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Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire. 91534 Transport Assessment D/I/D/112228/02 Job No: 112288 January 2016 Data Protection Data Protection Data Protection Project title: Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire. Document Ref: D/I/D/112228/02 CONTENTS TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT 1.0 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND 2.0 EXISTING QUARRY & SURROUNDING AREA 3.0 PRESENT & FUTURE QUARRYING OPERATIONS 4.0 IMPACT ASSESSMENT 5.0 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION APPENDICES APPENDIX A HGV ROUTEING APPENDIX B TRAFFIC SURVEY DATA APPENDIX C JUNCTION CAPACITY ANALYSIS APPENDIX D TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA Project title: Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire. Document Ref: D/I/D/112228/02 1.0 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND 1.1 Fairhurst has been appointed by Tarmac to prepare this Transport Assessment in relation to a planning application to extend the permitted time for quarrying operations at Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire to 2035. 1.2 The quarrying operations were originally approved in March 2000 for the extraction of limestone and erection of associated processing plant, access roads and a new priority access on Wood Lane (planning permission reference No. 1/64/96/2). 1.3 As defined by Condition 21 of the permission, mineral extraction formally commenced on 29th October 2001. Condition 85 of the permission states that “All mineral extraction shall cease by no later than 16 years from the date of commencement of the development, as notified to the MPA under Condition 21, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MPA”. All mineral extraction is therefore due to cease no later than 28th October 2017. 1.4 Historically, the Quarry has extracted up to around 200,000 tonnes of limestone per annum, although the Quarry has been very lightly worked in recent years due to reduced demand during the economic recession and the availability of limestone from other larger quarries in the area. Consequently the Quarry still has significant mineral reserves that Tarmac intends to extract over the next 20 years to meet the needs of the construction market. 1.5 The extension of time application would extend the expiry date of the original permission, to allow for extraction until the end of 2035, with a further two year period for restoration up to the end of 2037. The predicted future level of extraction is expected to be around 200,000 tonnes per annum, which is similar to previous extraction rates. 1.6 Additionally, Tarmac is seeking to vary Condition 77 of the original permission to allow the retention of the Quarry access road on the completion of mineral extraction. 1.7 The timing of haulage vehicle movements to/from the Quarry is controlled by Condition 39 of the permission, with all haulage operations required to take place in the period 07:00- 17:00 Monday to Friday and 07:00 to 13:30 on Saturdays Project title: Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire. Document Ref: D/I/D/112228/02 1.8 The number of haulage vehicle movements from the Quarry are controlled by Condition 43 of the permission, which restricts the number of heavy goods vehicles (hgvs) entering the site to 75 each day on Mondays to Fridays, 40 each day on Saturdays, and an average of 50 per working day over any three month period. 1.9 Routeing of hgvs is then set out in the Section 106 planning agreement, which requires all hgvs to travel to/from the north on Wood Lane, then to/from the east via the A632, except for local deliveries. 1.10 No changes are proposed to the permitted timing of haulage operations, the permitted number of hgv movements or the agreed routeing. 1.11 The Transport Assessment Scoping Report (Doc Ref: D/I/D/112228/01) was issued to both Nottingham and Derbyshire County Councils and the scope of assessment was agreed with Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC). The overall scope of the Transport Assessment includes: • A description of the existing highway network and existing traffic levels in the vicinity of the Quarry; • Capacity assessment of the A60/A632 uncontrolled crossroads to ensure that this junction, which would be on a main haulage route from the Quarry, will remain adequate to serve the development into the future; • A review of the most recent five year accident data for the local highway network; • A detailed description of the proposed operations, including proposed access arrangements and parking for cars and hgvs; • Traffic generation assessment, including a routeing assessment based on lorry routeing restrictions implemented through the original planning application; • Assessment of impact on other road users, including ‘congestion and driver delay’, ‘accidents and safety’ and ‘pedestrian amenity’; and • Consideration of mitigation measures, if necessary. 