Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Planning.

That the response agreed and endorsed by Cabinet be sent to the Hampshire Authorities regarding the Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan: Partial Update – Proposed Submission Plan, objecting to the proposed re-allocation of the Purple Haze site, and including other comments as set out in the report to Cabinet of 12 March 2024.

Reason for the decision

As a neighbouring minerals and waste planning authority Dorset Council had been consulted by the Hampshire Authorities on the proposed update to their Minerals and Waste Plan 2013. Dorset Council needs to ensure that the proposals in the Proposed Submission Plan do not prejudice our interests. Submitting a response provided an opportunity to express to the Hampshire Authorities our objection to one proposal along with our support or concerns regarding others. Cabinet’s endorsement of the response would give it additional weight when returned to the Hampshire Authorities. It was recommended that the response to the Hampshire Authorities included various previous response documents as appendices to ensure that when the Draft Plan undergoes Examination the Inspector would be able to take them into consideration.

The Portfolio Holder for Planning set out a report with information about the consultation on the “Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan: Partial Update – Proposed Submission Plan”. The report set out the detail of the plan’s proposals that was most relevant to Dorset Council by highlighting the potential impact on Dorset’s environment. It also set out a recommended response to be returned to the Hampshire Authorities.

The Portfolio Holder expressed concerns around four new allocations for sand and gravel extraction, two of which were on the Dorset border.  These were Midgham Farm near Alderholt and Purple Haze, near Verwood. It was recommended that Dorset Council objected to these two sites because of the negative impact that the proposals would have in the natural environment, impact to the Moors Valley Country Park and significant concerns around air quality impact. The details of the objections and concerns were set out within the report.

The Local Ward member for Alderholt was invited to address the committee and he expressed concerns around the quality of the road surface in the area and the cumulative traffic impact of sand and gravel extraction to the A31 and access to the B381.

Cllr S Gibson and Cllr S Flower spoke in support of the proposed response to the Hampshire Authorities and welcomed the clarify that this brought to Dorset Council’s position on this matter.

It was proposed by Cllr D Walsh and seconded by Cllr S Gibson

Decision

That the response agreed and endorsed by Cabinet be sent to the Hampshire Authorities regarding the Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan: Partial Update – Proposed Submission Plan, objecting to the proposed re-allocation of the Purple Haze site, and including other comments as set out in the report to Cabinet of 12 March 2024.

Reason for the decision

As a neighbouring minerals and waste planning authority Dorset Council had been consulted by the Hampshire Authorities on the proposed update to their Minerals and Waste Plan 2013. Dorset Council needed to ensure that the proposals in the Proposed Submission Plan do not prejudice its interests. Submitting a response provided an opportunity to express to the Hampshire Authorities the council’s objection to one proposal along with its support or concerns regarding others. Cabinet’s endorsement of the response would give it additional weight when returned to the Hampshire Authorities. It was recommended that the response to the Hampshire Authorities included various previous response documents as appendices to ensure that when the Draft Plan undergoes Examination the Inspector would be able to take them into consideration.