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Shire Oak Quarry expansion consultation event – this Friday

Posted on September 29, 2016 by BrownhillsBob

You may recall a couple of years ago that the operator of the former Shire Oak Quarry site, JPE, was mooting the proposal to extend the site they’re currently landfilling at Shire Oak, to extract virgin material pusihing back restoration of the site for some years.

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Sandhills quarry consultation – get your objection in quickly

Posted on December 4, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

Heads up folks – here’s one I overlooked, but there’s still time to act as responses to the Sandhills Quarry inclusion in the Staffordshire New Minerals Local Plan closes on Friday 5th December 2014 – but it’s easy to respond online, and you can do it right now.
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Aspirational my backside

Posted on August 10, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

I noticed in early summer that someone had been undertaking clearance work on a site near Brownhills, just down the Chester Road to the south of Shire Oak Nature Reserve, and was curious about it – it now seems that my question has been answered.
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