Reference: Sand and gravel provision site MP2s Mill Hill nr Barton in Fabis

I am writing to confirm I wish to OBJECT to the above site, I am the local farmer in the village of Clifton. I have been an agricultural tenant under the Nottingham City Council since March 29th 1945. As well as running the arable side of things, the family also run a very successful Home Livery business. Should this scheme be allowed to happen, the business would suffer gross detrimental effects, with a massive reduction to the farms revenue. Also the horse riders would lose a pleasurable ammenity which they have enjoyed for many, many years in the past, and present. It would have tremendous effect on all concerned, namely farm workers, horse riders, walkers, including all the house holders from Clifton-Wilford and hundreds of students from the local Trent University, in the Village of Clifton. In fact the local community would suffer in many ways; should the scheme be allowed to go ahead. What have the company got in mind regarding compensation, should it get the go ahead? If the worse were to happen. Everyone is whole heartedly against the scheme, and hope that it never comes to fruition.

Proposed sand and gravel quarry site MP2s
I writing to confirm that I wish to object to the above site.
The County Councils own 'Sustainability Assessment' shows that this site is the most damaging of all sites in the operational phase and the 3rd most damaging in the long term.
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 have been 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 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.
The site would impact on two SSSIs (Sites of Special Scientific Interest) - 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.
Natural England, RSPB, CPRE, Ramblers Association and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust have already objected to a planning application for this site.
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.
There would be a major impact on the quality of life and visual amenity of local people, as well as the loss of peace and tranquillity in an area used extensively by a wider community for walking, fishing, horse riding, bird watching and other leisure pursuits, including an adverse impact on grazing land and especially to the respiratory health of horses. The loss of a significant area of countryside on the edge of a large city such as Nottingham damages the recreational opportunities that are increasingly important for the health and well-being of city dwellers.