I have submitted my comments on the draft plan.

My concerns are with
- the proposal at Woodborough Lane
- the flood policy
- the consultation process

1. The proposal would dig a large hole at the top of the hill above the valley leading to Woodborough. Clay would be removed.
Clay holds water and as the water it would have held has to go somewhere it will flow into the valley making it wetter, making farm land less productive and increasing the stream flow, increasing erosion and flooding risk.
Woodborough floods regularly and the clay soaks up more water than other ground types in times of heavy rain. Thus removing the clay will increase the amount of water in times of heavy rainfall than at present or with other ground types.
Cutting one half of the op of a hill away will mean that sopped of the water that would now flow to Lambley will flow to Woodborough.

THE PLAN INCREASES THE FLOOD RISK TO WOODBOROUGH

Friends who live in the estate below Docket head tell me that over the years as more is dug out of there their gardens have got damper to the extent that additional drainage has been put in. This lesson is not being learned at the proposals for Woodborough Lane.

2. The flood assessment is only for the area affected by the digging not for the impact on the wider area downstream. As such the flood policy is also deficient as it only looks at flooding impacts in low areas where minerals will be taken out.

3. The consultation was inadequate. The impact of clay works at Woodborough Lane will be on Woodborough yet a meeting which no one was made aware of in Woodborough was held in Arnold one afternoon. This may have met the letter of the law for consultation but does not meet the spirit expected in consultations.