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Keep up to date with what's happening
Stay up to date with the latest CAMEL news. Simply
enter your email address on this
page, it will be added to CAMEL's database and you will receive
our email updates.
Common
Field included in the Minerals Plan (March 2006).
Campaigners
win their fight over Shagbrook Quarry (March 2006).
Consulting
on the Draft Minerals Plan commences on 28th April 2006.
Link to the latest
revised map for PMZ55 and considerations for Planning (April
2006).
Extract from Betchworth
Parish Council Minutes 6th March 2006.
Betchworth
fails to escape Draft Minerals Plan (May 2006).
Your legacy
to Brockham and Betchworth We need your support (May 2006).
Write
your objection letter today Every letter counts, the deadline
is 9th June.
CAMEL's
response to the Draft Surrey Minerals Plan - Preferred Option
Consultation (June 2006).
Council
receive more than 3000 responses to the Preferred Option Consultation
(Aug 2006).
Extract from Betchworth
Parish Council Minutes Sept 2006.
The New
Timetable published by Surrey County Council on 25 April 2007.
The Arabian
Nights Ball will be held at Hartsfield Manor on Saturday 11th
August 2007.
A Planning
Application has been submitted for The Common Field. (July 2007)
Write
your objection letter TODAY, Save the Common Field, deadline
is 23rd July 2007
Demonstrate
against plans for a Quarry on the Common Field, Thursday 19th July
2007
Latest
Press Release
(July 2007)
Names
and Addresses of SCC Planning and Regulatory Committee if you
wish to contact directly (July 2007)
A view of the
quarry visible from Boxhill, an Area of Outstanding Beauty (July
2007)
An Enhanced
view of the quarry with areas marked out (Aug 2007)
Residents
shocked after council approves quarry (Dec 2007)
The
latest
state of play and the necessity to send your objection letters
again (Jan 2008)
Extract
from Betchworth
Parish Magazine (Feb 2008)*Latest*
Extract
from Betchworth
Parish Magazine (Mar 2008)*Latest*
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| Decision of the
County Planning Authority
This document
outlines the final decision of Surrey County Council.
A big thank you to those who have written letters on our behalf and
generally supported us on these issues.
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| Urgent message for
all CAMEL supporters
Please read the attached
pamphlet which explains the latest state of play. Surrey County
Council submitted the application to the Secretary of State on 27th
December and we have been closely tracking it since. We are now advised
that a decision is imminent. Please therefore email your objections
NOW to the Case Officer who is
processing it. He is brendan.o’keefe@gose.gsi.gov.uk
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| CAMEL is holding its Annual
General Meeting
At 8.00 pm on Monday 10th December 2007 at Hartsfield
Manor to brief supporters on what has been happening over the year
and to also prepare and ask for support in lobbying of the planning
committee. Please come.
Meanwhile, we do ask that you again write with
your objections, but this time to members of the planning committee
who can be found using the link above or write to the secretary
of the planning committee at Surrey County Council, County Hall,
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2DY.
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| CAMEL To Organise
Lobby of SCC Planning Committee
Surrey County Council's planning committee are
now scheduled to hear the planning application by J & J Franks
to turn the Common Field, Betchworth into another sand quarry, in
advance of the Council completing its Minerals Development Plan.
The proposed date for the hearing is 19th December
2007 at County Hall, Kingston, although this may be postponed, yet
again, until January. Please watch this website for final confirmation
and times.
CAMEL is working with the Parish Council to arrange
representatives to speak at the meeting. However, it is essential
that the Planning Committee is made aware of the strength of local
feeling which these speakers will hope to convey, so please try
and help fill the public gallery on the day.
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Stop the Quarry - Save Betchworth Commmon
Field
Planning Permission has been applied for by JJ
Franks to extract 770,000 tonnes of sand from the Common Field,
commencing in 2012 and expected to complete in 2024. Surrey County
Council have asked that responses be made by 23 July 2007, just
TWO weeks after the publication of a several hundred page application.
This flies in the face of proper consultation bearing in mind the
application could sway planning policies that have yet to be defined!
Although you may have written a letter regarding the Minerals Plan,
you must write against this planning application TODAY!
We have published below just some
of the key issues that CAMEL have identified which could be
suitable arguments against the proposed development and industrialisation
of the Common Field.
Please write immediately quoting reference 'Planning
Application 2007/0526' to:
Ms Pauline Sparrow, Environment & Regulation, Surrey County
Council, County Hall, Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT1 2DY.
Write your objection letter today!
