Cavenham Quarry has been given planning permission for a 10-acre extension
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A 10-acre extension to a Suffolk quarry has been agreed despite fears over lorry movements through nearby villages, while the asphalt plant there will continue for another four years.
Allen Newport Ltd which operates Cavenham Quarry was given planning permission by Suffolk County Council on Thursday to extend the site by 4.1 hectares which will see 152,000 tonnes of sand and gravel extracted over a 12 month period, expected to start in around two years.
The site, currently just over 62 hectares in size, has been operating since the 1960s, with the extension site being returned to land for livestock grazing once inert soil and topsoil are restored to the site after quarrying finishes there.