Whitwell Quarry

Transport Statement to support the application for extraction of limestone from

extension areas of Whitwell Quarry

Tarmac

April 2016

Tesh Consultants Ltd

54 Hanson Avenue, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4HS

Tel: 01608 663103 Mob: 07711 433566

Whitwell Quarry

Transport Statement

CONTROL SHEET

CLIENT: Tarmac

PROJECT TITLE: Whitwell Quarry

REPORT TITLE: Transport Statement to support the application for

extraction of limestone from extension areas of

Whitwell Quarry

PROJECT REFERENCE: 199.ts

Issue and Approval Schedule:

Issue 3: Final Name Signature Date

Prepared by P R Tesh

BSc(Hons), C.Eng, MICE, MCIHT

04/04/2016

Revision Record:

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© Tesh Consultants Ltd

No part of this publication maybe reproduced by any means without the prior permission of Tesh Consultants Ltd

Whitwell Quarry

Transport Statement

Contents Page

1. Introduction 1

2. Existing Conditions 2

3. Proposed Development 7

4. Conclusions 9

Figures

Figure 1 – Location Plan

Figure 2 – Whitwell Quarry

Figure 3 – Proposed Extension Areas

Appendices

Appendix A – Bus Route Maps and Bus and Train Timetables

Appendix B – Traffic Count Data

Appendix C – Accident Data

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Tesh Consultants Ltd have been commissioned by Tarmac to prepare a

Transport Statement to support their planning application for the extraction of

limestone from proposed extension areas at their existing Whitwell Quarry,

Derbyshire, to provide continued supply of industrial limestone to the lime kilns

at Whitwell Lime Works and civil engineering aggregates.

1.2 The four proposed extension areas (north extension, north-east extension, east

extension and south-east extension) are around the north and eastern

periphery of the existing quarry within the existing site planning boundary.

There are no proposals to provide any additional access points further to the

existing and consented access points. The existing entrance from Crags Road

and existing exit onto Southfield Lane will continue to be used.

1.3 This Statement considers the implications of the proposed quarry extensions

and the extension in the operating period in respect of the local highway

network.

1.4 The scope of this Transport Statement has been agreed with Derbyshire

County Council.

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2 EXISTING CONDITIONS

2.1 Whitwell Quarry Complex (Whitwell Quarry) is located in northeast Derbyshire

approximately 6.5km southwest of Worksop and 15.5km east of Chesterfield.

The nearest settlements are Whitwell village approximately 0.5km to the north

and Creswell approximately 0.8km to the south west. The location of Whitwell

Quarry is shown in Figure 1.

2.2 The quarry produces both dolomitic limestone for the lime kilns (Whitwell Lime

Works operated by Lh-oist) and limestone aggregates for the construction

industry. The kilns produce materials for the steel and refractory industries. The

quarry typically is producing approximately 500,000t per annum for the lime

kilns and 500,000t per annum of aggregates.

2.3 The main quarry area and Whitwell Lime Works are to the west of Crags Road

with a smaller area (on the site of the former Belph tip and known as the

Eastern Area) to the east of Crags Road and connected to the main quarry by

an underpass. There is a further small area of quarry to the north of the railway

line (Worksop-Nottingham) known as the Northern Quarry. The Northern

Quarry is separated from the main quarry by the Tunnel Area which comprises

the mineral around the railway tunnel. Access to the Northern Quarry is at

ground level across the Tunnel Area. Figure 3 shows the respective quarry

areas and Whitwell Lime Works.

2.4 Access to Whitwell Quarry is from the A60 approximately 1km to the east via

Hennymoor Lane (B6042) and Crags Road to the quarry and Whitwell Lime

Works entrance on Crags Road. There is an internal one-way system with all

quarry and Whitwell Lime Works traffic entering the site from Crags Road and

exiting the site onto Southfield Lane. The administrative offices for both the

quarry and Whitwell Lime Works have a separate entrance onto Crags Road

400m south of the HGV access. The access to the administrative offices is not

included in the site area of the proposed development. Figure 2 shows these

access points as well as the local highway network.

2.5 The junction of Hennymoor Lane (B6042) and the A60 was improved by

Tarmac approximately 10 years ago to provide a right-turn lane on the A60 into

Hennymoor Lane and street lighting of the junction.

