Draft Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan

Dear Sirs ,
Re. Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan Consultation - 27th July to 28th September 2018
The Scrooby Parish Council have the following comments to state on the latest version of the Notts CC Minerals Local Plan (2018).
a) Whilst we agree that minerals are required and that presently the Scrooby Top Quarry is a good source of one particular mineral, it does seem a "rape" of the rest of the agricultural areas of Scrooby along either side of the Great North Road to provide future sources.
b) We would therefore need to be entirely satisfied that these two sites are the best and ONLY sites for that supply. This would be looked upon on an application by application basis as each arose.
c) Specifically, we would also require urgent assurances as to the restoration of the quarried land, back to agricultural status and within a reasonable timescale. The last thing neither Notts CC nor Scrooby Parish want is to have huge holes in the landscape either side of the A638 Great North Road for any length of time.
d) Care must be taken not to spoil the rural characteristic of the Scrooby Parish and Village and turn it into an industrial wasteland like most of this type of work does to a parish. In particular that would contravene the ethos and target of the soon to be completed Scrooby Neighbourhood Plan, which must and will be taken into account when assessing each individual application to mine these proposals.
e) Again development of works like these come around to traffic. The plan should keep in mind to minimise any additional traffic through the parish of Scrooby. And in particular through the village along the A638 Great North Road. It should document that Scrooby Parish Council is acutely aware of
a) The current volume of HGV's going along the A638, b) The additional traffic being created by either the Barnby Moor quarry development, or the Botany Bay proposals, c) The traffic from the Tinker Lane fracking site if it comes into full production, d) Remain mindful of the number of instances the A1 is
closed and the Great North Road is used as a diversion, and finally e) Scrooby Parish remain acutely aware it has 3 bridges at either end of the village on the Great North Road, none of which were ever built to sustain these volumes of traffic. It could therefore be that at some time in the not too distant
future 3 new road bridges will be needed and no doubt the Notts CC will be wanting to past some of that cost on to the Quarry developers.
f) Scrooby Parish Council is also a strong supporter of the Barnby Moor objections to the "Hanson's Quarry" application currently in discussion. And they are acutely aware of the apparent abuse of the last Minerals Plan and the objections and agreements taken in the recent past. They hope that will not be the case when discussing any expansion of the Scrooby Top and Scrooby North sites.