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BBC News
3 days ago
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Yorkshire Dales Wensley Quarry expansion met with 60 objections
The proposed expansion of a quarry has been met with 60 objections, amid claims from a parish council and local residents that the firm running it had ignored complaints about dust and Tarmac has applied to North Yorkshire Council to change planning permission for its Wensley Quarry, near company said it wanted permission to keep extracting minerals from one area of the plant while also starting other phases earlier than planned and extending the year it would finish working the quarry from 2042 to its objection, Preston-under-Scar Parish Council said Tarmac had a "documented history of ignoring and denying legitimate complaints from residents". The firm had also "consistently failed to take effective remedial action", the parish council its objection to Tarmac's application, the council claimed the company had failed to abide by its dust and noise management plan, meanwhile the proposed expansion would see work take place less than 980ft (300m) from nearby parish council added that Tarmac's claim there had been no complaints about dust in the nine years a dust management plan had been in place was "manifestly untrue".According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the parish council stated in its objection that there had been 22 documented dust complaints regarding the quarry between 2018-22 and no improvements had been made. Also lodging an objection, North Yorkshire Conservative councillor Karin Sedgewick said she was concerned dust from the quarry was affecting the village's air quality."The distance from the proposed quarrying will be far too near the village," she said."I do not think this continuation of quarrying should be allowed."In its application, Tarmac said that due to "unforeseen challenges" there were only two years of accessible mineral remaining in the current permitted areas of phase two, three and part of four quarrying, which were due to be worked up until documents also stated that Wensley Quarry was of regional importance due to its long-term supply of carboniferous said in its submission: "The site is in a sustainable location to serve mineral and waste needs."Although adverse impact is anticipated to two visual receptors, these impacts are temporary in nature, with beneficial impacts arising at these locations post-restoration."Tarmac argued there would be no other adverse impacts with regard to noise, dust, transport or the water environment.A decision on the application by North Yorkshire Council is expected at a date yet to be decided. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
11-06-2025
- General
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Inverness Bellfield Park sauna plan recommended for approval
Councillors have been asked to approve plans for a 26-seat electric community sauna in an Inverness public Sauna Highland's proposal for Bellfield Park, which is in a residential area on the city's riverside, includes a cold plunge pool and changing Council has received 12 objections and 13 messages of support to the at the local authority have recommended that next week's south planning applications committee grant full planning permission, but with conditions. They include restrictions on noise and a requirement that a member of staff is at the site at all times when open. Among objectors' concerns were a lack of parking at the park and noise from supporting the application said it would help bring the community together and improve an "unsightly" corner of the a report to the committee, officials said the sauna would be screened from view by hedges and there were no plans for music or alcohol to be bathing is described as a form of therapy that takes place in a room usually heated by burning wood or is popular in parts of northern Europe including Finland, Sweden and Park, on Inverness's Riverside area, already has tennis courts and a council-maintained children's play area.
BBC News
12-05-2025
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Wenny Meadow homes approved despite 551 objections
Formal approval has been given to plans to build 93 new homes on a meadow, despite more than 500 at Fenland District Council agreed nearly two years ago to approve the development at Wenny Meadow, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, but official permission has only now been given after the agreement of conditions and financial 93 homes are set to include four five-bedroom houses, 25 four-bedroom houses, 40 three-bedroom houses, 20 two-bedroom houses, and four one-bedroom are proposed to be part of a wider development to the east of the town of around 350 homes. In planning documents submitted to the district council, the developer said it would "provide a large amount of public open space incorporating a [play area], ecological benefits including the creation of new habitat, as well as economic benefits including increases in local expenditure and support for jobs both directly and indirectly through the proposed development."However, the project was met with backlash from people in Chatteris, with 551 formal objections lodged against the application was recommended for approval by planning officers, who said: "By providing a new community with accessible open and green space, in a high-quality environment, with easy access to local services, the scheme will make a valuable contribution to improving the overall health of the local community."When the application was considered by councillors in July 2023, they ultimately agreed to approve the plans, subject to the agreement of conditions and financial to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, an update report published by the district council in April recognised a "significant amount of time" had passed since that planning committee said amendments to some conditions had been made and financial contributions from the developer towards services in the town had now been said they still recommended the plans should be approved and the district council has now agreed to formally grant planning permission for the development. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
