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CREIGIAU QUARRY EXHIBITION

The aim of this exhibition is to give you more information about Lafarge Tarmac’s plans for the future development of Creigiau Quarry.

Members of the project team are here to explain our proposals and to answer any queries you may have.

Before we submit our planning application later this month, we would like to know what you think about our proposals. Please tell us what you think by completing one of the feedback forms. We will take your feedback into consideration as we shape our final plans.

Information about our proposals can be found on our website: www.lafargetarmac.com/creigiau.

WELCOMEABOUT THE EXHIBITION


Nod yr arddangosfa yw rhoi rhagor o wybodaeth i chi am gynlluniau cwmni Lafarge Tarmac ar gyfer datblygu Chwarel Creigiau yn y dyfodol.

Mae aelodau o dîm y prosiect yma i esbonio ein cynigion ac ateb unrhyw gwestiynau sydd gennych chi.

Cyn cyflwyno ein cais cynllunio yn ddiweddarach y mis hwn, hoffem gael eich barn chi ar ein cynigion ni. Gallwch wneud hynny trwy lenwi un o’n ffurflenni adborth. Byddwn yn ystyried eich adborth wrth baratoi ein cynlluniau terfynol.

Mae gwybodaeth am ein cynigion ar gael yn www.lafargetarmac.com/creigiau.

CROESO I’R ARDDANGOSFA GYHOEDDUSCEFNDIR YR ARDDANGOSFA

ARDDANGOSFA GYHOEDDUS CHWAREL CREIGIAU

The History of Creigiau Quarry

Creigiau Quarry is a long established limestone quarry which lies to the east of the village of Creigiau and to the west of the village of Pentyrch.

Quarrying at the site for building stone and aggregate began in around 1890. It later became an important source of limestone for use in the production of steel at the East Moors Iron and Steelworks in Cardiff.

The quarry temporarily stopped production in 1978 when the East Moors Steelworks closed. It was then acquired in 1986 by Tarmac and quarrying was resumed, primarily to provide aggregate for the construction industry, as well as limestone for use in the Port Talbot Steelworks. Work was temporarily stoppped again in 2002, however, planning permission to quarry at the site remains in place.

Cardiff Council’s Proposals on Quarrying at Creigiau

The draft Cardiff City Council Local Development Plan (LDP) published in October 2013 includes a series of proposals relating to the future of Creigiau Quarry. These include a desire to prevent further extraction of limestone within parts of the permitted south western and north western areas of the quarry which contain ancient woodland and associated wildlife interest.

Instead, the LDP allocates alternative land for quarrying to the south east of the existing quarry. This area does not have the same landscape woodland constraints and would provide equivalent reserves while protecting the landscape in the south western and north western areas.

QUARRY HISTORY



Saif y chwarel galchfaen hirsefydlog hon i’r dwyrain o bentref Creigiau ac i’r gorllewin o Bentyrch.

Dechreuwyd cloddio am garreg adeiladu ac agregau ar y safle hwn tua 1890. Yna, daeth yn ffynhonnell bwysig o galchfaen ar gyfer cynhyrchu dur yng ngweithfeydd dur a haearn East Moors, Caerdydd.

Daeth y gwaith cynhyrchu i ben dros dro ym 1978 pan gaeodd gwaith dur East Moors. Ym 1986, prynwyd y chwarel gan gwmni Tarmac ac ailddechreuodd y gwaith chwarel, yn bennaf er mwyn cyflenwi agregau ar gyfer y diwydiant adeiladu, a chalchfaen i’w ddefnyddio yng ngwaith dur Port Talbot. Daeth y gwaith i ben eto yn 2002, ond mae caniatâd cynllunio i chwarela yn dal mewn grym.

Cynigion Cyngor Caerdydd ar gyfer chwarela yn Creigiau

Mae Cynllun Datblygu Lleol drafft Cyngor Dinas Caerdydd a gyhoeddwyd ym mis Hydref 2013 yn cynnwys cyfres o gynigion yn ymwneud â dyfodol Chwarel Creigiau. Mae’n cynnwys dymuniad i rwystro cwmnïau rhag tynnu rhagor o galchfaen o fewn rhannau o’r ardaloedd a ganiateir yn ne-orllewin a gogledd-orllewin y chwarel sy’n cynnwys coetir hynafol a bywyd gwyllt cysylltiedig.

Yn hytrach, mae’r Cynllun Datblygu Lleol yn neilltuo tir amgen ar gyfer chwarela mewn ardal i’r de-ddwyrain o’r chwarel bresennol. Nid yw’r ardal hon yn cynnwys yr un cyfyngiadau tirwedd goediog a byddai’n darparu cyflenwadau wrth ddiogelu’r dirwedd yn yr ardaloedd de-orllewinol a gogledd-orllewinol.

HANES CHWAREL CREIGIAU

With the improving economic outlook, Lafarge Tarmac intends to re-open the Creigiau Quarry, and we are preparing plans on how the quarry should be worked and progressively restored.

