Quarries

There are currently two big issues concerning quarries in our area :-

1 Pilkington Quarry – planning application to extend the life of the quarrry from 2007 until 2042

2 Montcliffe Quarry – council currently in discussion with Armstrong’s

PILKINGTON QUARRY

With regard to the first issue, please make your feelings known to the council by commenting on application 83299/09 (see link at bottom of this page, else on the right hand side of our home page))

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 be beneficial if you would make your views about this application known to the council – a link can be found at the bottom of this page, else on the right hand side of our home page)

Comments lodged as a result of previous applications do not count, so make your views about this application known.

Remember it is one comment per person not per household

 

When commenting on the application you may also wish to ask about the following points :-

 

Application 61530/02to which this application references; we are told  the file has been lost / cannot be located – we have been requesting them since 03/12/09. Please can  you  help locate it   ? 

Application 83299/09  no evidence has been provided to support the application regarding an administrative error

 Application 61530/02  to which this application references; decision notice -  why does the applicant have a different version of the decision notice to that posted   on the Bolton Planning web pages (This was resolved 15/12/09)

 Link to planning application 83299/09 http://www.planning.bolton.gov.uk/DCOnlineV2/AcolNetCGI.dcgov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=76767

Google Maps Link   http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4SNYK_enGB307GB307&q=pilkington%20quarry%2C%20horwich&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl