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The Planning Application

Summary of application content:

  • The new quarry void will be an extraction area of 13 hectares from which some 2,000,000 million tons of carboniferous limestone would be extracted to a maximum working depth of 20 metres. The limestone would be transported to the processing plant at the nearby Barton Quarry by conveyor (travelling beneath Kneeton Lane) for use in asphalt production. The working life of the quarry is expected to be 15 years;
  • Topsoil, subsoil and over-burden would be stored in mounds, one of which would be planted with woodland to screen the quarry from the north;
  • 1,640 Sq.M. of coniferous plantation and 3 mature parkland trees will be felled;
  • The works would be phased over 3 distinct periods;
    • Phase 1. The formation of an excavated conveyor to Barton Quarry under Kneeton Lane. The conveyor will eventually run the full length of the proposed quarry carrying extracted limestone to the crushing plant in Barton Quarry;
    • Phase 2. A void would be formed over a 5 year period to form the site of the ‘quarry garden’, with water feature and 50m fountain, at the maximum extent of the conveyor;
    • Phase 3. The site would be worked for a ten year period on a six month of the year basis back towards Barton Quarry with the conveyor being shortened as required and the site being restored progressively.
  • Middleton Lodge Estate would be developed as a visitor attraction with the formation of the ‘quarry garden’, the renovation and conversion of the listed stable block into a restaurant, function rooms and estate shop and the renovation and conversion of the buildings in the listed walled garden to form two holiday cottages.
  • The stated purpose of the quarry is to provide income to restore and develop the Middleton Lodge Estate as a visitor attraction.

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