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2.6 There are weight restrictions (vehicles over 7.5 tonnes prohibited) on Crags

Road south of its junction with Hennymoor Lane, on Southfield Road north of

the quarry exit and on Millash Lane east of its junction with Southfield Lane and

Crags Road (see Figure 2). Tarmac and Lh-oist have a routing agreement that

restricts their HGV traffic to using Southfield Lane south-east of the quarry exit,

Crags Road between the Southfield Lane and Hennymoor Lane junctions and

Hennymoor Lane to the A60.

2.7 The quarry working hours are 06.00 to 19.00 Monday to Friday and 06.00 to

13.00 on Saturdays.

2.8 Both Creswell and Whitwell villages are served by the 77 bus service between

Chesterfield and Worksop with a half hourly service in both directions Monday

to Saturday and an hourly service on Sundays (see Appendix A for the bus

route map and timetable). The nearest stops to the quarry for the 77 service

are in Whitwell at the junction of Southfield Lane and Bakestone Moor

(approximately 1.6km from the quarry) and Creswell at the junction of Mansfield

Road and Elmton Road (approximately 1.9km from the quarry). The earliest 77

buses from Worksop are 05.29 at Whitwell and 06.25 at Creswell and from

Chesterfield are 05.58 at Creswell and 06.10 at Whitwell. There is also a

service along the A60, the 209 between Worksop and Edwinstowe, but this

service is more limited with a two-hourly service Monday to Saturday and no

service on Sunday. The nearest bus stops to the quarry for the 209 service are

1.8km and 2km from the quarry (at the junction of the A60/Station Road to the

north east and Holbeck Nursey Lodge to the south east respectively). The

earliest 209 buses are 06.33 from Worksop and 07.56 from Edwinstowe.

2.9 The Worksop-Nottingham railway (Robin Hood Line) that crosses the quarry

has an hourly passenger service in both directions operated by East Midlands

Trains. The nearest station is in Whitwell which is approximately 1.8km from

the quarry by road or 1.2km by public footpath. The service operates

approximately hourly Monday to Saturday with the first train at 05.58 to

Nottingham and 06.36 to Worksop. There is no service on a Sunday. The

timetable is included in Appendix A.

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2.10 Due to the working hours of the quarry the only suitable public transport route is

the 05.15 bus 77 from Worksop which gets to Whitwell at 05.29 at Bakestone

Moor bus stop which is approximately 1.6km from the quarry (approximately a

22 minute walk). The other bus and train services arrive too late for the quarry’s

working hours and therefore will not be a practical commuting option for most of

the quarry’s workers resulting in only a limited number using public transport.

2.11 As agreed with Derbyshire County Council (DCC) an automatic traffic count

was undertaken on Hennymoor Lane for the period 9th July to 15th July 2015

(see Appendix B for the count data). The traffic count shows that the daily

weekday (5 day) 24hr two-way all vehicle flow on Hennymoor Lane is 2988

(1517 westbound towards Crags Road and 1471 eastbound towards the A60).

The AM and PM peak hour (08.00-09.00 and 17.00-18.00 respectively) two

way all vehicle flows are 209 and 250 respectively. Of the total traffic flow on

Henneymoor Lane 5% are HGV class OGV2 (4 axle rigid, articulated and

lorry/trailer combination HGVs) and 8.3% for HGV class OGV1 (2 to 3 axle rigid

HGVs, vans over 3.5t and buses). The quarry traffic comprises mainly OGV2

class HGVs.

2.12 The existing traffic flow on Hennymoor Lane is well within the capacity of the

road even during peak hours and therefore it can be concluded that the

junctions of Hennymoor Land/Crags Road and Hennymoor Lane/A60 operate

well within capacity.

2.13 Accident data for the period 1st June 2010 to 31st May 2015 for the roads in the

vicinity of Whitwell Quarry has been obtained from Derbyshire Police (see

Appendix C for the map showing the location of the reportable accidents and

the accident details). The data records that there was one fatal accident and

two slight injury accidents at the junction of Hennymoor Lane and Crags Road,

three slight injury accidents at the junction of Hennymoor Lane and the A60,

one serious injury and two slight injury accidents on the A60 north and south of

the Hennymoor Lane/A60 junction and one slight accident on Southfield Lane

(see accident location plan in Appendix C). Derbyshire Police have confirmed

that there were no further recorded reportable injury accidents for the period 1st

June to 30th September 2015 (the latest date data is available for) in the data

search area in the vicinity of the quarry.

