Object

Representation ID: 56

Received: 11/10/2019

Respondent: Rushcliffe Borough Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? No

As set out in our representation on Policy MP1 (Aggregate Provision), the provision of aggregate required to meet demand should be reduced to 29.2 million tonnes of sand and gravel. This reflects the most up-to-date evidence in the LAA (2019).
Given this reduction the Minerals Planning Authority should, prior to publication, have reviewed its site selections and considered whether demand could be met through existing permitted reserves and the expansion of existing sites.
The total amount of remaining reserves identified in policy MP2 (MP2a-j) amounts to 23.31 million tonnes (not 17.5 million tonnes as stated in paragraph 4.17) and proposed extensions to existing permitted quarries amounts to 8.8 million tonnes. Combined these total 32.11 million tonnes, 2.91 million more than is required within the most recent LAA.
Policy SP1 within the publication draft sets out the strategy for the supply of minerals. It states that a) an adequate supply of minerals will be identified during the plan period and b) priority will be given to the extension of existing sites, where economically, socially, and environmentally acceptable. In accordance with this approach and considering the permitted reserves and extensions identified in Policy MP2, there does not appear to be a need for an additional new quarry at Barton Hill, or elsewhere. Its inclusion is therefore not justified.