A new Landfill application (quite separate from the one at the Quarry Chalkpit Lane) has been submitted to the Environment Agency
The site in question is the Oxted Sandpit in Barrow Green Road and has been submitted by Killoughery Waste Management.
This is yet another proposal that will destroy Oxted's rural character and the quality of life of its residents.
The leader of Surrey County Council. Nick Skellett, has written to the Environment Agency urging them to consider the Chalk Pit Quarry Landfill and Oxted Sandpit together, as the combined effect of these two developments could mean as many as 300 HGV's per day using Barrow Green Road.
He has urged them to reduce the intake at both sites.
The Environment Agency
National Permitting Team
Trentside Offices
Scarrington Road
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 5FA
Dear Sir/Madam
OXTED SANDPIT INERT LANDFILL AND CHALK PIT LANE QUARRY
I write following the notice published advising of Killoughery Waste Management Ltd's application for a Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) permit at Oxted Sandpit, Barrow Green Road, Oxted.
There is current planning permission in place from Surrey County Council at this site that allows 55 HGV lorries (110 movements) per day in Barrow Green Road from Monday to Friday and 30 HGV lorries (60 movements) on a Saturday. The operation was on hold awaiting the construction of the roundabout at the junction of the A25, which was needed to comply with planning requirements. However, the roundabout has been in place for over five years and the operator has not taken the opportunity of using the new highway infrastructure in that time.
It is important to raise the issue with you now as there are problems with operating the waste landfill site due to a licence already covering the Chalkpit Lane site, which is located very close to Oxted Sandpit. This licence allows 100,000 tonnes per year waste disposal from Chalkpit Lane Quarry.
It must be possible to look at the overall position, as theoretically there could be as many as 300 HGV movements in Barrow Green Road per day, which is unacceptable. As the local Councillor, I have received many representations from residents who are rightly very concerned that granting a further application, that will result in the operation of two sites simultaneously, will cause a gross intrusion to their lives.
I understand that the aim of the Environment Agency is to protect the environment. In view of the huge environmental impact on the residents in this area, I must urge you to look again at the current licence for Chalk Pit Lane and the application for Oxted Sandpit together, giving serious consideration to the effect on residents and the Tandridge Priory Riding Centre. It is imperative that these operations are not looked at in isolation so I would ask you to reduce their inputs by lowering disposal rates at both sites.
Yours sincerely
Nick Skellett
Leader of the Council
