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Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD A report of the results of consultation on initial site options for sand and gravel extraction (August – October 2010) Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals DPD: A report of the results of consultation on initial site options for sand and gravel extraction (August - October 2010) © Wiltshire Council ISBN: Executive Summary 3 1 Introduction 5 2 Method 7 3 Summary of results of consultation 10 Appendices 1 Copy of Parish Newsletter 31 2 Copy of Briefing Note No. 42 37 3 Excerpt from 'Your Wiltshire' Magazine - Sept 2010 39 4 Swindon Newspaper advert 40 5 Public Meetings 42 6 Upper Thames Valley Summary of Key Issues tables 91 7 Calne Area: Summary of key issues tables 158 8 South East Salisbury: Summary of key issues tables 206 9 Salisbury Avon: Summary of key issues tables 225 10 Bristol Avon: Summary of key issues tables 235 11 Additional land put forward during consultation 292 • Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals DPD: A report of the results of consultation on initial site options for sand and gravel extraction (August - October 2010) • Executive Summary Executive Summary Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council (the councils) initiated a focused ‘call for sites’ in April 2004 by writing to mineral operators and landowners known to have an interest in sand and gravel extraction. This resulted in a number of site options being put forward for consideration. However, the estimated yield for these sites was insufficient to meet forecast demand. The next logical step was, having sieved out the most constrained areas, to contact landowners of potentially mineral bearing land to see whether they would consider putting their land forward for sand and gravel extraction. As a result of this exercise a total of 62 site options believed to contain sand and gravel have been put forward for consideration. This document presents the results of a recent consultation on the initial list of 62 site options for sand and gravel extraction across Wiltshire and Swindon. The informal (Regulation 25) consultation ran from 5 August 2010 to 31 October 2010. (1)) The informal consultation exercise was used to kick-start the process of appropriate site selection through constructive, open and ongoing dialogue between all interested parties.This approach helped the councils to determine which sites should be dropped and which should be carried forward into a draft plan. At this stage none of the site options have any planning or preferential status. The Councils received a total of 4,076 comments from 1,297 respondents through the consultation period including petitions from the 'Save Bromham' group objecting to the site options C8 - C11 and C16 - 18 with approximately 590 signatures, and the 'Mile Elm Sand Stoppers' group with approximately 1,200 signatures objecting to site options C6 and C7. Through the consultation exercise sites C1 (part of), C4, C6, C7, C9, C10, C12, C13, C14 and BA5 (part of) were removed by landowners from further consideration whilst an additional 2 potential site options were put forward by landowners for consideration. Based on the information gathered to date through desktop analysis, site visits and comments received through the consultation exercise, this report proposes that 41 sites (including the additional potential site option at Swillbrook Farm) should be excluded from further consideration. It also recommends that further detailed assessments are required on 22 sites (which includes one of the new potential site options as an extension to site SA1) before a decision on the suitability of these site options for sand and gravel extraction can be made. The key stages for the preparation of the Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD are summarised below: Stage Date Undertake further assessments of sites and prepare draft DPD March to May 2011 Cabinet consider draft DPD for consultation supported by findings June 2011 of assessments If necessary, notify SWRAWP and Central Government of need to June 2011 reduce forecast rates for Wiltshire and Swindon Publish draft DPD for 6 week consultation June 2011 Submit draft DPD to Secretary of State for Independent Examination November 2011 1 Comments submitted after 31 October, but not in time to be published in this report will still be taken into account • Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals DPD: A report of the results of consultation on initial site options for sand and gravel extraction (August - October 2010) • Stage Date Publish Inspectors report followed by adoption of DPD July 2012 • Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals DPD: A report of the results of consultation on initial site options for sand and gravel extraction (August - October 2010) • 1 Introduction Background to date 1.1 Since the adoption of the minerals core strategy and minerals development control policies Development Plan Documents (DPDs), Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council (the councils) have made progress towards identifying potential sites for inclusion in the Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD. The process for identifying areas of land for aggregates extraction is broadly prescribed in national policy (Minerals Planning Statement (MPS) 1 and accompanying practice guide)), and is set out in more detail in the councils' published methodology(2) Officers had already carried out initial appraisals of the land put forward to identify potential issues that acted as the starting point for discussion through a consultation on initial site options, which ran from 5 August – 31 October 2010. How were the potential sites consulted on originally identified? 