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“Not appropriate! Not lawful! Not acceptable! Not correct! Not properly consulted!” These are just some of the claims made by four Horwich community groups in a letter identifying 20 specific official complaints submitted to Bolton Council. (see link below) The concern is that the Council has not dealt properly with planning applications and enforcement at . . . → Read More: OUTRAGE AT QUARRY PROPOSALS PROVOKES 20 SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS TO BOLTON COUNCIL The following information is gathered from a number of sources. If you have additional information, or believe any of the information is incorrect please contact us at bheag@hotmail.com Our very grateful thanks to all contributors. The only time Rivington was solely owned by one person was a very early deed showing an exclusive ownership by . . . → Read More: History of Pilkington Quarry The application is 83299/09 Variation of condition 01 on application 61530/02 to allow operations to continue until 22 February 2042. Horwich Town Council objected to the application to extend the quarry operation until 2042 on legality grounds. Unfortunately there was no advice, nor a planning officer present, from Bolton Council, to assist in the . . . → Read More: Horwich Council Object to Pilkington Quarry 83299/09 This application will be considered by Horwich Town Council at 19-30, Thursday 18 march 2010. At this time there is no officers report and it is currently unclear to the public what advice will be given to Horwich Council, by Bolton Planning Department, regarding this application. The law is VERY clear regarding this application . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry 83299/09 (16/03/10) WE have been asked to make public our correspondence with Bolton Council and the Environment Agency, regarding Pilkington Quarry application 80931/08. The links to these letters are given below (We have not included the regular reminders to Bolton Council) x joint 15 nov x joint 26 nov x ea response 08 Dec x to Council . . . → Read More: Questions to the Council and the Environment Agency 80931/08 We have obtained a copy of the file for planning permission 61530/02. Bolton Council has lost their copy and appear to have been unable to obtain a copy. We have therefore decided to make the documents generally available. Links to the documents will be posted on this site. Links to several initial key documents are . . . → Read More: The Lost Files: Pilkington Quarry 61530/02 referenced by application 83299/09 Stage two of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal consultation has clearly identified two sites at Rivington as a potential location for Greater Manchester’s waste.(In a previous document one of these sites was identified as particularly important to the strategy) The two sites are Montcliffe Quarry and Pilkington Quarry. Both have agreed restoration plans – Montcliffe . . . → Read More: Rivington being considered for Greater Manchester Waste A new group has been formed in Bolton, RAGE, Residents Against Greenbelt Exploitation. In the Greenbelt there is a presumption against development. Whilst the initial focus of the group is the development of a new house, in the West Pennine Moors Greenbelt, the omission of the West Pennine Moors in the proposed Bolton Core Strategy . . . → Read More: RAGE Unfortunately the ordering of the consultee responses, on the Bolton council website, have been corrupted and therefore no longer follow date ordering. The links to the GMEU and GMGU comments are given below. As you will see it would appear that they have been mislead into believing this is about a ROMP permission, with the . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry 83299/99 This new application seeks to change the permitted quarrying operation from 2007 to 2042. We are still questioning why the quarry has been allowed to operate without active planning permission. We also question why you would need to extend the operational life of a quarry which finished extracting stone over three years ago. It would . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry 83299/09 ………………………. “Comment on the Quarry” The Director of Corporate Resources (Bolton Council) submitted a report which advised the Executive member of the current situation with regard to Montcliffe Quarry. The report advised that the current lessee had served notice of their intention to cease extraction from the quarry and, as a result, the Council had been approached by Armstrongs Environmental . . . → Read More: Montcliffe Quarry A new planning application has been made to extend the current operation until 2042 Please see the new application update, 83299/09 (click “home”) http://www.planning.bolton.gov.uk/DCOnlineV2/AcolNetCGI.dcgov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=76767 We are currently considering our position The officers report is now on-line, with a recommendation to approve the application. We would encourage anyone reading this article to read the reponses from the consultees (not all are available on-line !) and try to reconcile this with the report and the attached conditions. (The planning application link on the right hand side will . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry , Makinson Lane, Horwich 80931/08 (update) We are concerned about the above application, as we believe it contains a great deal of misleading information, which may contribute to a favorable bias, both to the planning committee and also the supporting statements.
. . . → Read More: Energy 64 (Bolton) Ltd 82447/09 Orchid Environmental, have withdrawn their appeal. Many thanks to everyone who took the time to write a letter of objection. Unfortunately the power plant at Markland Farm has been approved. The wood fuelled gasification plant will be one of the largest in Europe, right in the middle of the Greenbelt. A plant this size could . . . → Read More: 1-1 Blackrod and Horwich vs Power Plants |
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