Policy information sourced from the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 1

MIN17 Proposals for Concrete Crushing/Soil Screening Plants

The local planning authority will, subject to applicants being able to establish that their proposals are in accordance with the policies in this plan and other environmental considerations, regard concrete crushing/soil screening plants acceptable in broad principle in the following circumstances:

  1. At permitted minerals extraction sites which include a licenced waste disposal facility where there is good access to the primary road network. Any permission will be granted for the life of the extraction and landfilling; thereafter the plant must be removed in its entirety and land restored in accordance with an approved restoration and aftercare scheme. Applicants must establish that the presence of such a plant will not significantly extend the time in which it takes to restore the landfill facility to which it is allied;
  2. To meet temporary needs generated by major construction projects. Any permission will only be granted for the duration of the project; thereafter the plant must be removed in its entirety and the land restored in accordance with an approved restoration and aftercare scheme;
  3. At rail depots where the coarse aggregates are transported by rail;
  4. On sites within industrial and business areas on the proposals map which have good access to the primary road network;
  5. At waste transfer/civic amenity sites where there is good access to the primary road network.

For more information please see Appendix 5 of the Local Plan: Part 1