Minutes of the special Planning meeting of the Parish Council held in the Summit Room of the Newstead Miners Welfare Community Centre on Monday 25th July 2005.

Present:
Cllrs. S.A.T. Gascoigne(Vice- Chairman), D. Carless, Mrs W. Evans, J.S.Flanders, Mrs V. Leivers-Millership and R. Milliken.
Also in attendance were County Cllr J. Lonergan, Cllr J. Longden(Chairman of Annesley and Felley Parish Council) and 8 members of the public

Apologies for absence:
Cllr Mrs J. Booth – work commitment and Cllr Mrs P.A.Wise (Chairman) – holiday.

Declarations of interest:
None were declared.

Planning application for the reclamation of the north-east tip at the former Annesley Colliery.
There was lengthy discussion over the issues raised in this application. The major concerns were as follows:-

  • Problems of groundwater as several properties in Newstead Abbey Park extract water from wells.
  • Concerns over freshly stocked fishing ponds on the site.
  • Large amounts of inert material would be deposited on the site. What is meant by “inert” material?
  • The polishing ponds would be filled in. Is this necessary?
  • Re-profiling of the lagoons would totally change them so damaging the ecology which has re-established during the past 20 years.
  • A local amenity would be wrecked by these proposals.
  • The natural flow of water is through pipes at the present time and is fed into the River Leen. After the disturbance of the area the water could become saline which would have a detrimental effect on the Leen.
  • An increase in traffic using inadequate roads would result from these proposals. Lorries would be passing Newstead school at regular intervals. The roads would have to be cleaned constantly.
  • There are safety issues to be addressed but there is no need to change the lagoons. The community will get nothing from these changes and it was thought that they were linked to the development of the Annesley pit site.

    • It was agreed that Annesley and Newstead Parish Councils would arrange a joint public meeting and invite representatives from Notts County Council, Severn-Trent Water, the Environment Agency, Notts Wildlife Trust and any other interested parties to attend.

    Closure.
    The Vice-Chairman closed the meeting at 9.30pm.