Applications submitted to extend a quarry despite plans to turn it into a waterside park https://t.co/U1BaghjI3E pic.twitter.com/NCV2gx8irk
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Aggregate Industries is on the wrong side of the local community again, this time by apparently reneging on restoration plans at a quarry near Leighton Buzzard that had previously been earmarked as a water sports centre.
An Aggregate Industries spokesperson for the Garside Sands operation said:
We have applied to extend our planning terms to enable an additional 3.3 million tonnes of specialist sands to be extracted from land south of Grovebury Quarry which we estimate would take between nine and 14 years, starting from July 2026 - with a further six years to complete full restoration.
Andrew Selous, MP for South West Bedfordshire said:
I very much understand the concerns of Billington residents and have asked Aggregate Industries to mitigate their plans by moving the works further away from peoples homes. I am also pressing for the earliest possible restoration of the site for leisure and recreational use for Leighton Buzzard residents as well.
