Support

Representation ID: 5388

Received: 04/01/2024

Respondent: Heidelberg Materials UK

Ketton Cement Works is an important facility at a national, regional, and local level. It supplies c15% of the UK cement demand, and is a major employer in the county. A planning application for two new quarry extension areas (both within the AoS) is due to be submitted to RCC in the coming weeks, which seeks to secure the long term future of the Cement Works.

Noted.

Object

Representation ID: 5457

Received: 04/01/2024

Respondent: Les Allen

None of the policies seem to ensure adequate safeguarding for the communities that will neighbour the extraction operations. As the development opportunity highlights a future proposal to consider nearby SGB as a site for new homes, it is essential that a defined testing strategy with set legal targets is put in place to measure the effects of pollution, noise and dust. This is especially important for young children and families moving into the area. Even without the SGB development, the effects of mineral particles being blown across nearby communities should be studied and reviewed for any long term health consequences.

Policy MIN4 - Development criteria for mineral extraction, includes the requirement for minerals development to be environmentally acceptable and avoid and/or minimise potentially adverse impacts (including cumulative impacts) to acceptable levels. Proposals for minerals development must be expected to: identify and determine the nature and extent of potentially adverse impacts likely to result from the development and demonstrate how the proposal will protect local amenity, particularly in relation to dust, noise and vibration; secure safe and appropriate site access; and make provision to secure highway safety.

Support

Representation ID: 6372

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Hughes Craven Ltd.

The 'small scale' nature of building stone operations’ is not defined and risks restrcting important sources of stone. The wording 'small scale' should be removed.
The supporting text references clay extraction at Little Casterton however this site has not operated for a considerable period of time and extraction is unlikely to resume.
The supporting text references annual production of 9,700 tonnes of building stone. Actual production levels are significantly higher and accordingly it is considered that greater consideration should be given to the importance of building stone production.

The small-scale nature of building stone extraction is defined through reference to the average annual amount (9,700 tonnes) of building stone produced by operators in Rutland over the last 10 years. This figure was derived from annual monitoring survey returns data collected between 2013 and 2022. It is considered to be small-scale when compared with crushed rock extraction in Rutland for example (which averages 283,000 tpa over the last 10 years).
The NPPF para 217 states: ‘In considering proposals for mineral extraction, minerals planning authorities should: recognise the small-scale nature and impact of building and roofing stone quarries, and the need for a flexible approach to the duration of planning permissions reflecting the intermittent or low rate of working at many sites.’
The permission at Little Casterton for clay extraction expires at the beginning of the plan period and therefore clay can be extracted from the site up-to this point. On investigation however it does appear the site is now permanently closed and so references to the site being active will be removed from the plan.

Support

Representation ID: 6511

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: BCH UK Ltd.

Agent: Hughes Craven Ltd.

The 'small scale' nature of building stone operations’ is not defined and, as there is a critical size beneath which sites cannot operate economically, risks restricting important sources of stone. The wording 'small scale' should be removed.
The supporting text references annual production of 9,700 tonnes of building stone. Actual production levels are significantly higher and accordingly it is considered that greater consideration should be given to the importance of building stone production.

The NPPF para 217 states: ‘In considering proposals for mineral extraction, minerals planning authorities should: recognise the small-scale nature and impact of building and roofing stone quarries’. In the Local Plan the small-scale nature of building stone extraction is defined through reference to the average annual amount (9,700 tonnes) of building stone produced by operators in Rutland. This figure was derived from annual monitoring survey returns data collected between 2013 and 2022. It is considered to be small-scale when compared with crushed rock extraction in Rutland for example (which averages 283,000 tpa over the last 10 years).
The importance of building stone for conservation purposes and / or maintaining the local distinctiveness of the built environment within Rutland is recognised throughout the plan.

Support

Representation ID: 6949

Received: 04/01/2024

Respondent: Mr . Eatough

Agent: DLP Planning Ltd

Whilst we have no objection in principle to this policy, we would recommend that additional wording is added to make clear that extraction of mineral resources will be focussed within Areas of Search where they are in accordance with the requirements set out in Policy MIN4 and of appropriate scale.

The plan should be read as a whole and any proposal for mineral extraction will need meet the requirements of both Policies MIN1 and MIN4. Policy MIN4 includes reference to Policy MIN1: ‘Proposals for extraction of minerals will be permitted where it can be demonstrated that the development: a) complies with the spatial strategy for minerals set out in Policy MIN1 and relevant Local Plan policies.’
In relation to scale, small-scale extraction of non-aggregate minerals is supported by Policy MIN1. The scale of aggregate mineral extraction is not specified in the plan because, unlike building stone extraction, which is typically small-scale, the scale of aggregate extraction may vary more from site to site. The scale must however reflect the provision requirement set out in Policy MIN2.

Support

Representation ID: 7592

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Historic England

Reference to local building materials in the second
paragraph is strongly welcomed. It may be helpful to
include supporting text to support this.

Agreed. Add supporting text to Policy MIN1 with regards to local building materials.

Support

Representation ID: 7956

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Ryhall Parish Council

MIN1 - Spatial Strategy for Minerals Development - Support

Noted “Clay extraction is permitted at Lt Casterton (Williamson Cliff). Operation currently active and of a small scale with the site worked only a few times a year. Fireclays from the site are exported and used in the making of a specialist brick - Lt Casterton facing brick that is used to repair listed buildings”

This again conflicts with H2 Quarry Farm??

The permission at Little Casterton for clay extraction expires at the beginning of the plan period and therefore clay can be extracted from the site up-to this point. However, the site does appear to be permanently closed and is therefore unlikely to conflict with the H2 housing allocation, Land at Quarry Farm.

Object

Representation ID: 7991

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Harold Dermott

Whilst this means that RCC can, quite legally, continue the long standing arrangement of ignoring the tsunami of CO2 and other pollutants produced by Ketton, it does reduce the encouraging improvements in Chapter 4 – Climate Change of the draft new Local Plan to rearranging the ants whist the elephant in the room marches on.

Noted