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| Planning Application Submitted
for The Common Field
A Planning
Application has been submitted to extract 777,000 tonnes of sand
from The Common Field. Letters of objection should be sent to;
Ms. Pauline Sparrow
Environment and Regulation
Surrey County Council
County Hall
Kingston Upon Thames
Surrey KT1 2DY
Tel: 0208 541 9439
Click Here
to view poster
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| The Arabian Nights
Ball (Aug 2007)
The Arabian Nights Ball is the latest CAMEL fund
raising event, a Dinner and Dance to be held at Hartsfield Manor,
Betchworth, on Saturday August 11th 2007. The poster publicising the
event can be viewed here
- Three Course sit down Dinner
- Champange or Pimms on arrival
- Live Entertainment
- Charity Auction and Raffle
- Black Tie or Fancy Dress
- Dinner, 7.30 for 8.00
Tickets are available from
The Dolphin or by telephoning Corky on 01737 841641
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Preferred Option Consultation - Summary
of Responses (Sept 2006)
SCC received just over 3000 responses on the
draft minerals plan from a range of different interests including
residents, mineral operators, district councils and statutory undertakers
(such as water companies). Its purpose is to summarise the main
points raised, and to highlight issues, which may require further
work and investigation. The report does not reproduce every submission
received but tries to reflect the full cross-section of views. Although
the
Full Report from the consultation is available on the SCC website,
we have put together an extract for The
Common Field, Pages 309-346.
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Annual General Meeting (May 2006)
CAMEL outlines its activities and achievements
over the last 18 months, but more importantly CAMEL highlight the
key issues that need to be addressed. The
full presentation can be found here.
The Common Field has been reduced by 75% from an 18
Hectare to a 4.6 Hectare site. However, the fight still continues
with critical issues of hydrology, pollution and ecology being raised
should the Common Field beome another sand quarry. We
need your support to write objection letters before 9th June,
click
here for more information.
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| Surrey Minerals Plan Update
(Dec 2005)
The County Council is continuing with preparatory
work prior to the publication of the draft minerals plan (preferred
options) at Easter 2006, which will then be subject to a formal six
week public consultation. Work on the core strategy is now substantially
complete, and final preparation of the other documents is well underway.
A summary of current issues is set out here
in this document from the Minerals Plan Team.
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Surrey Statement of Community Involvement
(SCI)
The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)
covers the administrative area of Surrey County Council. It sets
out how people will be involved in the process of planning for minerals
and waste development in Surrey. The SCI sets out SCC policy for
public consultation and involvement in the preparation of the minerals
and waste plans, and in the determination of planning applications
for minerals and waste development. Following consultation, a planning
inspector will examine the document and consider any comments received.
This part of the process is currently scheduled for spring 2006.
The inspector may require changes, which SCC are obliged to incorporate
before they adopt the SCI later in the year.
Surrey
Statement of Community Involvement Submission Draft (October 2005)
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CAMEL attends the Stakeholder Workshop
A full-day stakeholder workshop to assist with
the preparation of the draft minerals plan was held on 21 September
2005 at the Runnymede Centre in Chertsey. The event provided an
opportunity to discuss the key parts of the draft minerals plan
with a diverse range of stakeholders. The issues discussed included
draft objectives, policies, and site selection methodology and future
consultation strategies.
Background
to the Stakeholder Workshop
Main
Reports
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Pressure grows to develop quarries
at Betchworth and Buckland
On 5 July a meeting was held locally between the
Minerals and Waste Development team of Surrey County Council and key
organisations from the area. These included organisations representing
Reigate and Dorking, the Parish Councils, village societies and the
Campaign Against Mineral Extraction and Landfill (CAMEL). As CAMEL
had established widespread support amongst the local community and
had produced comprehensive technical reports in response to SCC's
initial proposals, the group took the lead in discussions.
Objectives
of the Meeting and Timetable for the Consultation Process
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CAMEL has submitted its Technical Report
to Surrey County Council
The report has been produced by residents under
the banner of the Campaign Against Mineral Extraction and Landfill
(CAMEL) and its planning and environmental advisors RPS plc. Covering
the key designated areas at Betchworth Common Field and Shagbrook,
Reigate Heath, the report highlights a number of key issues which
Surrey County Council need to consider properly.
You can now link to the latest Press
Release, the Technical
Report for both the Common Field and Shagbrook and an appraisal
of the Ecology
of Shagbrook.
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Betchworth Common Field
The Common Field does not divide Brockham and
Betchworth - rather it provides an historic and important link between
them. The effect of the quarry will be devastating on this link.
Surrey County Council intend to extract over 700,000 tonnes of sand
from the Common Field - an area of over 45 acres. If the quarry
proposal goes through, the impact will be significant on the communities
of Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Boxhill and the surrounding area.
All the Latest News will
be posted onto this website. Information regarding the composition
of our Objection
Letters, how to Contribute
to the Campaign and Latest
Press Coverage will also be posted.
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Reigate Heath - Shagbrook
Surrey County Council has proposed the Shagbrook
site directly adjacent to Reigate Heath Nature Reserve (SSSI) for
potential mineral extraction under their potential mineral zone
plans encapsulated in the Surrey Minerals Development Framework.
What are the implications for Reigate Heath Nature Reserve? The
Heath itself contains some of the finest soft sand available. If
Shagbrook becomes a sandpit how long will The Heath be able to maintain
its SSSI status? All the Latest
News will be posted onto this website. Information regarding
the composition of our Objection
Letters, how to Contribute
to the Campaign and Latest
Press Coverage will also be posted.
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