We are disappointed to report that, despite all the compelling arguments, all the issues, all the risks, all the harms, Aggregate Industries’ appeal against Devon County Council’s decision last year to refuse planning permission for a sand and gravel quarry at Straitgate Farm with haulage of the as-dug material to Hillhead Quarry has been allowed, and planning permission granted.
The Planning Inspectors’ report can be found below.
We have tried our hardest over the last 20 years to stop this harmful development on the doorstep of Ottery St Mary. Let’s now hope that Aggregate Industries can make a better job of the development than it has of its various planning applications.
We would like to thank all those who have campaigned with us, and all those who have so generously supported us over the years – we are so sorry that the end result was not the one we had all hoped for.
