SITE MONITORING REPORT

File Ref: 12 421 10 / Date: 5 Aug 08
Monitoring Officer: Claire Tomalin
Tel No: 01245 437541 / Time on site: 9:20 / Time off site: 11:00
Site Co-ordinator: Claire Tomalin / Tel No: 01245 437 541
Site Name: Bradwell Quarry, Church Road, Braintree
Operator: Blackwater Aggregates / Cemex
Site Representative: Patrick Wigg & Andy Bright
Permission no’s:
ESS/53/05/BTE – Dry silo mortar.
ESS/21/05/BTE – Bagging plant.
ESS/19/00/BTE – Variation of conditions to ESS/7/98/BTE for the proposed retention of an existing batching plant
ESS/07/98/BTE – Extraction, processing, restoration; completion date 20 years after commencement (May 2019).
Constraints:
Weather: Dry/ Windy / Rain / Snow
Noise: Acceptable/ Not acceptable
Approach Roads: Dry / Dusty / Wet / Muddy / Flooded
Ground: Dry / Dusty / Wet / Damp / Muddy / Flooded
Access: Obstructed / Not Obstructed / Mud on Road / Ice / Slippery
Wheel Cleaning: Washer / Spinner / Sweeper / none N/A
Hose: In use / Not in Use / N/A
Machinery: Working / Not working
In correct position: Yes / No / N/A
Stockpiles: Height = no limit
Bunds: Profiled / Grassed / Weeds
Actions from last site visit:
Weeds on bunds
Inspection results summary:
CT shown around DMS plant and watched test of materials, some teething problems getting mix correct.
S & G stock yard tidy, bunds to rear of DMS need attention seeding, TLC of planting, some plants have fallen over. Weed control also required. Understand bund to rear of DMS Cemex responsibility as part of DMS operation.
Stockpiles of overburden still high in extraction area.
Actions to be taken before next site visit:
Complete shaping, seeding and weed control on bund to rear of DSM, both on inside and outside faces.
Reduce soft sand stockpile height
Reduce height of overburden stockpile ASAP or as and when restoration permits.

Aug 08