Petition launched against proposal to infill site at former Glapwell Colliery

Part of the Stockley Lane site on the old Glapwell Colliery site which is subject to a planning application of land fill, as seen from the Palterton road side.

An online petition has been launched opposing plans to infill and restore an area of land on part of the site of the former Glapwell Colliery.

Applicant Derbyshire Waste Limited, a subsidary of waste management company FCC Environment, proposes to ‘re-profile’ Glapwell 3 on Stockley Lane to form a public country park including cycle paths and picnic areas.

The 9.2 hectares site would be infilled by 900,000 tonnes of material across four years with planting and landscaping taking a further year.

The petition which has more than 160 signatures states: “This site is now a unique wild life habitat containing a rich mosiac of grass and shale. It would be nigh on impossible to replicate what nature has produced here.

“Leaving aside wildlife, the real threat from this application is to the health and welbelling of local residents which is very serious.”

The application was submitted in October last year and a public consultation took place between November and December.

Planning documents on the Derbyshire County Council website say: “It is considered that, once created, the site will provide wide benefits in terms of green open space for the public realm.”

The application will be discussed at a Derbyshire County Council planning committee meeting in March.

View the application on the county council website using case number: CW5/1016/56.

See the petition at: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-tip-save-the-void

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