Oxfordshire, Planning Notice

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

I give notice that Smith & Sons (Bletchington) Limited, Enslow, Kidlington, OX5 3AY is applying to Oxfordshire County Council for planning permission: Section 73 to continue the extraction of sand, gravel and clay as an extension to the existing Gill Mill site with the retention of processing plant, offices with welfare accommodation, weighbridge, sheeting bay, maintenance and storage facilities, vehicle parking areas, fuel storage, conveyor and haul road system, and existing site access, with the crushing, screening, washing, grading and blending of products for sale, retention and extension of existing water management provision including clean water lagoons and silt ponds, retention and extension of stockpiling areas, merchanting of imported aggregates, a concrete products factory, aggregate bagging plant, installation of wheel wash, erection of concrete batching plant and erection of recycled aggregate plant and the import of inert materials for recycling and non-recyclable waste materials for restoration of worked out mineral voids and the manufacture and sale of soils from site and imported materials. Restoration to a combination of nature conservation, including reed bed, meadows and woodland areas, with ecotourism development and recreational uses including retention of existing office complex building and new footpath and bridleway links with the retention and adaptation of the farm buildings of the Beef Unit Farmstead to provide ancillary development for the management of the restored land as a management centre including offices, stores, educational facilities and provision for a small scale bio mass energy plant primarily for biomass arising on site at Gill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, OX29 7PP permitted by planning permission (MW.0093/20), without complying with condition 1 in order to make changes to restoration proposals in phase 3 to include a pond for drainage and the advanced use of Phase 12 for storage at Gill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington,Witney, OX29 7PP.

You may view a copy of the application and supporting documents from 14 December 2023 online at http://myeplanning.oxfordshire.gov.uk using reference MW.0165/23 and at Oxfordshire County Council,

14 December 2023

If you wish to make any representations on this application either email, Anna Herriman at Anna.Herriman@Oxfordshire.gov.uk or you can comment online using the reference MW.0165/23. If making a written representation by post, please use the address above and telephone the case officer in advance. Comments should be made on or before 6 January 2024 and failure to meet this deadline may result in your comments not being considered. The decision notice will be available online once the application has been decided.

NOTE Consideration of the development may take place in public and representations may be published. The proposal may be considered by the Council's Planning & Regulation Committee (Only comments relating to planning issues will be taken into account when reaching a decision). The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended requires the determination of planning applications to be a public process. The Council will make information submitted in relation to planning applications available for public inspection and so it is not possible to take into account in the determination of the application any comments which are submitted confidentially. If you wish to submit any comments regarding this application, your comments as well as your name and postal address may be disclosed to third parties including those who have submitted the planning application. Oxfordshire County Council is a data controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 27th April 2016). For more details on how the Council will handle your personal information, please use the link below to access our Privacy Notice. Hard copies of this can also be provided on request: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/privacynoticedocument