FCC Environment Sirius Planning (Where Relevant) Address – Line 1 3 Sidings Court 4245 Park Approach

Ref: Doncaster Local Plan Publication Draft 2019 (For Official Use Only) COMMENTS (REPRESENTATION) FORM Please respond by 6pm Monday 30 September 2019. The Council considers the Local Plan is ready for examination. It is formally “publishing” the Plan to invite comments on whether you agree it meets certain tests a Government appointed independent Inspector will use to examine the Plan (see Guidance Notes overleaf). That is why it is important you use this form. It may appear technical but the structure is how the Inspector will consider comments. Using the form also allows you to register interest in taking part in the examination. All comments received will be sent to the Inspector when the plan is “submitted” for examination. Please email your completed form to us at If you can’t use email, hard copies can be sent to: Planning Policy & Environment Team, Doncaster Council, Civic Office, Doncaster, DN1 3BU. All of the Publication documents (including this form) are available at: www.doncaster.gov.uk/localplan This form has two parts: Part A – Personal Details and Part B – Your Comments (referred to as representations) Part A Please complete in full. Please see the Privacy Statement at end of form. 1. Personal Details 2. Agent’s Details (if applicable) Title Mr Miss First Name James Francesca Last Name Cook Wray Organisation FCC Environment Sirius Planning (where relevant) Address – line 1 3 Sidings Court 4245 Park Approach Address – line 2 White Rose Way Thorpe Park Address – line 3 Doncaster Leeds Postcode DN4 5NU LS15 8GB E-mail Address Telephone Number Sirius Planning Ltd 4245 Park Approach Thorpe Park Leeds LS15 8GB www.thesiriusgroup.com Sent by email: Date: 30/09/2019 Dear Sirs, Re: Representations to the Doncaster Local Plan Publication Draft Consultation On behalf of our client, FCC Environment (FCC), we are writing to make representations in response to the Doncaster Local Plan Publication Draft Consultation. FCC are making representations in respect of their landholdings at i) Barnsdale Bar, an active limestone quarry; and ii) Bootham Lane, an active landfill site. FCC Environment is one of the largest waste and resource management companies in the UK; employing over 2,400 staff and operating more than 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales. Each year they handle around 15 million tonnes of household, commercial and industrial waste including waste from contracts with more than 50 local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales. FCC supports the following statements in paragraphs 14.33, 14.53 and 14.54 in the Local Plan Publication Draft: “Minerals, such as sand and gravel, limestone and clay are essential to meeting society’s needs for economic growth and development” (para 14.33). “Minerals Safeguarding Areas are areas of known mineral resources that are considered to be of sufficient economic or conservation value to warrant protection beyond the plan period … Doncaster’s Mineral Safeguarding Areas have been developed using an agreed methodology which assesses the best available geological and mineral resource information against a variety of issues and constraints modified from our sustainability appraisal criteria” (para 14.53). Vat No. 209 3584 02 Company Registration No. 10518189 “Doncaster has considerable mineral resources within the Magnesium Limestone ridge – between Barnsdale Bar in the north and Stainton in the south…” (para 14.54). FCC also supports Policy 62 ‘Providing for and Safeguarding Mineral Resources’ particularly the following statements, “The extraction and production of aggregate, industrial, building stone and energy minerals that contribute to infrastructure and construction projects will be supported … 7. Identifying on the Policies Map minerals and ancillary minerals infrastructure to be safeguarded from non-mineral development during and beyond the plan period”. This is considered to be in line with paragraph 203 of the NPPF which states that “It is essential that there is a sufficient supply of minerals to provide the infrastructure, buildings, energy and goods that the country needs…” and paragraph 204 “Planning policies should … c) safeguard mineral resources by defining Mineral Safeguarding Area; and adopt appropriate policies so that known locations of specific minerals resources of local and national importance are not sterilised by non-mineral development where this should be avoided…”. As such, the Local Plan Publication Draft is considered to be consistent with national policy. Under the Submission Policies Map and as illustrated on Table 15 in the Local Plan Publication Draft, FCC’s Barnsdale Bar landholding is located within a Minerals Safeguarding Area. FCC support this allocation and are currently investigating the potential to extend the existing Barnsdale Bar Quarry to the south between Woodfield Road and Long Lane. Policy 70 within the Local Plan Publication Draft relates to the Unity regeneration project. “New mixed-use development, between Stainforth, Dunsville, Dunscroft