Consultation Statement (Regulation 22) Annex 1
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Central and Eastern Berkshire Joint Minerals & Waste Plan Consultation Statement (Regulation 22) Annex 1 February 2021 Contents Regulation 18 Issues and Options (2017) ...................................................................................................................... 3 Issues and Options Consultation (2017) – Issues and responses .............................................................................. 3 Regulation 18 Draft Plan Consultation (2018) ............................................................................................................. 23 DM Policies ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 Waste Policies .......................................................................................................................................................... 42 Mineral Policies ........................................................................................................................................................ 57 General Policies and other ....................................................................................................................................... 78 Berkyn Manor Farm ............................................................................................................................................... 106 Bridge Farm ............................................................................................................................................................ 108 Datchet Quarry ....................................................................................................................................................... 122 Ham Island .............................................................................................................................................................. 126 Horton Brook Quarry ............................................................................................................................................. 136 Monkey Island Wharf ............................................................................................................................................. 140 Planners Farm ........................................................................................................................................................ 142 Poyle Quarry ........................................................................................................................................................... 159 Star Works .............................................................................................................................................................. 161 The Compound ....................................................................................................................................................... 177 Water Oakley.......................................................................................................................................................... 185 Additional (site specific) Regulation 18 Consultation on Bray Quarry Extension (2019) .......................................... 191 Focussed Regulation 18 Consultation (2020) ............................................................................................................ 205 Area of Search ........................................................................................................................................................ 205 Land West of Basingstoke Road ............................................................................................................................. 215 Area between Horton Brook and Poyle Quarry ..................................................................................................... 231 Policy DM15 ........................................................................................................................................................... 239 Further Comments ................................................................................................................................................. 243 Issues tables Regulation 18 Issues and Options (2017) Issues and Options Consultation (2017) – Issues and responses As a number of responses were relating to the same issue, the issues have been grouped together below allowing one single response to be provided. Consultation Issue Raised Response from the authorities’ Question Vision Q2 • Expecting a loss of waste The National Planning Policy Framework management capacity in 2026 recommendations a 15-year time horizon for and the period allows enough Local Plan development. It is expected that time to resolve capacity issues the Joint Minerals & Waste Plan is adopted in (Environment Agency) 2021. • A Central & Eastern Berkshire- wide Plan would of necessity Both the UK leaving the European Union require an overarching timescale (“Brexit”) and the proposed expansion of in relation to unitary authority Heathrow Airport create a number of Plans. This period should give uncertainties for the future demand and sufficient time for implementation management of minerals and waste. and for monitoring to determine whether it is being applied with As such, it is proposed that the Joint Minerals optimum effectiveness (Clewer & Waste Plan will contain monitoring indicators Manor Area Profile) and triggers to prompt an early review of the • Suggestion of shorter period plan should changes arise from these issues, before reviewing the Plan and any others. (between five and 10 years (Wraysbury Parish Council, Horton Parish Council, Egon Environmental) • A 20 year Plan would seem more appropriate (it would avoid Plan slippage issues as well as enable long term planning of issues) (Grundon) • The plan also needs to indicate a start date to show the period and years the provision of mineral is being made for (Cemex) • The Plan should be for 20 years from the date of adoption and not 20 years from the date when the first stages of the update/consultation commenced. Plans should aim to include over and above the anticipated increase in housing numbers. Future housing increases will need to take account of the future expansion of Heathrow airport (Parish Council) Q4 • The vision must focus on Noted – this information will be used to inform ‘ensuring the maintenance of a the Preferred Options. steady and adequate supply of minerals’ while aiming to The Vision is intended as an overarching maximise the contribution that statement/series of statements, describing minerals development can bring what the area will look like by the end of the to local communities, the Plan period in 15-20 years’ time. The economy and the natural objectives are more specific and set out what environment’ (Cissbury). the Plan is trying to achieve in order to help • Reference to be made to the make the ‘Vision’ a reality. Consequently, historic environment (Historic comments referring to specific ‘practical’ policy England) are dealt with within the objectives. • Support for references to the natural environment. Aim to be The Vision sets out the competing pressures of edited to include: ‘to minimise ensuring a necessary supply of minerals and impacts on the natural waste resources, whilst at the same time environment and ensure aiming to make those developments as environmental enhancement’. acceptable to local communities as possible. • Inclusion of recycled/secondary ‘Maximising the contribution to local aggregate (Environment communities’ is the vision to ensure such Agency) developments benefit communities, whether that is economically, through for example the • Reference to the closeness to London and London’s ability to role in local supply chains and house building treat waste (Environment industry, as well as environmental and social Agency) benefits through restoration and subsequent recreation opportunities. • Reference to infrastructure projects and their requirements (Environment Agency) • Amendment: “Recognising the importance of the area as a source of minerals and a through route and destination for minerals coming from outside the area, Central & Eastern Berkshire….” (Clewer Manor Area Profile) • Support for references to the natural environment, but must be supported by sufficiently strong worded policy within final Plan (Colne Valley Park Community Interest Company) • Further emphasis on protection of existing biodiversity and enhancement in net-gain through habitat restoration (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) • Vision must be broad and not limited to positive outcomes of minerals and waste (Swallowfield Parish Council) • Reference to providing a steady and adequate supply of minerals, and sufficient production capacity (Grundon) • Contradictions between waste management of landfill within vision and Plan document (local vs regional management) (Biffa) • Explanation of ‘maximise the contribution that minerals development can bring to local communities’ and the Vision needs to be more spatial (Cemex). • Explanation of how the Plan area aims to be self-sufficient and parameters applying to this (Oxfordshire County Council). Q5 Would welcome a reference to Noted – this information will be used to inform environmental sustainability in the Preferred Options. Objective 6 such as there is in Objective 7 (Historic England) Q6 • Objective 2 – there was Sensitive Design and Sustainable Construction confusion over the