6.7Mt Eagle Hall proposal refused for Aggregate Industries

摘要

Proposals for a new quarry to extract sand and gravel, to erect a processing plant and ancillary facilities, construct a quarry access road and restore the land to water based nature conservation at Eagle Hall by Aggregate Industries UK Ltd were refused by Lincolnshire CC in May. The proposal involved the extraction of 6.7Mt of sand and gravel over a period of 18 years. The site extended over an area of 133 ha of land of which 82 ha would be used for mineral extraction with the balance used primarily for ancillary operations or for advance hedge and tree planting. There is a good quality and consistent sand and gravel deposit across the site which varies in thickness from 4.5m to 8.7m. The majority of the mineral reserve is below the groundwater level. The site is divided into three parts by the Newark to Lincoln railway line and the Mill Dam Dyke. The site would be worked in 17 phases with the soils and overburden being stripped progressively and stored in temporary perimeter storage mounds (2-2.5m in height) and acoustic screening banks (5m in height) or used directly in the progressive restoration utilising backacter and dump truck. The sand and gravel would be worked 'wet' using a hydraulic dragline, and then transported by conveyor to the processing plant. The processing plant, located within a 15m high building, would have a maximum capacity of 750,000 tpa although the maximum production rate would be 500,000 tpa.