Doncaster Local Plan Local Plan Evidence Base
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Doncaster Local Plan Local Plan Evidence Base Assessing Mineral Sites Representations Version: Consultation Draft May 2018 0 Table of Contents Assessment of Industry Representations for Minerals Development ............................................................. 2 National Policy .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Doncaster’s Mineral Resources .................................................................................................................... 2 Sand and Gravel ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Limestone (Dolomite) ................................................................................................................................ 3 Industrial Dolomite .................................................................................................................................... 4 Clay .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Groundwater Protection - The Sherwood Sandstone Aquifer .................................................................... 4 Site Assessment Methodology (Summary) ................................................................................................ 4 Stages One and Two: ............................................................................................................................... 4 Stage Three: ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Stage Four: ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Mineral Sites: Industry Representations ....................................................................................................... 6 Mineral Site Selection Assessment Forms .................................................................................................... 7 Johnson Field, off Holmewood Lane, Armthorpe (023) .............................................................................. 7 Finningley Quarry Extension (035) .......................................................................................................... 10 Austerfield Quarry, Land North of Highfield Lane (420) ........................................................................... 13 Hazel Lane Quarry, Hampole (080) ......................................................................................................... 16 Holme Hall Quarry, Stainton Lane (102).................................................................................................. 19 Warmsworth Quarry Extension, Sheffield Road, Warmsworth (235) ....................................................... 22 Land East of Kirk Lane (238) ................................................................................................................... 25 Paddock at South View, Austerfield (044) ............................................................................................... 28 Land at Old Mill Field, off Epworth Road East, Hatfield (066) .................................................................. 31 Land at Thorne Road (780) ..................................................................................................................... 34 Late Representation (received 03/11/2017) ............................................................................................ 37 Land at Grange Farm (1011) ............................................................................................................... 37 SA Objectives (2015 SA Scoping Report) ............................................................................................... 41 Sustainability appraisal: .......................................................................................................................... 41 Appendix One - Mineral Sites - SA Scores Summary Table .................................................................... 42 Appendix Two – Site Visit photos ............................................................................................................ 44 1 Assessment of Industry Representations for Minerals Development National Policy The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) identifies that minerals are essential to support sustainable economic growth and our quality of life. It is important that there is a sufficient supply of material for new infrastructure and buildings. The NPPF also makes specific reference to the need for a Minerals Planning Authority to plan for a ‘steady and adequate supply of mineral’. The Mineral Planning Authority is required to maintain a landbank of permissions of at least seven years for sand and gravel and ten years for crushed rock. There is no requirement to maintain a landbank of permitted reserves for clay as we have no strategically important clay resources. Permitted reserves for industrial minerals should be calculated at application stage and used as an indicator to assess when further permitted reserves are required. It should also be noted that the ‘British Geological Survey’ places considerable economic importance on industrial dolomite due to its restricted distribution and Doncaster has one of the few quarries in the UK that produces industrial Magnesian limestone. Doncaster’s Mineral Resources Sand and Gravel Sand and gravel deposits are classified into two categories, superficial (or drift) deposits and bedrock (or solid) deposits. Superficial deposits are comprised of relatively clean river deposits and glaciofluvial deposits which can occur in sheets, elongated layers, or irregular lenses. Bedrock deposits occur in ‘bedded’ formations and sandy pebble beds within the Sherwood sandstone are an important source of concreting aggregate. Locally sourced material comprises of soft sand and sharp sand and gravel, which is used as asphalt sand, mortar sand, concreting aggregate, and to a lesser degree silica sand for turf dressing. The amount of extraction we plan for is informed by our Local Aggregates Assessment (LAA), under the Managed Aggregates Supply System (MASS) which enables us to monitor the supply and demand for aggregate minerals within our area. The LAA serves a number of functions including: Monitoring supply and demand allowing us to forecast the demand for aggregate based on 10 year average sales data and other relevant information Analysing and identifying additional supply options How any shortages are being addressed Supporting evidence for calculation of landbanks and; Supporting evidence for preparation or review of Local Plans. Table 1 Local Provision Landbank of Remaining Reserve at (Need) 16 year Shortfall (if Mineral permissions at provision at 2016 (Mt) remaining plan any) (Mt) 2016 (yrs) 2032 (Mt) period (Mt) Undifferentiated 8.8 29.3 4.8 4 sand and gravel 0.3mt X 16 year maybe (based on 10 remaining plan year average) period Undifferentiated sand and gravel 8.8 5.6 3.2 Maybe (based on 3 year average sales) 2 Notes: 1. The reserve at 2016 is taken from the 2017 LAA, which reports on minerals monitoring for the year 2016. 2. The landbank of permissions at 2016 is taken from the 2017 LAA. 3. The ‘Local Provision’ for the plan period is based on ten year average sales (as required by national planning policy (MASS) and identified in the 2016 LAA) multiplied the remaining life of the plan (in this case 16 years) 4. The additional requirement is the estimated reserve (what we have now) minus the apportionment for the plan period (what we need) 5. Note - figures are also given based on three year annual sales for comparison (required for consideration by national policy to gauge short term fluctuations) Evidence within previous LAAs indicates that it may be difficult for the council to maintain a supply of sand and gravel to meet our apportionment up to the end of the plan period. Table 1 (previous page) At 2016 average extraction levels (0.3Mt) the reserve equals 8.8Mt and the landbank of permissions equates to nearly 30 years1. Without new permissions the landbank of permissions may be below 7 years well before the end of the plan period. Previous monitoring reports and aggregate assessments identify that sharp sand and gravel essential for concreting products is a declining resource in our area and will become increasingly difficult to find in the future. The Local Aggregates Assessment (LAA) identifies minerals flow between authorities and counties and quarries in North Nottinghamshire will in the short term provide sand and gravel to support development in Doncaster. 30% of the sand and gravel extracted in Nottinghamshire is exported to the Yorkshire and Humber region, there is however no additional detail as to how much is consumed in the Doncaster area. The Aggregate Minerals Survey collects monitoring figures as part of a four yearly survey; this survey confirms that in 2009 84% of the sand and gravel landbank was made up of soft sand, which has a small but on-going demand. Paragraph 3.9 of the 2014 Annual Monitoring Report also confirms that that the reserves of sand and gravel in South Yorkshire are almost exclusively made up of soft sand deposits. This has resulted in fewer larger mineral companies coming forward with site representations