Public consultation on Notts UK Minerals Local Plan

A six-week public consultation has been launched by Nottinghamshire County Council in the UK over plans to explore potential new gravel quarry sites in the county. Councillors last month approved their Minerals Local Plan, a blueprint for quarrying in the county until 2030. Sand and gravel sites at Barnby Moor, Botany Bay, Coddington, Flash Farm and Shelford have been put forward. The Minerals Local Plan – which also recommends extensions to 14 existing quarries - will be submitted to the governme

February 4, 2016 Read time: 2 mins

A six-week public consultation has been launched by Nottinghamshire County Council in the UK over plans to explore potential new gravel quarry sites in the county.

Councillors last month approved their Minerals Local Plan, a blueprint for quarrying in the county until 2030.

Sand and gravel sites at Barnby Moor, Botany Bay, Coddington, Flash Farm and Shelford have been put forward.

The Minerals Local Plan – which also recommends extensions to 14 existing quarries - will be submitted to the government's planning inspector at the end of the public consultation.

Notts County Council says that the Trent Valley is a major source of sand and gravel, and Nottinghamshire is the biggest producer of the minerals in the East Midlands of England region.

The authority has stressed that planning permission would still be required before any development could take place, and impact on transport, the environment and wildlife, would be considered.

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