and Hatfield, known as unity and as shown on the Policies Map and Inset Map, will be supported…”. Under the Submission Policies Map, FCC’s Bootham Lane landholding is allocated as within a mixed- use development area associated with the Unity regeneration project. Policy 70 goes onto state that “… B. The visual openness of the Bootham Lane landfill site and surrounding area will be safeguarded and promoted; proposals that would enhance its landscape, amenity, countryside, recreation and biodiversity will be supported…”. Paragraph 16.90 goes onto state that “…There are also significant opportunities for further green infrastructure and leisure uses (such as a country park) on land to the south of the railway line, around the Bootham Lane Landfill Site, and north of the railway line (Colliery Tip), which was not subject to the outline planning application, or identified on the Masterplan, and is therefore additional to the 80 hectares as referenced in the Policy”. FCC supports the wider Unity regeneration project and the mixed-use allocation over their Page 2 of 3 Bootham Lane landholding. It is considered that the FCC’s Bootham Lane site could be integral to the wider Unity project by providing green infrastructure and leisure uses, and a site for potential low carbon renewable energy sources, once the landfill area has been fully restored. In addition, FCC have aspirations to develop the non-landfilled areas/former operational areas of the site for commercial uses to compliment the proposed development within the Unity project. There is also the opportunity to improve the wider regeneration projects green credentials with a possible solar farm development on the future restored landfill areas. Landfilling has been undertaken by FCC at the Bootham Lane landfill site for a number of years and is currently permitted to continue to February 2020 followed by site restoration works and aftercare. As waste input volumes have reduced from the original projections, FCC will be seeking to safeguard the remaining void on site and intend on submitting a planning application to extend the period over which landfilling can take place. The site is therefore considered valuable from a waste management perspective and the ongoing operations will also enable longer term development platforms to be formed. FCC support the safeguarding of Bootham Lane Landfill within the Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Joint Waste Plan (adopted 2012). FCC seek to safeguard the continuation of Bootham Lane Landfill operations including the closure period, consisting of restoration, aftercare and gas / leachate management, which should not be compromised by the development of the wider Unity regeneration project. In conclusion, FCC support the proposed allocations over their landholdings at Barnsdale Bar (Policy 62) and Bootham Lane (Policy 70) as illustrated on the Submissions Policies Map. In addition, FCC wish to safeguard the continuation of the Bootham Lane landfill operations as the Unity regeneration project develops. We would be grateful if you could confirm receipt of these representations. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. Yours faithfully, Francesca Wray Project Planner For and on behalf of Sirius Planning Ltd Page 3 of 3 Spoil Heap Drain THIS INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND THE PROPERTY Drain CRESCENT OF SIRIUS. IT IS RELEASED ON CONDITION THAT NONE OF THE BEECH 51 INFORMATION SHALL BE DISCLOSED TO ANY THIRD PARTY OR 100 3471 REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR PART WITHOUT THE PRIOR HUGH HILL LANE CONSENT IN WRITING OF SIRIUS. KEY Thwaites Drain Spoil Heap 1065 SITE BOUNDARY 3.7m DW DW Spoil Heap 465500E 466000E BOOTHAM LANE MP.5 BM 10.34m 1354 Sluice Drain Water Signal Beds Drain Gantry Pond Pissy Sluice Water ETL 3353 Pond 411500N Drain 4151 Drain Track 3.0m Holmefield Pissy Beds 3.4m Pissy Beds Drain 0042 CUCKOO LANE 2441 Hoppers Pond Nettleholmes Tanks Drain 0936 Hatfield Pond Main Colliery Conveyors Tanks WB 3.0m Drain Drain Tank Drain 3931 WB L Twr 2831 Conveyor L Twr Conveyors Wr 4.0m Twr Shaft 0025 7528 4.6m Conveyor Tk Conveyors Drain BM 5.29m Tanks Tank 6425 Shaft Drain Tk 0025 Conveyor 1820 Crane Tank Conveyors Parks Drain 8120 Drain Conveyor SP Drain Conveyors 0014 S.W. Lagoon (East) Gantry (Track) MP 17 8111 6411 East Lane Drain Sluice Conveyors LANE NETTLEHOLME LANE INV 6010 Pumping Station Sluice BM 4.18m BOOTHAM BH 4106 3.4m ETL L Twr Drain Tip Drain (disused) East Lane Drain 8600 0500 1900 4500 7600 Drain 3700 6200 7000 7600 5900 Calls SW Drain 411000N 0003 1000 2900 3600 5900 2600 3700 BH Drain 3.0m Tip (disused) El Ps Drain Track ETL BH BM 3.70m REV DESCRIPTION DATE BY Pond CLIENT BH Drain 3481 4080 3.0m 5182 2581 0780 Calls Drain 2379 Drain Drain 0077 Environment FCC Environment (UK) Limited SW 3673 6 Sidings Court, White Rose Way, Doncaster. DN4 5NU Stainforth Carrs 2573 Pond (Track) SW Drain CROOK TREE LANE 4968 2667 SW Track Drain 5165 1765 2963 0062 Pond Drain Drain 1758 3858 4245 Park Approach, Thorpe Park, Leeds.

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