Final bid to block quarry plan near villages
Villagers from two rural areas which could be blighted with a sand quarry have made a final attempt to get planners to abandon the scheme.
Malcolm Brice, chairman of Collingtree Parish Council, and Christopher Mair, of Milton Malsor Parish Council, told members of Northamptonshire County Council plans to extract sand from a site near the villages would damage conservation areas and affect residents.
The spot, which falls between Collingtree village and Milton Malsor and lies alongside the M1, is one of the preferred options to source the county's minerals in future.
Speaking at Tuesday's cabinet meeting, Mr Brice said: "The conservation village of Collingtree will often be affected and the prevailing wind from the south west will carry noise and dust from the site over the M1.
"A large number of residents will doubtless seek a reduction in their council tax because of the nuisance. Collingtree Parish Council asks for site number four to the west of Collingtree to be taken out of preferred status and, ideally, the plan itself."
Mr Mair presented pictures of Stoke Albany, near Market Harborough, which was thrown out as a site for soft sand, saying it would be a more suitable location and affect fewer people.
He said: "We are deeply concerned with the decision to allocate a site within 200m of Milton Malsor and Collingtree, both conservation villages, where there are over 1,600 residents."
However, the cabinet accepted the preferred options with the exception of a site near the A14.
Council papers have suggested village roads may have to be widened to make way for lorries.
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