1.2 The councils initiated a focused ‘call for sites’ in April 2004 by writing to mineral operators and landowners known to have an interest in sand and gravel extraction. This resulted in a number of sites being put forward for consideration. However, the estimated yield for these sites was insufficient to meet forecast demand(3). 1.3 The councils issued a further call for sites in 2006 through a newsletter issued to every contact on our consultation database. As a result of this work no additional land was put forward for consideration. 1.4 Minerals can only be worked where they are found and consequently there are specific locations where we can try to identify potentially suitable sites. The adopted Minerals Core Strategy identifies five broad locations, referred to as 'Mineral Resource Zones'(MRZs)(4)which are believed to be capable of providing a source of sand and gravel. 1.5 The next logical step was to contact landowners of potentially mineral bearing land to see whether they would consider putting their land forward for sand and gravel extraction. However, the adopted MRZs cover extensive areas of land, some parts of which may not be suitable for development due to planning constraints. The councils therefore embarked on a methodical sieving exercise of the un-worked areas of the five MRZs, removing the most constrained areas from further consideration(5). 1.6 Although the councils can be confident that these areas contain resources of sand and gravel, the quality and quantity of resources found at specific locations within the MRZs aren’t necessarily known. Some of the potential sites have been assessed through borehole tests, which provide a very good basis for estimating the quantity and quality of the resource within them. The potential yields for the other sites have been estimated by using generic data provided by the British Geological Survey (BGS)(6). These generic estimates are less reliable and should be treated with an element of caution. 1.7 Landowners within the remaining areas of the five MRZs were identified and contacted to determine whether they would be interested in putting forward their land for further consideration. 2 http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/aggregate_minerals_site_allocations_dpd_methodology_august_2009.pdf 3 As set by the regional planning body at that time. Please refer to paras 1.12 - 1.16 of the initial site options report for the aggregate minerals site allocations DPD for further details. 4 For a broader discussion of the MRZs please see the Wiltshire and Swindon initial site options report for the aggregate minerals site allocations DPD, August 2010 paras 1.17 – 1.23 found at http://consult.wiltshire.gov.uk/portal/spatial_planning/mineralssiteoptions?tab=files 5 The results of this exercise have been published on the council's website - which can be found towards the bottom of page www.wiltshire.gov.uk/mineralsandwasteevidencebase 6 A provisional Assessment of the Sand and Gravel Resources in Wiltshire and Swindon • Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals DPD: A report of the results of consultation on initial site options for sand and gravel extraction (August - October 2010) • • Page 5 1.8 As a result of this process a number of areas were put forward for consideration, some of which were in areas of MRZ that may have previously been removed through the methodical sieving exercise. At this early stage in the process, the officers felt duly obliged to consider all land put forward for consideration to ensure that we have assessed all available options and to avoid the possibility of legal dispute further through the plan making process. 1.9 Wiltshire Council's rural estate management team were contacted to discuss the potential for mineral-bearing Wiltshire Council owned land to be included for further consideration. Following discussion with the rural estate management team, it was decided that land registered to Wiltshire Council should be included for consideration (7). 1.10 Through this initial resource sieving exercise and the process of contacting landowners to determine their interest in putting land forward, an initial list of 62 potential minerals site options was carried forward for further consideration. Consultation on the initial list of sites 1.11 From 5 August - 31 October 2010 the councils held an informal consultation on an initial list of 62 site options to start the process of determining their potential suitability for future sand and gravel extraction.
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