Hampshire County Council is drawing up the county mineral plan for the next ten years.They are consulting about proposals in which they have identified 37 hectares (around 90 acres) of land at Cutty Brow as a preferred area for extraction of a million tonnes of sand and gravel over a 10-year period from 2009. The area is northwest of the old railway line on both sides of The Middleway.
The Parish Council has established that a similar proposal was rejected for inclusion in a previous plan, principally on landscape and ecological grounds.The Council strongly believes that the current proposal should be rejected for the same reasons.
However, circumstances have changed since the previous round and we cannot be sure that the proposal will be rejected this time. So the Council has also decided to consider how the impact on the village may be mitigated if the proposal is accepted.
As part of this process, the Council arranged a public presentation on 22 January 2008. Speakers included representatives from HCC, Tarmac (the company which proposes to exploit the site) and Michael Woodhall, our county councillor. There were numerous questions from councillors and members of the public.
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If you have any query about this please contact the Parish Council Chair of Planning, Christopher Duxbury on 720580.
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