Section 73 application to continue the extraction of sand, gravel and clay as an extension to the existing Gill Mill site with the retention of processing plant, offices with welfare accommodation, weighbridge, sheeting bay, maintenance and storage facilities, vehicle parking areas, fuel storage, conveyor and haul road system, and existing site access, with the crushing, screening, washing, grading and blending of products for sale, retention and extension of existing water management provision including clean water lagoons and silt ponds, retention and extension of stockpiling areas, merchanting of imported aggregates, a concrete products factory, aggregate bagging plant, installation of wheel wash, erection of concrete batching plant and erection of recycled aggregate plant and the import of inert materials for recycling and non-recyclable waste materials for restoration of worked out mineral voids and the manufacture and sale of soils from site and imported materials. Restoration to a combination of nature conservation, including reed bed, meadows and woodland areas, with ecotourism development and recreational uses including retention of existing office complex building and new footpath and bridleway links with the retention and adaptation of the farm buildings of the Beef Unit Farmstead to provide ancillary development for the management of the restored land as a management centre including offices, stores, educational facilities and provision for a small scale bio mass energy plant primarily for biomass arising on site at Gill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, OX29 7PP permitted by planning permission 13/0530/P/CM (MW.0050/13), without complying with condition 5 in order to allow clay extraction up to 10 metres below the base of the sand and gravel reserve within phases 4, 6 and 7 to ensure that there is sufficient clay available for the engineering works required to carry out the approved site restoration

Gill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP