The Needingworth quarry is coming to the end of its working life and the site needs to be restored. It is the responsibility of ARC who own the quarry to restore the land after the quarry has closed down and extraction has finished.

Your role and task:

You are a planning office (for Cambridgeshire) and your job is to decide what the best use of the old quarry site will be. To help you make this decision, 3 planning applications have been made for the old quarry site, these are:

1. Wetland Habitat (click for full application)
2. Arable and Pastoral Farmland (click for full application)
3. A Retail Park (click for full application) 

Select from the following:            Task               Planning Sheet              Mark Scheme                   Weblinks

Needingworth Quarry Background Information Exercise

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