®Planning appeal decision
Montcliffe Quarry, Georges Lane, Bolton, BL5 6RS
a lateral extension to the existing quarry in order to facilitate the extraction of a known, locally distinctive building stone resource
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Sargent J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether in principle mineral extraction is justified
- whether it is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- its effects on the character and appearance of the area
- its impacts on ecology and biodiversity
- whether it has been shown the proposal would not have an adverse effect on hydrology
What decided it
The scheme would have an unacceptable adverse effect on drainage and flooding because the workings would extend appreciably below the groundwater level, and the appellant's hydrological evidence was not supported by the facts as they stood.
Framework references: 11, 150
Plan policies cited: Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Plan Policy 1, Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Plan Policy 4, Bolton Allocations Plan Policy CG7AP, Bolton Core Strategy Policy CG3, Bolton Core Strategy Policy OA1, Bolton Core Strategy Policy CG1.1, Bolton Core Strategy Policy CG1.5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.