Mineral and Waste Sites Assessment Minerals and Waste Sites Local Plan For Oxfordshire County Council Technical Supporting Document: Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd. January 2020 Title Mineral and Waste Sites Assessment Client Oxfordshire County Council Project Number OCC/1592 Status V3 Final Report Number OCC/1592/V306012020 Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd. Sheridan House, 40 – 43 Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8RY T 01962 877414 E [email protected] www.adamshendry.co.uk Author Name: Jane Parker Date: 6th January 2020 Approved by: Emma Barnett Date: 6th January 2020 Certified to ISO9001 Standard ISO 9001 Registration Number Q10324 Registered Office: Sheridan House, 40 – 43 Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8RY Registered in England No. 3804753 VAT Registration No. 807 9759 79 Oxfordshire Mineral and Waste Sites Plan Site Options Appraisal | Final Contents Contents ............................................................................................................................... 3 List of tables ......................................................................................................................... 6 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 7 2 Stage 3a: Initial Screening ............................................................................................ 9 3 Stage 3b: Detailed Technical Assessment ................................................................... 21 4 Stage 4: Identification of and Consultation on Preferred Options ................................ 22 Appendix 1 Stage 3a Eliminated Sites ............................................................................... 23 Site 005 – Playhatch Quarry, Playhatch ............................................................................. 24 Site 013: Ewelme No. 2 Site, Goulds Grove, Ewelme ........................................................ 28 Site 030 Shipton on Cherwell Quarry, Kidlington ............................................................... 32 Site 138 Woodside, Ewelme .............................................................................................. 36 Site 152 Ewelme No. 1 Ewelme ......................................................................................... 40 Site 180 Elmwood Farm, Black Bourton ............................................................................. 44 Site 217 Culham No. 4 Site, Culham Science Centre ........................................................ 48 Site 222 – Land to the north of Wroxton Fields Quarry, Wroxton ....................................... 52 Site 225 – Cedars Storage, Benson ................................................................................... 56 Site 248 Thrupp Lane, Radley ............................................................................................ 60 Site 249A – High Cogges Farm, Witney ............................................................................. 64 Site 250 – Broughton Poggs Business Park ...................................................................... 68 Site 262 - Lower Heath Farm, Cottisford ............................................................................ 72 Site 265 – Woodeaton Quarry, Islip ................................................................................... 76 Site 277 – Land adjacent the B480, Chalgrove .................................................................. 80 Site 280 – Oxford Shooting School, Enstone Airfield ......................................................... 84 Site 281 – Faringdon Quarry, Faringdon ............................................................................ 88 Site 286 – Wally Corner, Berinsfield ................................................................................... 92 Site 288 – Brize Norton Road, Minster Lovell .................................................................... 96 Site CR-03 – Southern Extension to Rollright Quarry ...................................................... 100 Site CR-08 – Castle Barn Quarry ..................................................................................... 104 Site CR-18 – Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry ....................................................................... 108 Site SG-03 – Land adjacent to Benson Marina ................................................................ 112 Site SG-04 – Land at Mead Farm .................................................................................... 116 Site SG-05 – Land to the East of Cassington Quarry ....................................................... 121 Site SG-12 – Land South of Chazey Wood ...................................................................... 126 Site SG-13 – Land at Shillingford ..................................................................................... 131 Site SG-15 – Dairy Farm (including SG-58 and SG-58a) ................................................. 136 Site SG-16 – Land at Stonehouse Farm .......................................................................... 141 Site SG-36 – Land at Friars Farm .................................................................................... 146 Site SG-37 – Land at Grandpont and South Hinksey ....................................................... 151 © Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd. January 2020 3 Oxfordshire Mineral and Waste Sites Plan Site Options Appraisal | Final Site SG-41 – North of Lower Radley ................................................................................ 156 SG-61 – Mains Motors ..................................................................................................... 161 SS-17 – Land north and south of A420 near Fyfield and Tubney .................................... 165 Appendix 2 Stage 3b Detailed Site Assessments ............................................................ 169 Site 002 – Prospect Farm, Chilton ................................................................................... 170 Site 003 – Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt ................................................................................. 177 Site 008 – New Wintles Farm, Eynsham .......................................................................... 184 Site 009 – Worton Farm, Yarnton ..................................................................................... 191 Site 010 – Sutton Courtenay Landfill (Areas 2 & 3), Appleford Sidings ........................... 198 Site 011 – Finmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere ....................................................... 207 Site 018 – Holloway Farm, Milton Common, Wheatley .................................................... 215 Site 026 – Whitehill Quarry, Burford ................................................................................. 222 Site 103 – Land at Lakeside Industrial Estate, Standlake ................................................ 230 Site 224 – Ambrose Quarry, Ewelme ............................................................................... 237 Site 229 – Shellingford Quarry, Stanford in the Vale ........................................................ 244 Site 236 – Sheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant (Dix Pit Complex), Stanton Harcourt ... 252 Site 245 – Challow Marsh Farm, West Challow ............................................................... 258 Site 249B – High Cogges Farm, Witney ........................................................................... 264 Site 261 – The Marshes, Knightsbridge Farm, Yarnton ................................................... 270 Site 274 – Moorend Lane Farm, Thame .......................................................................... 277 Site 276 – Oday Hill, Sutton Wick .................................................................................... 283 Site 278 – Land off the B4100, Baynards Green .............................................................. 289 Site 279 – Land rear of Ford Dealership, Rycote Lane, Thame ....................................... 296 Site 283 – Hatford Quarry Extension, Stanford in the Vale .............................................. 302 Site 285 – (Magnox) Harwell Site, Harwell Campus ........................................................ 308 Site 287 – Ardley Fields ................................................................................................... 315 Site 289 – Overthorpe Industrial Estate, Banbury ............................................................ 323 Site 290 – Culham Science Centre .................................................................................. 330 Site CR-07 – Adjacent to Whitehill Quarry ....................................................................... 337 Site CR-10 – Burford Quarry SW Extension .................................................................... 344 Site CR-13 – Dewars Farm Quarry East Extension ......................................................... 351 Site CR-15 – Land off the B4100, Baynards Green ......................................................... 358 Site CR-19 – Dewars Farm Quarry South Extension ....................................................... 364 Site SG-08 – Lower Road, Church Hanborough .............................................................. 371 Site SG-09 & SG-59 – Land north of Drayton St Leonard and Berinsfield and land at Stadhampton .................................................................................................................... 380 Site SG-11 & SG-65 – Land situated Northeast of Sonning