KSD High Cross Planning Application and Environmental Statement June 2016 Joint Planning Application and Environmental Statement S73 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 High Cross Quarry, Copston Lane, High Cross, Warwickshire. Planning application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to allow a continuation of operations under planning permission R/02/CM007 (Pursuant to R1238/891452) without complying with condition 54; to alter the hours of operation under condition 20; and to alter condition 22 to allow the erection of a more secure fence at the site entrance. 1 June 2016 KSD High Cross Planning Application and Environmental Statement June 2016 i KSD High Cross Planning Application and Environmental Statement June 2016 Document Control Project: High Cross Quarry – S73 Condition 54 – Time Extension Client: KSD Job Number: LD032 File Origin: l:\landesign\projects\active\active\ld032 - ksd - high cross\final report\outputs\s73 application\joint planning and environmental statement-final.docx Document Checking: Change Management Ref Status Purpose of Issue Originated Checked Date pa nad es Draft draft PA and ES including NTS IDB IDB 17 Jun 2016 v1.docx Issue Management Hard Copy / Version No Status Recipient Date sent Electronic pa nad es Draft BD e 17 Jun 2016 v1.docx joint planning and environment Final Warks CC / BD e/hc 17 Jun 2016 al statement- final.docx 1 KSD High Cross Planning Application and Environmental Statement June 2016 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 5 2 PLANNING SUBMISSION .............................................................................. 6 3 SCREENING AND SCOPING ......................................................................... 6 4 PLANNING HISTORY ..................................................................................... 7 5 LAND OWNERSHIP ....................................................................................... 8 6 PLANNING POLICY ....................................................................................... 8 7 THE SITE ...................................................................................................... 11 8 EXISTING AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 15 9 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ...................................................................... 20 10 LANDSCAPE / VISUAL IMPACT .................................................................. 21 11 ECOLOGY .................................................................................................... 28 12 ARCHAEOLOGY / CULTURAL HERITAGE ................................................. 28 13 SOILS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION ............................ 32 14 HYDROLOGY / HYDROGEOLOGY AND FLOOD RISK .............................. 33 15 HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC .......................................................................... 33 16 NOISE ........................................................................................................... 35 17 DUST AND AIR ............................................................................................. 37 18 DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN PREPARING THE ES .......................... 38 19 TECHNICAL REPORTS CONCLUSION ....................................................... 38 20 ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................... 40 21 ES SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 41 22 PLANS .......................................................................................................... 43 23 NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY ..................................................................... 44 25 APPENDIX 1- PLANNING PERMISSIONS ................................................... 47 2 KSD High Cross Planning Application and Environmental Statement June 2016 FIGURES Figure 7.1 Field drain in phase 17 in winter conditions ......................................................................................... 13 Figure 7.2 dry field drain in phase 17 in summer conditions ................................................................................ 13 Figure 8.1 – New palisade Fence at Site Entrance. ................................................................................................ 16 Figure 8.2 Mobile screening plant to be used at High Cross ................................................................................. 16 Figure 8.2 – Ancillary facilities under construction to replace original office weighbridge and stores ................. 18 Figure 10.1 – Palisade fence at site entrance. ....................................................................................................... 21 Figure 10.2 Orchard Farm on left, Copston Lane and quarry hedgerow boundary on right ................................. 25 Figure 10.3 View Toward Site Entrance from central reservation on the A5 at High Cross .................................. 25 Figure 10.4 Smockington Farm viewed form path R14a ....................................................................................... 25 Figure 10.5 – Extract From Definitive Footpath Plan ............................................................................................. 25 Figure 10.6 Showing matreu screen planting between site and A5 ...................................................................... 25 Figure 10.7 Hedgerow along edge of phases 13 and 14 on the western edge of the site. ................................... 25 Figure 10.8 – Existing screeing bund between the access road and Copston Lane ............................................... 26 Figure 10.9 Views from towards Copston Magna from the centre of the site ...................................................... 26 Figure 10.10 – New screening bund erected around western edge of the plant site looking over phases 18 - 20 with Copston Lane beyond behind the tree line ........................................................................... 26 Figure 10.11 – New screening bund erected around the plant site viewed from phase 7 .................................... 27 Figure 10.12 View from access point showing new screening bund erected to the east of the plant site. .......... 27 Figure 10.13 – Mature screen planting established between the quarry and the A5 road. ................................. 27 Figure 10.14 – Mature screen planting established along Cospton Lane .............................................................. 28 Figure 16.1 New eastern plant site bund .............................................................................................................. 36 Figure 16.2 New western plant site bund showing the phases 18 – 20 and Copston Lane beyond ..................... 36 Figure 16.3 Screening bund between the plant site and Copston Lane. ............................................................... 36 TABLES Table 8.1 - Reserves .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Table 13.1 Agricultural Land Classification ............................................................................................................ 32 3 KSD High Cross Planning Application and Environmental Statement June 2016 PLANS Plan Ref Title LD032-HC-006 Location Plan 150128-1v1 Topographic Survey 28 Jan 2015 HC2 Approved - Restoration Plan HC2a Approved - Supplementary Plan 4 KSD High Cross Planning Application and Environmental Statement June 2016 1 Introduction 1.1 KSD currently operates High Cross Quarry (the Site) having acquired it from Cemex who in turn had purchased it from Bruntingthorpe Aggregates. The site is subject to a planning condition requiring the extraction of sand and gravel to cease not later than the expiration of 25 years from the beginning with the date of that permission. However that requirement has become complicated following the release of a further permission in 2002. None the less a further 26 years is required to excavate the remaining reserve. 1.2 As a significant mineral reserve remains to be worked at this site, planning permission is therefore to be sought to provide a sufficient period to complete the working of sand and gravel from the site. 1.3 It is currently estimated that operations are approximately 1/3 completed and therefore permission is sought to extend this deadline to 31 December 2044. This is based on assumed sales at a reduced output of 60,000 tonnes per annum and a reserve of 1.6 million tonnes and also allows a 2 year period to complete the final site restoration by 2046 1.4 A second element relates to condition 20 which prevents operations from starting before 0800 hrs. The Applicant would now like to commence operations at 0700 each day (excluding Sundays and bank holidays) in line with most other quarries in the region. 1.5 Discussions with the Mineral Planning Authority (the MPA) have indicated that the proposal in their view falls within the scope of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011. This submission is therefore provides a planning and environmental statement to satisfy that request. This has been prepared on the basis of assessing the environmental effects of the three amendments proposed as required by Section 73 (2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The Applicant 1.6 KSD is the largest supplier of aggregate