Proposed sand and gravel quarry site MP2s
I writing to confirm that I wish to object to the above site.
The Barton / Mill Hill site was evaluated as the 3rd most damaging site in the long term of all of those proposed in the county by your own Sustainability Assessment.
The Draft Minerals Local Plan is 'unsound' in that the Council has sought to justify the inclusion of the site on the basis of 'maintaining a geographical spread' and therefore over riding the adverse impact of sustainability. However, the council has stated that 'there is no published data related to a geographical spread'.

There are no projections for sand and gravel demand in the different submarket areas. The County Council's statement that the Shelford or Coddington sites are too big cannot be justified.
The site would impact on two SSSIs - Attenborough Nature Reserve and Holme Pit - which are close to the site, and on five LWS's (Local Wildlife Sites) one of which will be destroyed altogether.
The site is in the Green Belt, and Brandshill and Clifton Woods, Adjacent to the site, have been designated as Ancient Woodland which have special protection under the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The Council has failed to justify any 'wholly exceptional reasons' required by the NPPF.
The Council has failed to follow its policy aim to 'Prioritise sites with potential for transporting sand and gravel by river barge' by not allocating any sites which use this mode of transport.

As a resident who resides in close proximity to the proposed site, we have already endured the upheaval of the A453 widening and the tram project. This proposal will have a considerable impact on my health and well being due to the loss of peace and tranquillity with noise and dust.