Planning Services COMMITTEE REPORT APPLICATION DETAILS DM/17/01260/MIN APPLICATION NO: Extension of time for quarrying operations until 2042 with FULL APPLICATION DESCRIPTION: restoration by 2044 NAME OF APPLICANT: Breedon Northern Ltd. ADDRESS: Raisby Quarry, Raisby Hill, Coxhoe ELECTORAL DIVISION: Coxhoe Chris Shields Senior Planning Officer CASE OFFICER: Tel. 03000 261 394
[email protected] DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE AND PROPOSALS The site 1. Raisby Quarry (also as Coxhoe Quarry in recent years) is a large, established operational magnesian limestone quarry located approximately 10km south-east of Durham. The nearest settlements to are the villages of Kelloe 0.5km to the north and Coxhoe, which lies approximately 1km to the west of the site. The site occupies an area of 129.8ha and is located on the Durham Magnesian Limestone Escarpment. 2. The quarry is situated on the southern and western flanks of Raisby Hill, a fault controlled escarpment. The topography rises towards the east of the site to approximately 169m Above Ordnance Datum (AOD). At its highest point, Raisby Hill is approximately 177m AOD to the north-west of Trimdon Grange. Some 3km to the north of the site, the topography peaks at approximately 193m AOD, just south of the A181 at a Triangulation pillar north of the village of Cassop. To the south of the site, the landform descends via a series of undulations to the River Skerne, which flows from east to west. To the west of the site the topography rises gradually westwards and in the immediate area of the site is influenced by the Kelloe Beck, running north- east to south-west just beyond the perimeter of the site, and which is crossed by the site access road.