There are three weeks left to run on the Draft Dorset Mineral
Sites Plan consultation.
The draft plan includes proposals for new or extended sites for sand
and gravel extraction including three sites around Crossways / Moreton (Woodsford Quarry, Station Road and Hurst Farm)
and four further sites between Bovington and Wareham. Eight new sites have been identified for the
provision of Purbeck Stone, mostly around Langton Matravers. There are also proposals for an extension to a site on Portland
(you guessed it - for Portland Stone). Three sites (just outside Marnhull,
and at Oborne and Lilington near Sherborne) have been flagged up for the provision
of other building stone – these are all extensions to existing quarries.
UPDATE: the consultation has been extended and will now close on 23 October 2015. The pre-submission draft is due to be
published March 2016.
