October 28th, 2009
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 take you to . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry , Makinson Lane, Horwich 80931/08 (update)
October 9th, 2009
Public planning meeting Bolton Town Hall. Thursday 29 October at 14:00
Site visit Thursday 29 October 10:10
This application has been discussed for sometime.
There are a large number of changes from the original application, which proposes to extract over three million tonnes of aggregate from the quarry and also process aggregate from external sources, in a 1.5 hectare site.
The application . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry , Makinson Lane, Horwich 80931/08