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Dismissed16 September 20223289792

Batts Lane Quarry, Long Sutton, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9NJ

Planning appeal 3289792 at Batts Lane Quarry, Long Sutton, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9NJ (Somerset County Council *) was dismissed on 16 September 2022 by Inspector Edwards S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on controlled waters.

proposed reopening of former quarry including proposed temporary processing building and internal access track”

Authority
Somerset County Council *
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
minerals-waste · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Edwards S
Postcode
TA10 9NJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on controlled waters

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficient substantive evidence to demonstrate that the proposal would cause no unacceptable risk to controlled waters, particularly regarding the migration of elevated PAH concentrations from the adjacent historic landfill site.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SMP5(d) of Somerset Minerals Plan (Adopted February 2015)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 174

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