In Late February, H Tuckwell and Sons’ submitted a number of further documents in support of their "Renewal of Old Mineral Permissions" application. Most are technical but their ‘non-technical summary v3’ provides a useful overview of the situation. The Radley Lakes Trust has now responded to those documents.
You can find the documents submitted by Tuckwell here. You will need to accept the County Council’s terms and then choose the documents tab. There have been a number of responses. Tuckwell’s documents are those dated 20/02/2025:
Ecology
Flood Risk
Updated documents
The Radley Lakes Trust’s Response is given below:
We have reviewed the additional information submitted. The additional material does not address the issues raised in our previously submitted response dated 15/9/24. The extent of quarrying and restoration proposals are unchanged and our objection remains. We agree with OCC's senior biodiversity officer who states that the 'local wildlife site will be signifcantly adversely impacted by the proposal including a number of priority habitats and an irreplaceable habitat.'
As previously commented the tree and ecological survey data is incomplete and should be completed to enable a full assessment of effects to be completed. The migration and compensation referred to in Section 7 of the Ecological Impact Assessment in Appendix C of the Environmental Statement should be updated to reflect the findings of these surveys.
It is also a concern that APPENDIX 2617/FRA/A5 Flood Emergency Response Plan is silent on how any non-mobile equipment or oil, fuel, lubricants or other bulk stored liquids etc on the site would be safeguarded in the event of food and the pollution risk managed. This should be addressed.
We expect an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed condi ons and the opportunity to raise any signifcant outstanding concerns directly with the Commi ee. Restoration of the northwest area remains a significant concern and we will look to see if our suggestions (from our original objection submission) to improve Conditions 36 and 37 are adopted so as to achieve effective and timely restoration of the NW area.