Summary
Local people know that Glendinning are responsible quarry operators and that we have worked hard over the years to be a good neighbour, to build strong relationships with the local community and to earn their trust.
We would welcome your feedback on the proposals shown on these pages. Please click here to access the feedback form. We are keen to hear and discuss any further concerns as well as to encourage those who support the proposals to say so.
What Happens Next?
All comments made on these proposals will be analysed and taken into account in the preparation of the planning application.
The aim is to submit the planning application, which is currently under preparation, to Cornwall Council in the first quarter of 2024. Cornwall Council will then decide whether or not to grant planning permission.
Careful attention will be given to all aspects of the proposal in line with local and national planning policy and to comments from Statutory Consultees such as the Environment Agency, Natural England, Launcells and Kilkhampton Parish Councils and the views of local residents, other organisations and the wider public.
If planning consent is granted it will:
- Enable the existing consent to be fully implemented by ensuring that the current permission can continue to reach maximum depths by providing the required space for the processing area and stock holding.
- Enable further reserves of high specification PSV gritstone to be utilised and will therefore extend the life of the quarry.
- Safeguard the important supply of high specification polished stone value gritstone in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
- Secure an important local source of materials and products longer term to maintain the strategic highways in southwest England, with the next available source being in Wales and Ireland.
- Secure local employment in north Cornwall, paying a higher than average wage for the area.
- Ensure that Cornwall, Devon and Somerset remain relatively self-sufficient in this important aggregate, with lower levels of imports and exports than many other counties, thus helping to reduce the distances that the aggregate is transported by road.