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2.14 A review of the detailed accident records shows that the fatal accident at the

Crags Road/Hennymoor Lane junction in 2012 involved two cars only in a head

on accident in which two children in the rear seats were killed with the other

occupants of both cars suffering slight injuries. The accident occurred in

daylight on a wet/damp road. The other two slight injury accidents at this

junction involved cars only, one accident with a car turning left out of

Hennymoor Lane into the path of a car travelling south in daylight 2011), the

other accident appears to have been another head on collision in the dark

(2013).

2.15 The three accidents at the Hennymoor Lane/A60 junction were all slight

accidents. One involved a motorcycle only losing control in wet conditions

(2011). The second accident involved two cars with one car doing a U turn at

the junction in the dark (2013). The third accident (2012) involved an HGV

turning right from the A60 into Hennymoor Lane colliding with a car travelling

north on the A60. It is not known whether this was an HGV connected with the

quarry operations.

2.16 There was a serious accident on the A60 in 2012 involving two cars only in the

dark with both cars travelling north. The other accidents on the A60 involved a

car and pedal cycle approximately 200m north of the Hennymoor Lane/A60

junction (2010) and two cars, one turning, at the Station Road/A60 junction

approximately 500m north of the Hennymoor Lane/A60 junction (2011). A slight

accident occurred in 2013 on Southfield Lane approximately 100m north of the

quarry exit and involved a single car on a wet road in the dark.

2.17 There was an accident involving a car and a Tarmac HGV on 23rd August 2015

on at the A60/A57 roundabout at Worksop (this junction is approximately 6.5km

from the quarry and is outside the accident data search area in 2.13). The car’s

elderly driver collapsed at the wheel of their car and swerved into the Tarmac

HGV. The police considered that the HGV driver was not at fault.

2.18 For the period 1st January to 31st December 2014 Tarmac’s records show that

there were 24,489 loads of construction aggregates exported from the quarry

and 9,822 loads associated with the lime kilns (this includes external supplies

to the kilns and the export of kiln products). Assuming that the loads for the

quarry averaged 20t per load (4 axle tipper truck capacity) this equates

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approximately to the 500,000t per annum production rate for the construction

aggregates.

2.19 The total number of loads from both the quarry and the lime kilns equates to an

annual 69,000 one-way movements per year for 2014. Assuming a 5½ day

working week for 48 weeks of the year this equates to an average 262 one-way

HGV movements per day and an hourly average of 24 one-way movements

(working hours 06.00-17.00) or one HGV movement every 2½ minutes. It has

been assumed that there is no ‘back hauling’ so for each loaded movement

there is an unloaded movement.

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3 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

3.1 The proposed extension of the quarry comprises four areas within the existing

boundary of the Whitwell Quarry Complex. These four areas are shown on

Figure 3 and comprise the north extension, north-east extension, east

extension and the south-east extension.

3.2 The proposed extensions are primarily required to provide an ongoing blend of

suitable materials for the lime kilns. The extraction of the limestone for the kilns

exposes limestone that can be extracted for the construction industry.

3.3 It is proposed to extract the limestone at the current production rates of

approximately 500,000t per annum for the kiln supply and 500,000t per annum

for construction aggregates. The extension areas will allow the quarry to

continue production until 2040.

3.4 There are no proposals to amend the existing access points or the current

working hours of the quarry.

3.5 As the production rates will remain unchanged with the proposed extensions

the volume of HGV traffic movements associated with the quarry and the lime

kilns will remain unchanged at approximately 70,000 one-way HGV movements

per annum (equates to an average of 24 one-way movements per day).

3.6 As stated in paragraph 2.12 the traffic flows on Hennymoor Lane are well below

the capacity of this road. It is considered that maintaining the current levels of

traffic generated by the proposed quarry extension will not affect the capacity of

Hennymoor Lane or its junctions with Crags Road and the A60 even allowing

for the predicted background growth in traffic flows.

3.7 There are no proposals to seek an amendment to the HGV routing agreement

and it will continue to be implemented.

3.8 Whitwell Quarry is not at present linked to the rail system although there is

provision for a junction from the Worksop-Nottingham line. A connection to this

line would require a track extension from the junction to new sidings within the

quarry area with the necessary signalling works. Furthermore, there are

significant level differences between the Worksop-Nottingham line and the

disused spur to the Lime Works as well as the spur crossing the main

quarry/Lime Works HGV access and exit routes. Finally, the Lime Works

loading facilities are only suitable for loading HGVs and would require

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significant modifications for the loading of railway rolling stock. The use of rail

depends entirely on customer demand, the location of those customers and

whether they have suitable unloading facilities. At present there is no customer

requirement for the quarry to be rail connected and the costs of making a

connection would be significant.

