Comment

Representation ID: 2171

Received: 14/07/2021

Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Minerals and Waste Team

The Mineral Planning Authority is pleased to note the inclusion within the site assessments of its previous comments on the potential allocation sites regarding mineral resource safeguarding. Currently, the reasoned justification for the sites does not include reference to mineral resource safeguarding. We would like to reiterate from our previous comments that the need for mineral resource safeguarding to be addressed needs to be included within the requirements of the respective site’s allocation policy.

The Site assessments for SN0414 and SN0392, both at Haddiscoe do not contain reference to the proposed mineral extraction site MIN 25 at Haddiscoe, which was mentioned in our previous response. The site assessments should be revised to contain this information.

There are existing residential properties at least as close to the potential mineral site allocation MIN 25 as the proposed housing locations. In accordance with the site assessment for MIN 25, the draft site allocation policy includes a requirement for suitable mitigation measures to be included in a future planning application, to ensure that there would be no unacceptable amenity impacts for these properties from the operation of the mineral extraction site.