24th September 2024 Community Meeting

TUESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 6.30PM HEATHFIELD KNOLL SCHOOL, WOLVERLEY ROAD, KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 3QE Thanks to your incredible support, we won the initial public inquiry to stop the proposed sand and gravel quarry at Lea Castle Farm in May 2023. However, the decision was...

Objection letters deadline 6th September 2024

NEW letters of objection, as before – are to go to The Planning Inspectorate, and must be in by 6th September 2024 – objections sent to the first Inquiry WILL be considered by the second Inquiry.The original application reference was 19/000053/CmThe Appeal...

Progress report

Hello EveryoneThanks to those who managed to get to the consultation yesterday. There is another on the 21st of August in the same place foe those who couldn’t make it.So to recap where we are. The planning application was rejected by WCC. There was an Inquiry...

Wednesday 7th August 2024

NRS Aggregates are going to hold another public consultation at Wolverley Memorial Hall, Wolverley, Kidderminster DY11 5TH between the hours of 1pm and 7pm.Please go if you can, and ask them some awkward questions!

Planning Inspector, Inquiry Dates and Venue

The Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State to hold the second Inquiry is J Woolcock BNatRes MURP DipLaw MRTPI. Arrangements for the Inquiry are currently being finalised by the Planning Inspectorate.The Inquiry is currently scheduled to open at 10:00 hours on...

Second Inquiry date 5th November 2024

Hello Everyone I think that this has already been posted here but we just heard today that the next inquiry will start on 5th November and has been currently pencilled for 6 days. This is the same length of the last one!This gives us plenty more preparation time and...

KNOW YOUR ENEMY – NRS

NRS Aggregates Ltd lost its planning application to extract three million tons of sand and gravel replacing it with 1.6 million tons of “inert landfill” (builders rubble or equivalent) at Lea Castle Farm in May 2022It appealed the refusal at Public Inquiry in March...

Planning Inquiry Number Two

Hello Everyone,Since the Judicial Review decision we have been waiting to hear the next steps of this long process. We have now been notified that there will be a second inquiry to determine the original appeal again. I will add the letter we have received later.We...

Judicial Review Decision

Hello EveryoneUnfortunately we just heard about the Judicial Review outcome and it isn’t favourable.The judge ruled that the Inspector should not have referred to future legislation and that was a legal error.We can take comfort from the fact that 95% of his...

Judicial Review update

Hi AllSo the Judicial Review happened today, 31 Oct 2023 (Haloween!). Report back from our Barrister is positive but ultimately its down to the judge. The likely main argument is the biodiversity reference to future legislation in the Inspectors report. This was...