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Dismissed12 December 20223274546

Montcliffe Quarry, Georges Lane, Bolton, BL5 6RS

Planning appeal 3274546 at Montcliffe Quarry, Georges Lane, Bolton, BL5 6RS (Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 December 2022 by Inspector Sargent J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether in principle mineral extraction is justified.

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
Postcode
BL5 6RS

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Plan Policy 1Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Plan Policy 4Bolton Allocations Plan Policy CG7APBolton Core Strategy Policy CG3Bolton Core Strategy Policy OA1Bolton Core Strategy Policy CG1.1Bolton Core Strategy Policy CG1.5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 150

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