New reserves for New Milton Sand and Ballast

摘要

New Milton Sand and Ballast [NMSB] have recently won planning permission to extract sand and gravel from a 17ha site at Downton Manor Farm, near Milford on Sea, in Hampshire, following what the company called a 'tortuous planning journey'.rnThe decision was the culmination of a prolonged and rigorous process that commenced on 10 August 2004, when the planning application was first submitted to Hampshire County Council.rnThere then followed a refusal, an appeal, which was also refused, two public inquiries, the first of which was in 2007, followed by a subsequent High Court challenge and another appeal in 2009, which was successful.