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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q1 Do you think any further information should be included in the overview of the area?
Representation ID: 30254
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
There is no mention of areas of tranquillity within the county. Mineral extraction has an inevitable impact on tranquillity - a feature of the countryside that is valued by so many people. Recommended reading:
http://www.cpre.org.uk/resources/countryside/tranquil-places/item/3963-give-peace-a-chance.
There is no mention of areas of tranquillity within the county. Mineral extraction has an inevitable impact on tranquillity - a feature of the countryside that is valued by so many people. Recommended reading:
http://www.cpre.org.uk/resources/countryside/tranquil-places/item/3963-give-peace-a-chance.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Setting the overall context for the plan
Representation ID: 30255
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
This representation is made on behalf of the Nottinghamshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
CPRE recognises the need for mineral extraction. It also needs to be recognised that the impact of extraction of millions of tonnes of aggregates every year on the countryside and local communities can be enormous. There is a need to reduce the level of extraction in future by making better use of mineral resources and developing alternatives. The environment is too often taken into account only when considering where to quarry, not whether we really need to.
This representation is made on behalf of the Nottinghamshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
CPRE recognises the need for mineral extraction. It also needs to be recognised that the impact of extraction of millions of tonnes of aggregates every year on the countryside and local communities can be enormous. There is a need to reduce the level of extraction in future by making better use of mineral resources and developing alternatives. The environment is too often taken into account only when considering where to quarry, not whether we really need to.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q3 Are the above strategic issues appropriate? Are there others we should consider?
Representation ID: 30256
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
Consider whether the need for the supply of extracted aggregates can be reduced by the use of alternatives, re-cycled materials and more efficient building methods.
Consider whether the need for the supply of extracted aggregates can be reduced by the use of alternatives, re-cycled materials and more efficient building methods.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q2 Do you agree with the draft vision? Are there other things we should include?
Representation ID: 30257
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
Protect the green belt by refusing to contemplate mineral extraction there unless there are very exceptional circumstances.
Protect the green belt by refusing to contemplate mineral extraction there unless there are very exceptional circumstances.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q6 Do you think extensions to existing permitted quarries should be prioritised over new greenfield quarries
Representation ID: 30258
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
Yes. New quarries should only be permitted where there is no practical alternative.
Yes. New quarries should only be permitted where there is no practical alternative.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q24 Are you aware of any issues relating to hydrocarbon extraction that should be considered through the Minerals Local Plan review?
Representation ID: 30369
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
Yes.
CPRE considers that there should be a moratorium on fracking unless it can be clearly demonstrated that fracking would:
- help secure the radical reductions in carbon emissions required to comply with planning policy and meet legally binding climate change targets;
- not lead to unacceptable cumulative harm, whether for particular landscapes or on the English countryside as a whole, and
- be carefully controlled by effective systems of regulation and democratic planning, which are adequately resourced at both local and national levels.
Climate change is the most urgent and complex threat to the English countryside today.
Yes.
CPRE considers that there should be a moratorium on fracking unless it can be clearly demonstrated that fracking would:
- help secure the radical reductions in carbon emissions required to comply with planning policy and meet legally binding climate change targets;
- not lead to unacceptable cumulative harm, whether for particular landscapes or on the English countryside as a whole, and
- be carefully controlled by effective systems of regulation and democratic planning, which are adequately resourced at both local and national levels.
Climate change is the most urgent and complex threat to the English countryside today.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q4 Do you think the average 10 year sales figure is the most suitable methodology for forecasting future demand in Nottinghamshire? If not please identify any alternatives
Representation ID: 30370
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
Averages do not necessarily indicate a future trend. As a matter of simple arithmetic a continuous downward trend over a period of years will have an average higher than the figure for the latest year. If that trend is expected to continue, the average would not be a suitable figure. The demand for new aggregates should be encouraged to drop by efforts to re-cycle existing materials etc.
Averages do not necessarily indicate a future trend. As a matter of simple arithmetic a continuous downward trend over a period of years will have an average higher than the figure for the latest year. If that trend is expected to continue, the average would not be a suitable figure. The demand for new aggregates should be encouraged to drop by efforts to re-cycle existing materials etc.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q5 Do you think the same methodology (most recent average 10 year sales) should be used for each aggregate or is there merit in using different methodologies for different aggregates?
Representation ID: 30371
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
The estimate should reflect a conservative estimate of need in each case based on the possibilities for reduced demand by encouraging alternatives rather than straight arithmetic.
The estimate should reflect a conservative estimate of need in each case based on the possibilities for reduced demand by encouraging alternatives rather than straight arithmetic.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q8 How important is it to maintain a geographical spread of sand and gravel quarries across the County to minimise transport distances
Representation ID: 30372
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
Quarries should be situated where they do least damage. Sites should not be placed where the transport links are unsuitable just because the demand is nearby.
Quarries should be situated where they do least damage. Sites should not be placed where the transport links are unsuitable just because the demand is nearby.
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Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
Q10 Is it economical to transport mineral by river barge and if so should proposed quarries with the potential for moving sand and gravel by river barge be prioritised over other proposals?
Representation ID: 30373
Received: 12/01/2018
Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire Branch
Barge transport should be considered if this can be achieved with minimum damge to other environmental considerations.
Barge transport should be considered if this can be achieved with minimum damge to other environmental considerations.
