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Strategic Part 1 - Sustainability Appraisal: Preferred Options (June 2016)

Chelmsford, Colchester and Tendring.

? The Replacement Waste Local Plan (submitted June 2016), as published by Essex County
Council and Southend-on-Sea as the combined Waste Planning Authority, allocates 4 sites
within Tendring, 1 in Braintree and 2 within Colchester for the treatmenmt of biological
waste, inert waste, inert landfill and other waste management. These are:

? Tendring

? Morses Lane, Brightlingsea

? Sloughs Farm, Ardleigh

? Sunnymead, Elmstead & Heath Farms

? Wivenhoe Quarry Plant area

? Braintree

? Rivenhall

? Colchester

? Bellhouse Landfill Site

? Fingringhoe Quarry

? Three sites within Braintree District have been identified as preferred or reserved sites for
primary mineral extraction of sand and gravel in the Essex Minerals Plan (Policy P1, Table
5), which was adopted in July 2014. These include sites at Bradwell Quarry (Rivenhall
Airfield) comprising Site No’s A3 – A7; one site at Broadfield Farm, Rayne (Site No A9);
and one site on land at Colemans Farm (Site No A46).

? There are two sites within Tendring identified as preferred or reserved for primary mineral
extraction of sand and gravel. These are Site Nos A20 – Sunnymead, Alresford and B1 –
Slough Farm, Ardleigh.

? There is one site within Colchester identified as preferred or reserved for primary mineral
extraction of sand and gravel. This is Site No A13 - Colchester Quarry, Fiveways.

? The majority of the sand and gravel produced in Essex (about 78%) is used within the
County itself. This position looks unlikely to change over the long-term. Consequently the
main factor influencing production of sand and gravel in the future will be the need to meet
the minerals demand for the whole of Essex created by major development and new
infrastructure projects within Essex itself.

? The silica sand resources in Essex are processed for industrial purposes at Ardleigh from a
mixed resource, north-east of Colchester. Industrial uses include glassmaking, foundry
casting, ceramics, chemicals and water filtration

4.3.13 Data Limitations

Not all the relevant information was available for the each authority in the Strategic Area on a
comparable basis, or at the relevant level; as a result there are some gaps within the data set. It is
believed however that the available information shows a comprehensive view on sustainability
within the Strategic Area. New data that becomes available will be incorporated in the SA.

It should be noted that while the baseline will be continually updated throughout the SA process,

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