Newbold Quarry Group Overview

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The Newbold Quarry Liaison Group was formed between representatives of Aggregate Industries and the local community comprising members from local Parish Councils (Dunstall, Barton, Tatenhill, Walton), Staffs County Council, Staffordshire Wildlife, Staffordshire Water etc.

The main purposes of the group are 2 fold. Firstly, to ensure that the workings of the Quarry don’t adversely affect the local community. Secondly so that the local community are informed and involved with the remediation of quarry activities when excavation work is completed, essentially the schemes in place to restore the site and return them back to wild life and the community.

Currently the quarry is due to complete its first major phase in 2017. Recent plans have approved an extension to these works with a scheme planned to last another 15 years. It’s a major development and its vital that local communities are engaged to help shape the future of the areas worked.

The meeting help in May has highlighted the commitment of the Quarry group to maximise the benefit to wild life and the community of the planned restoration schemes and hence as a starting point we have decided to publish as much information about the workings and plans on this website to keep all Parishioners informed of the plans and activities.

We hope also to form a working group between the Parish Councils involved to be more organised and engage further with the community prior to our meetings with the Quarry representatives. We see this as a fabulous opportunity to our local communities to shape the restoration schemes and the interim phasing of the quarry. Newbold are very committed to the community engagement and are happy to be involved with any initiatives to support the community through the project. Already community schemes in Tatenhill and Barton have been supported directly by the Newbold team. To support the Dunstall community we aim to discuss potential schemes at our next parish meeting, you’d be very welcome to attend to contribute to these discussions.

Over time we will post the various plans and details of the workings on this website and also any other details of schemes and related meetings. In the meantime if you would like to discuss any of the above in more detail please contact us via this website and we will be happy to get in touch.

Meeting 15th October 2014

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Next meeting to be held at the Newbold Quarry offices.

Agenda to follow.

Any questions, comments or additional items to cover in this forum please contact Andrew Brown @  .  Andrew is the Dunstall Parish liaison representative to the Quarry Group.

Meeting 21st May 2014

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AGENDA

NEWBOLD / TUCKLESHOLME QUARRIES LIAISON MEETING

Meeting to be held on Wednesday 21st May 2014 commencing at 5.30 p.m. at Newbold Quarry Offices

AGENDA ITEMS

Meet in Quarry Office car park at 5.30 p.m. for quarry tour

Resume meeting in Quarry Office meeting room

Apologies for Absence

Minutes of Previous Meeting held on 2nd October 2013

Current Working and Restoration

5.1Newbold

5.2Tucklesholme

Recovery Operations

Planning / Developments

7.1Lower Estate Extension

7.2Solar Park Proposal

7.3Tucklesholme Restoration

Added Value Operations

8.1Bagging Plant

8.2Charcon Factory

8.3RMX Plant

Environmental Issues

9.1Noise / Dust

9.2Water Management

9.3Landscape / Visual

Public Footpaths

Quarry / Community Initiatives

Any Other Business

Date of Next Meeting

Meeting 2nd October 2013

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NEWBOLD / TUCKLESHOLME QUARRIES LIAISON MEETING

Minutes of the Meeting held on

Wednesday 2nd October 2013 at Newbold Quarry

Present:

Ed Sharkey-Barton Parish Council

Danielle Westlake-Tatenhill Parish Council

Charles Meynell-Fisher German Chartered Surveyors

Tim Claxton-Aggregate Industries

Carmella Barbour-Aggregate Industries

Simon Cope-Aggregate Industries

Jeremy Moore-Aggregate Industries

Delia Shannon-Aggregate Industries

Debbie Holihead-Staffordshire County Council

Cathy Waldridge-Staffordshire County Council

1.Quarry Tour

2.Resume Meeting

MATTERS ARISING

3.Apologies for Absence

Apologies received from the following;

Tim Corbett (Staffordshire County Council)

Julie Woznicka (CRI)

No apologies received from either representative of Dunstall Parish Council and Walton Parish Council

4.Minutes of Previous Meeting

Minutes of the meeting held on 22nd May 2013 were generally agreed as a true and accurate record.  E Sharkey to write to both Dunstall PC and Walton PC about their continued representation.

Action: E Sharkey

5.Current Working and Restoration

5.1Newbold

C Barbour provided concise overview of operations. Total sales to the end of Sep-13 are 619,000 tonnes. Currently there is a 40/60 split on sales between internal/external customers. We continue to blend material from Tucklesholme on a 60/40 basis in favour of Newbold material.

Conveyor line will be relocated within the next couple of weeks.

5.2Tucklesholme

Operations continuing unabated. T Claxton gave an overview of what is being proposed between AI and the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust in terms of restoration and the transfer of ownership of the surface. This should occur before year end.

6.Landfill Operations

Infill moving to the east side of the sewer pipe. To the end of Sep-13 358,000 tonnes (30% inert / 70% PFA) has been deposited. PFA continuing to come from Rugeley and Ratcliffe power stations.

7.Planning / Developments

7.1Lower Estate Extension

SCC planning committee resolved to permit the Lower Estate Extension (subject to legal agreement) on 5-Sep. Legal agreement relates to continued traffic routing agreement, terms of reference for liaison group and extended aftercare period (10 years). T Claxton to circulate liaison group terms of reference when available.

Action: T Claxton

7.2Solar Park Proposal

No progress to date.

8.Added Value Operations

8.1Bagging Plant

No issues reported. 65-70KT of sales forecast for 2013. Plant capacity is 120KT per annum.

8.2Charcon Factory

No issues reported. Returning to a 3 shift pattern shortly. Output in the region of 100KT per annum.

8.3RMX Plant

No issues reported.

9.Environmental Issues

9.1Noise / Dust

No issues reported recently.

9.2Water Management

No issues. Monitoring ongoing.

9.3Landscape / Visual

No issues reported.

9.4Waste Permitting

EA visit recently to discuss surrender of old waste management licences.

10.Public Footpaths

Application to divert footpaths in Tucklesholme quarry has been submitted. Lane at Tatenhill has become overgrown. T Claxton to speak to landscape & biodiversity officer Phil Jackson about trimming back.

Action: T Claxton

11.Quarry / Community Initiatives

Support for Barton music festival.

Shared Space Project – T Claxton to gauge support from Company.

Update given on proposed Community Fund

Sponsorship of PCSO car – E Sharkey to write a letter.

Support for Dunstall Cricket Club

Tatenhill village request for gravel – C Barbour to respond.

Display panels for community woodland – D Shannon to assist with this and also buying of trees.

12.Any Other Business

D Shannon gave an overview of the biodiversity offsetting project and what it is about.

13.Date of Next Meeting

Wednesday 21st May 2014 commencing at 5.30pm.