Replacement Asphalt Plant Project
Heidelberg Materials occupy part of Cae’r Glaw quarry from which it operates a ready mix concrete batching plant and asphalt plant, together with a workshop, weighbridge and office facilities.
The asphalt plant was mothballed during the last recession. However, due to the improved economic climate, Heidelberg Materials now wishes to recommence asphalt production from the site. Due to the age of the existing plant, upgrades and repairs are not cost effective and so the company wishes to invest in a new, modern, small-scale mobile asphalt plant for the future.
Heidelberg Materials is therefore proposing to submit a planning application to the Isle of Anglesey County Council to erect and operate a replacement asphalt plant on its existing site, situated within Cae'r Glaw Quarry, Gwalchmai, Anglesey. The planning application will also seek approval to retain the existing (and operational) concrete batching plant, workshop, office, weighbridges and ancillary plant and machinery, although no changes to these structures are proposed.If approved, construction work on the replacement asphalt plant will begin in spring 2018 and will be fully operational later in the year.
However, in accordance with the planning regulations, a consultation exercise is being undertaken to provide the opportunity for the public, the community and specialist consultees to comment on the proposals before the planning application is submitted to the Isle of Anglesey County Council.
The draft planning application documents are available from the downloads section in the menu on the right hand side of the page.
The consultation period will run until 7 March 2018. Representations can be made either by email – to andrew.bower@heidelbergmaterials.com or in writing to – Andrew Bower, Land and Planning Manager, Land and Mineral Resources Department, Heidelberg Materials UK, 3 Deighton Close, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 7GZ.
All comments received will be considered in a pre-application consultation report, which will include a summary of all the issues raised, whether the issues have been addressed within the proposals and, if so, how they have been addressed. Communities therefore have an opportunity to influence the proposals before the planning application is made.
Comments received after the end of the consultation period may not be taken into account. However, there will be a further opportunity to comment on the proposals once the planning application has been submitted.
