stop the quarry
FIGHT THE QUARRY!
Links and Documents
Junction of A134 and A1071
Suffolk County Council page for the planning application.
To see the letters of objection, click 'documents' and scroll down
Police Objection August 08 [PDF]
Letter to SCC from Chilton Parish Council
Bodies that have rejected the proposal
and ...
Wednesday 17th September. In a dramatic rejection of the recommendation of their officers, Babergh District Council's Development Control Committee again unanimously voted to oppose the application for a quarry and industrial workings at Chilton, near Sudbury.
Members heard that the proposed roundabout access to the quarry still presented significant concerns and did not address many of the reasons for Babergh objecting last February to the original application by Brett Aggregates Ltd. The meeting heard that Suffolk Police object to the proposed roundabout and that the site relies on two thirds of the activity being industrial, not quarrying, to make the site viable at all. Parish council representatives highlighted the appalling accident statistics which made this road the 9th worst in Suffolk. 25 accidents, involving 43 casualties, including 3 fatalities, have happened in the last five years.
Welcoming the decision, Colin Poole, Chairman of Newton Parish Council commented "The elected members were clearly still resolutely determined to ensure that the safety of the people of South Suffolk and the peace of the coutryside is not sacrificed for the sake of a quarry which is superfluous to requirements, offers poor material and is in the wrong place. I now call on Brett to abandon their plans for this quarry. They are wasting everyone's time as well as their money. Every elected member given the chance to vote on this matter, whether it be parish, district or county councillor, our MP, the Police, have all unanimously said no to this proposal. There are in excess of 280 objections lodged with the county council. Brett should do what we are all asking them to do and walk away."
The SCC Development Control Committee is now scheduled to meet on Thursday 4th December to hear the application.