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Minutes from FCC Environment/Heidelberg Materials Liaison Meeting – 13th January

Minutes from FCC Environment/Heidelberg Materials Liaison Meeting held on 13th January 2025 are attached.

Published: 30 January 2025

FCC Environment/Heidelberg Materials Liaison Meeting

 

Meeting held on MS Teams

Monday 13th January 2025 18:00 Microsoft teams

 

  1. Introductions/Apologies :

 

Attendees:

P Stevens (Chair)                                        County Councillor

S Noble                                                          FCC Environment

R Harris                                                         FCC Environment

M Hudson                                                     Oxon CC

N Richmond                                                 Oxon CC

J Durham                                                      Oxon CC

J Hynes                                                         Heidelberg Materials

C Flynn                                                          Infinis

G O’Broin                                                      Appleford

V Shepherd                                                  Appleford

D Grigg                                                          Appleford

J O’Callaghan                                              Sutton Courtenay

R Dalby                                                          Sutton Courtenay

R Draper                                                        Sutton Courtenay

W Hanks                                                       Sutton Courtenay

C Silverton                                                    Environment Agency

M Tucker                                                       Environment Agency

A Tinsley                                                       Didcot TC

M Bellward                                                    Downing

J McGlone                                                     Downing

C Coates                                                       Downing

 

 

Apologies:

J Lister                                                           FCC Environment

J Wiseman                                                    Heidelberg Materials

G O’Broin                                                      Appleford

 

 

  1. Minutes of Previous Meeting

 

RD raised actions missing from previous minutes.

Action: Report on the details of the impact on FCC of it being placed in Band E and any subsequent changes in its banding.

Action: Provide an update on its consideration of sanctions on FCC.

After Action: Appleford PC remains very concerned about the noise issue, how it is understated in operators and monitoring reports and the lack of any form of Noise Action Plan given that the village is in a noise abatement area. It requests access to all the noise data available and a separate meeting with OCC, VOWH and the operators involved, to resolve the issue.

 

 

  1. Matters Arising

 

Attendance

Action: ALL Please RSVP to the meeting invite so that we know who will be in attendance.

 

Action: Operators to continue to submit reports to SN in good time so that they can be circulated to all 3 days prior to the meeting.

 

  1. Report by County & District Councillor

 

Thorough report from PS requiring operators to respond to questions highlighted.

Action: Operators to respond to email with next report and list of questions where applicable.

 

 

  1. Report by FCC

 

Landfill Site Report

 

SN presented the Landfill Operational Report and it is included with these minutes.

Action: Ongoing action for FCC to complete the application to regularise the landfill levels on HHLS to enable Infinis to bring forward the solar farm application.

 

Action: FCC to provide cover percentage to landfill in 2024 to OCC.

 

Action: Provide breakdown on counties that waste was accepted into site during 2024.

 

Action: include update on progress towards ‘2030’ landfill end-point

 

FCC Recycling Report

 

Updated briefing note provided prior to the meeting, includes link to website where more information on the application for the WTN.

 

  1. Infinis

 

Solar park-. Awaiting FCC to regularise landfill levels and restore/create footpaths to be able to progress applications.

 

  1. Report by Heidelberg Materials

 

JH provided update for Heidelberg Materials.

Action: Provide briefing report before meeting.  Include update on current progress towards December 2025 completion date for Bridge Farm.

 

Action: Confirm if Heidelberg are in control of the Forterra train offload.

 

Action: Attend/meet Appleford PC to discuss its request for a voluntary agreement to minimise traffic crossing the B4106from the Bridge Farm operations during rush hours.

 

Action: Appleford requesting a presentation of noise data to residents at the next village meeting.

Action: provide noise data and support the Appleford noise survey to enable a collated view to be created.

 

 

 

  1. Report by Forterra

 

Not present

Action: Forterra representative to attend meetings

 

  1. Environment Agency Update

 

EA report included prior to the meeting and summary provided for the meeting. Details on permit banding costs provided but unable to provide further details at present.

 

EA require all operators to consider and report on climate resilience.  FCC reported resilient to 1 in 100 year rainfall events.

 

  1. Report by County Planning Authority

 

MH provided summary of briefing note. Please see OCC report provided prior to the meeting.

HiF1-  Inspector has granted planning permission. The project is moving into detailed design. Suggested committee is kept abreast of progress as affecting the area of the committee

 

Action: Residents request OCC to provide details of the reason for delays in the bridge farm applications.

Action. With FCC, compliance officers to check flooding of the Sustrans route and other PROW from FCC land during next visit.

Action. Residents requesting OCC to report their position with FCC regarding the hinterland agreement.

 

 

  1. Report by Sutton Courtenay Parish Council

 

Questions asked during other reports/briefings.

Reported RWE gates left open and access mis-appropriated.

 

  1. Report by Didcot Town Councillor

 

No report

 

  1. Report by Appleford Parish Council

 

Request Heidelberg to attend Appleford PC meeting to present noise data and support noise survey.

 

Reported a strange smell along B4016 on the day and requested investigation.

 

Action: FCC confirmed ditches cleared last autumn, but agreed to provide a map for progress and to walk around ditches that need clearing with Appleford and Sutton Courtenay representatives to highlight and agree those that still need clearing.  FCC confirmed

 

 

  1. Any Other Business

 

Downing Renewable Development presented on pre-application for 850MW battery storage park.  Several other battery storage and solar applications are known to be in development for the area.  The committee are interested in understanding the combined impact of these renewable energy plans.

 

 

 

  1. Date of Next Meetings:

 

12th May 2025 1800 MS Teams

8th September 2025 1800 MS Teams

 

 

 

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