Comment
Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Representation ID: 30378
Received: 14/01/2018
Respondent: Mrs Jackie Armstrong
'Wetlands' implies shallow marshy borderlands between water and solid land. Sand and gravel excavation often permanently destroys most land surface, creating artificial deep-water lagoons - not wetlands.
A more honest description: 'This activity has transformed large areas of the Trent and Idle Valleys into wetlands and deep lagoons and in doing so has changed the landscape character of the area. A small proportion of these former workings are now used for sports and recreation whilst others have become important wildlife habitats, however many unmodified lagoons still mark the permanent loss of former productive land surface.'
'Wetlands' implies shallow marshy borderlands between water and solid land. Sand and gravel excavation often permanently destroys most land surface, creating artificial deep-water lagoons - not wetlands.
A more honest description: 'This activity has transformed large areas of the Trent and Idle Valleys into wetlands and deep lagoons and in doing so has changed the landscape character of the area. A small proportion of these former workings are now used for sports and recreation whilst others have become important wildlife habitats, however many unmodified lagoons still mark the permanent loss of former productive land surface.'