Restoration

Planting, managing and restoring areas around the site would give us an opportunity to create a diverse environment that contributes positively to the area’s ecology and biodiversity, whilst ensuring existing high-quality agricultural land-uses are reinstated so important farmland is not lost.

We are proposing to predominantly restore the site to agriculture balanced with nature conservation – with a range of habitats, including woodland, meadow grassland and surface water features.

Our proposals also include the maintenance and reinstatement of footpaths on or close to existing routes to allow local residents and visitors to continue to enjoy the local landscape.

The restoration would be achieved through the use of indigenous (on site) soil and clay materials that would enable us to restore the proposed agricultural areas and create new habitats.

The extraction areas would be restored through a phased approach, meaning that not all of the extraction areas would be under operation at any one time. We anticipate restoration would be completed within one to two years once extraction operations cease in that specific phase.

We are committed to restoring the land in and around the quarry after extraction so that it can be enjoyed by the local wildlife and the community. We work with a range of stakeholders such as Leicestershire County Council, Natural England and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust to ensure that restoration of or sites is making a positive contribution to wildlife in the County.