3.9 The Scoping Opinion provided by DCC (2015) refers to taking into account

recent and planned developments in the vicinity of the quarry. The most

significant proposed development is the regeneration of the former Whitwell

Colliery sited to the north-east of Whitwell Quarry. The draft outline proposals

are to redevelop this former colliery for mixed use comprising housing,

employment and a country park. However, these proposals are presently at a

very early stage and have no specific details on the scale of development (ie

number of dwellings, floor area of employment) and no planning application has

been submitted. DCC have confirmed that as no application has been made

the development’s impact cannot be quantified and therefore this Transport

Statement should not consider it. DCC have confirmed that there are no other

committed developments that need to be considered in this Transport

Statement.

3.10 It is considered that the proposed extensions of the quarry will have no impact

on the local highway network as the production rates, and hence the HGV

traffic levels and staffing levels, will remain at their present levels. Therefore,

Crags Road, Hennymoor Lane and the Crags Road/Hennymoor Lane and the

HennymoorLane/A60 junctions will continue to operate within their capacity.

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4 CONCLUSIONS

4.1 This Transport Statement assesses the highway implications of the extraction

of limestone from further extension areas at Whitwell Quarry, Derbyshire and

the associated extension in the quarry’s operating period.

4.2 The proposed extension of the quarry will provide continuity of supply for the

dolomitic limestone to supply the lime kilns, located at the Whitwell Lime

Works, the production of construction aggregates and extend the operational

life of the quarry until 2040.

4.3 The proposed extensions are within the current quarry boundary and will

continue to use the existing HGV access points (quarry and kiln entrance from

Crags Road and exit onto Southfield Lane). No additional accesses are

proposed.

4.4 The existing routing agreement from the quarry to the principal road network,

A60, will be maintained with HGV traffic restricted to Southfield Lane between

the quarry exit and Crags Road, Crags Road between its junctions with

Southfield Lane and Hennymoor Lane and Hennymoor Lane to the A60

4.5 The current production rates of approximately 500,000t per annum for supply to

the kilns and 500,000t per annum of construction aggregates will be

maintained. Therefore, the current volume of HGV traffic generated by the

quarry of approximately 70,000 one-way movements per year will be

maintained. This equates to an average of 262 one-way movements per day

and an hourly average of 24 one-way movements.

4.6 Existing traffic counts show that the local highway network (Hennymoor Lane)

operates well within capacity. It is therefore concluded that the rest of the local

highway network (Southfield Lane, Crags Road and the A60) operate within

capacity and will continue to do so over the life of the quarry extension.

4.7 There are no proposals to alter the working hours of the quarry.

4.8 There is only limited scope for the quarry workforce to use public transport for

commuting due to the bus and train timetables and the proximity of bus routes

and the railway station.

4.9 A review of the accident data for the local highway network over the 5 year

period June 2010 to May 2015 shows that there was a fatal accident at the

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Crags Road/Hennymoor Lane junction involving two cars only. Of the other

accidents at the Crags Road/Hennymoor Lane and Hennymoor Lane/A60

junctions all were slight and only one involved an HGV. This accident involved

a car hitting an HGV turning right off the A60 into Hennymoor Lane in the early

morning. Derbyshire Police have confirmed that there have been no further

reportable accidents in the search area for the period June to September 2015

(the latest date data is available for). Outside the reportable accident data

search area a Tarmac quarry HGV was involved in an accident at the A60/A57

roundabout in Worksop (6.5km to the north-east) when a car driver, who had

collapsed at the wheel, swerved into the HGV. The police considered that the

HGV driver was not at fault.

4.10 There is a proposal to redevelop the former Whitwell Colliery site to the north

east of the quarry. However, this mixed use development proposal is at an

early stage with no specific details on the number of dwellings or employment

units. DCC have confirmed that as no planning application has been made for

the Whitwell Colliery site it does not have to be included in this assessment.

DCC also confirmed that there are no other committed sites that require to be

assessed.

4.11 Based on the above it is concluded that there are no material reasons why the

proposed extension in extraction area and operating period for Whitwell Quarry

should not be granted on highway safety or traffic grounds

Proposed planning application

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