®Planning appeal decision
Grandcourt Quarry, Leziate Works, Station Road, Leziate, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1EH
the extension to silica sand extraction operations with progressive restoration without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref C/2/2004/2034, dated 7 September 2007
- Authority
- Norfolk County Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Unknown
- Inspector
- Bust R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: whether the proposals for working and restoration are acceptable having regard to the effect on the public rights of way network, with particular reference to the East Winch Footpath No 2
- Appeal A: the mechanism to secure groundwater monitoring
- Appeal B: whether the revised proposal and timescales for working and restoration are necessary and acceptable
What decided it
The significant public benefits of delivering nationally important silica sand from an established site with processing plant and railhead, addressing a critical shortfall in permitted reserves (3.459 million tonnes against a requirement for at least 10 years), outweighed the temporary less than substantial harm to the heritage setting, particularly given the restoration scheme would restore the open countryside character.
Framework references: 100, 202, 214
Plan policies cited: Policy MIN 36, Policy MIN 6, Policy MIN 35, Policy MIN 40, Policy DM14, Policy DM15, Policy DM8, Policy DM7, Policy DM12, Policy DM13, Policy CS13, Policy CS01, Policy CS12, Policy DM3, Policy DM4
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.