UK: North East Derbyshire District Council has received an application from Bear Concrete for approval to build a ready-mix concrete batching plant in the district’s Unstone Industrial Complex. The application seeks to establish a plant with a maximum storage silo height of 9m, to be equipped by aggregate bins, conveyors, a batch cabin, three silos, a mixing unit, water tanks and run-off water recycling for use in batching and dust suppression. Bear Concrete described the site as ‘Relatively remote from residential development.’ Local press has reported that a committee will now determine whether the plans meet national rules within existing industrial use of the site.
A total of 23 formal objections to Bear Concrete’s plans have cited concerns over access via a narrow road and bridge, noise, traffic, flood risks and possible impacts on water and ecosystems.