1.12 Highways England also commented on the proposals at scoping stage and requested that this assessment considers the implications on the M1 Junctions 29 and 29a. Project title: Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire. Document Ref: D/I/D/112228/02 2.0 EXISTING QUARRY & SURROUNDING AREA The Quarry 2.1 Nether Langwith Quarry extends to a total area of approximately 26 hectares (ha) and is located approximately 1.4km southeast of the village of Nether Langwith, 2.5km northeast of Shirebrook, 2km north of Church Warsop, as shown in Figure 2.1. The Quarry lies around 500m south of the A632 Ollerton to Bolsover road. Figure 2.1 Site Context N Nether Langwith A632 Wood Lane Quarry Cuckney Hay Wood Church Warsop Warsop Vale Source: Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432 2.2 The Quarry is bounded to the east by established woodland, known as Cuckney Hay Wood, and to the south by a disused mineral railway embankment. To the west is flat lying agricultural land, whilst to the north is Boon Hills Farm and beyond that the A632. The proposed application does not extend the Quarry boundary which is shown on Figure 2.2 below. Project title: Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire. Document Ref: D/I/D/112228/02 Figure 2.2 Application boundary plan N A632 Wood Lane Site Access Site Source: Tarmac Drawing No: N322/00001 2.3 The Quarry has a single point of vehicular access, via an access road created through Cuckney Hays Wood, which joins Wood Lane at a priority junction. The junction incorporates a central channelising island within the mouth that is designed to prevent vehicles turning right out of the Quarry towards Church Warsop. Large radii and a taper are provided to accommodate hgvs making a left turn out of the Quarry onto Wood Lane. 2.4 The internal haulage road and junction onto the Wood Lane were built as part of the requirements of the Section 106 Agreement on the original permission. The surrounding highway network and haulage routes 2.5 Nether Langwith Quarry is well located for the export of aggregates, being within easy reach of a number of ‘A’ class roads in the area, as shown in Figure 2.3. Project title: Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire. Document Ref: D/I/D/112228/02 Figure 2.3 Surrounding highway network N M1 J29a Site M1 J29 Source: Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432 2.6 All Quarry traffic would access the Quarry from the A632 via Wood Lane, a good standard minor rural road that extends south from the A632 to Church Warsop, where it becomes a residential distributor road subject to a 30mph speed limit. In the vicinity of the Quarry, Wood Lane is unlit and has a de-restricted (60mph) speed limit. 2.7 Wood Lane meets the A632 at a priority T-junction around 500m north of the Quarry access. The junction is of a good standard, appropriate for regular use by hgvs, with a ghost island on the A632 for vehicles waiting to turn right into Wood Lane and a flared approach with large kerb radii on Wood Lane. 2.8 The A632 runs generally east-west between the A60/ A616, 2km to the east, and the M1 motorway Junction 29a, 11km to the west. The A632 serves a number of towns and villages on route, including Cuckney around 2km east of the Wood Lane junction, Nether Langwith around 2km west and Bolsover, which is a further 5km west. 2.9 The M1 Junction 29 is located around 5km south of Junction 29a and 10km west of Mansfield on the A617/ A6175. Project title: Nether Langwith Quarry, Nottinghamshire. Document Ref: D/I/D/112228/02 2.10 In the vicinity of the Quarry the A632 is a typical rural ‘A’ class road, being generally unlit with a de-restricted speed limit outside of urban areas. A632 forms the main route through a number of local towns and villages, where it is a more typical urban road subject to a 30mph speed limit. 2.11 There is a narrow footway route along Wood Lane and the A632 between the Quarry access and the village of Nether Langwith. 2.12 The Section 106 Agreement that was signed when planning permission was granted in March 2000 included a covenant for lorry routeing. This prevents hgvs turning south on Wood Lane and west on the A632, other than those delivering local stone to Nether Langwith, as shown in Figure 2.4 and on the extract of the Section 106 Agreement in Appendix A. Therefore all vehicles travelling to/from the Quarry travel east on the A632 and link with: • the A60 north-south route between Worksop and Mansfield; and • the A616 towards New Ollerton, which links to the A614 north-south route, the A1 and areas east and southeast, including Lincoln, Newark and Grantham. 2.13 Through scoping discussions, NCC has indicated that the A632/ A60 priority crossroads junction, which would be used for all trips to/from the east, is a potential point of congestion/delay on the local highway network due to the crossroads arrangement.