councillors were in rare agreement this evening as they unanimously opposed an application for a 100 acre quarry at Straitgate Farm, near Ottery.
Around 60 members of the public were present, and about 10 of them spoke in opposition, including Margaret Hall from West Hill Residents Association and Alan Burrows, who farms cattle at Straitgate Farm.
Mr Burrows said he had farmed at Straitgate all his life and he was very concerned at the proposed loss of agricultural land, which East Devon had had a “bellyful” of recently.
Local campaigner, Monica Mortimer also spoke against the quarry, with a particular emphasis on tourism.
Many people referred to the potential 200 lorry journeys every day along the B3180, a road that is inadequate for the large number of lorry journeys already being undertaken as a result of quarrying at Venn Ottery.
I pointed out that the proposal was contrary to the adopted minerals plan and the plan to extend the life of Blackhill quarry for processing was contrary to local and national policy.
Cllr Roger Giles gave a strong speech outlining all the issues, including the declining need for quarrying due to the landfill and aggregates taxes which mean that far more aggregates are recycled. All the councillors supported his position. Strong words were used such as “horrific and “horrendous.”
Councillors unanimously opposed the plans.
The draft new minerals plan goes before the Devon County Council development management committee on Wednesday 15 July at 2pm, where it will be debated for consultation. Straitgate Farm is a proposed preferred site for quarrying in the emerging plan.
The meeting will be held at county hall. Although members of the public are not permitted to speak, I will be representing my ward and I would urge a large turn out to give councillors a clear message.
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2 comments:
Understandably there is much concern about, and opposition to, the AI planning application for Straitgate from Ottery and West Hill people. But there is also opposition from a much wider area over issues such as traffic, and great concern about large numbers of bulky lorries travelling along roads that are totally unsuitable.
Ottery and West Hill residents are understandably concerned about, and opposed to, the AI planning application for Straitgate. However, there is widespread opposition to issues such as traffic and widespread concern about large numbers of bulky lorries travelling on roads that are completely unsuitable.
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