PDE are pleased to report, on behalf of S Walsh and Sons Limited, the receipt of Duly Made confirmation from the Environment Agency for an Environmental Permit Application at East Tilbury Quarry to extend the current permitted landfill area by 908,000m³
The news marks a significant step in enabling S Walsh and Sons Limited to continue to progress their operations at the quarry.
PDE is pleased to announce, on behalf of S Walsh and Sons Limited, the grant of planning permission by Kent County Council to secure the appropriate restoration of Stone Pit 1 through the importation of around 490,000m3 of inert engineering materials and soils across 18.7ha of the site with the potential for longer term public access, amenity and ecological benefits.
The grant of planning permission follows the submission of a detailed planning application at the end of February 2013.
PDE is pleased to have been working with Eurovia Roadstone to help facilitate the formation of a new joint venture company with Aggregate Industries that will supply asphalt, concrete, pre-cast and aggregate materials on the Isle of Wight and service the Island’s Highways PFI.
The joint venture company will trade as ‘Wight Building Materials Limited’.
PDE has also successfully obtained an Environmental Permit for Eurovia, which allows the recycling of hazardous and non-hazardous road planings in a mobile plant. PDE successfully applied to the Environment Agency for an authorization to deploy the mobile plant to a site on the Isle of Wight. The mobile plant is being used in the refurbishment of the road network on the island
It has been good to see progress at Wetherden Quarry in Suffolk. The new operator AggMax Limited have been undertaking a variety of works to get the site operational including an extensive programme of bund formation.
PDE also applied to the Environment Agency for an environmental permit for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate and a standard rules permit was issued in August 2013. PDE has produced a basic Environmental Management System for the permitted waste operations at the site.
It is hoped that production at the site will commence in the coming weeks once the various works are complete. PDE looks forward to continuing to work with AggMax to facilitate their continued operations at the site.
PDE is pleased to announced, on behalf of VolkerFitzpatrick, that Thurrock Council have recently granted planning permission for a temporary vehicular access at Bluelands Quarry.
PDE is working with VolkerFitzpatrick on a number of aspects in order to facilitate the infilling of the water filled void at Bluelands Quarry.
PDE is pleased to be working with S Walsh and Sons Limited to secure the appropriate restoration of Stone Pit 1 in Kent through the importation of around 490,000m3 of inert engineering materials and soils across 18.7ha of the site with the potential for longer term public access, amenity and ecological benefits. PDE was appointed to prepare a full planning application for the proposals in liaison with a team of external consultants. The planning application is currently being considered by Kent County Council following submission at the end of February 2013.
PDE has submitted a planning application to Suffolk County Council to extend Brett Aggregates Shrubland Quarry in Suffolk.
The submission comprises a planning application for a western extension to the existing quarry and for restoration utilising imported inert materials. In addition planning applications are submitted to amend a number of planning permissions on the existing site to assist in the development of the proposed extension.
Accompanying the submission is an extensive environmental statement drawn together by PDE with input from a variety of well established technical consultants.
The planning application is currently being determined by the county council with determination anticipated in Summer 2013.
More news to follow shortly.
PDE would like to congratulate our client Eurovia on winning the PFI bid for the future maintenance of the road network on the Isle of Wight. PDE is helping Eurovia in the development of a new asphalt plant for the island to assist in satisfying the requirements of the PFI contract.
PDE’s Environmental Permitting team has recently moved into its new office in The Alaska Building on Shrewsbury Business Park. Suzanne Walsh (formerly of AMEC & Entec) heads up the expanding team in Shrewsbury. Contact details can be found on the contacts page of this web site.
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