This would include:• A revised quarry development scheme for the

existing quarry to avoid any quarrying within the areas identified for protection in the Cardiff LDP;

• Safeguarding substantial additional areas of woodland beyond the protection areas identified in the Cardiff LDP to further minimise effects on existing woodland;

• A south east extension of the quarry, where the reserves in the extension area would generally balance the reserves in those areas to be protected;

• The creation of a landscaped screen bund around the eastern, south east and southern edges of the extension area to minimise visual impact and provide a new woodland corridor between established woodland to the south west and north east;

• The implementation of early restoration works on the upper faces and benches of the eastern area of the ‘south quarry’, which will be designed to provide a ‘green’ restored profile;

• The long-term retention of a wooded knoll in the western area of the south quarry to assist in screening; and

• We would also continue to subdivide the quarry into a north quarry and a south quarry so the areas can be worked in tandem (as was the case historically) to secure the availability of different stone suitable for different uses.

OUR PROPOALS



Gyda’r rhagolygon economaidd yn gwella, mae Lafarge Tarmac yn bwriadu ailagor Chwarel Creigiau, ac rydym yn paratoi ein cynlluniau ar sut y dylid cloddio ac adfer y chwarel o dipyn i beth wedyn.

Er bod y caniatâd cynllunio cyfredol yn golygu y gallwn ni ddechrau chwarela unrhyw bryd, rydym yn ymrwymo i wneud hynny mewn modd sy’n lleihau’r effeithiau amgylcheddol ac sy’n ystyried polisïau Cynllun Datblygu Lleol Caerdydd. Felly, rydym yn bwriadu cyflwyno cais cynllunio a fyddai’n cyfuno’r caniatadau cynllunio cyfredol mewn caniatâd unigol, gydag ardal estynedig i dde-ddwyrain y chwarel bresennol.

Byddai hyn yn cynnwys:

• Cynllun datblygu diwygiedig ar gyfer y chwarel bresennol er mwyn osgoi unrhyw chwarela yn yr ardaloedd a nodwyd i’w diogelu yng Nghynllun Datblygu Lleol Caerdydd;

• Diogelu ardaloedd o goetir ychwanegol sylweddol y tu hwnt i’r ardaloedd gwarchodedig a nodwyd yng Nghynllun Datblygu Lleol Caerdydd er mwyn lleihau’r effeithiau ar goetir cyfredol;

• Estyniad i’r de-ddwyrain o’r chwarel, lle byddai’r cyflenwadau yn gwneud iawn am y cyflenwadau a gollwyd yn yr ardaloedd i’w diogelu;

• Creu bwnd sgrin wedi’i dirlunio o amgylch godre dwyreiniol, di-droi’n-ôl a deheuol yr ardal estynedig er mwyn lleihau’r effaith weledol a darparu coridor coetir newydd rhwng y coetir sefydledig i’r de-orllewin a’r gogledd-ddwyrain;

• Gwneud gwaith adfer cynnar ar ffasys uchaf ac ysgafellau ardal ddwyreiniol ‘chwarel y de’, a gaiff ei gynllunio i adfer y lle’n wyrdd eto;

• Cynnal a chadw’r bryncyn coediog yn ardal orllewinol chwarel y de er mwyn helpu i sgrinio;

• Byddwn hefyd yn parhau i isrannu’r chwarel yn chwarel y gogledd a chwarel y de fel bod modd cloddio’r ardaloedd ar y cyd (fel yr arfer hanesyddol) er mwyn sicrhau bod cerrig gwahanol at ddefnydd gwahanol ar gael.

EIN CYNIGION NI

Operations at the existing quarry are regulated by planning conditions issued in 1994 and 1997. The end date for quarrying imposed by these planning conditions is February 2042.

There are already conditions in place from previous planning permissions that control a number of environmental considerations, including working hours, noise, blast vibration and dust. Because these were put in place over 20 years ago, if planning permission is granted for the proposed development, we would take the opportunity to work with the local authority to update these controls to ensure we implement the most modern conditions and environmental controls across the whole quarry area.

When the quarry re-opens, additional controls on the operation of the mobile processing plant will be enforced via an Environmental Permit.

We will also undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment to consider the potential environmental effects of the development, and the mitigation measures we can put in place to minimise potential impacts. This would include:

• Landscape and visual impact

• Ecology

• Soil resources

• Ground and surface water

• Noise

• Blast vibration

• Dust and air quality

• Traffic

• Archaeology

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS



Mae’r gwaith yn y chwarel bresennol wedi’i reoleiddio gan amodau cynllunio a gyflwynwyd ym 1994 a 1997. Mae’r amodau cynllunio hyn yn nodi Chwefror 2042 fel dyddiad gorffen chwarela yn y lleoliad hwn.

Mae amodau eisoes ar waith o ganiatadau cynllunio blaenorol sy’n rheoli nifer o ystyriaethau amgylcheddol, gan gynnwys oriau gwaith, sŵn, dirgryndod ffrwydrad a llwch. Gan ei bod hi’n ugain mlynedd ers cyflwyno’r amodau hyn, os bydd y datblygiad arfaethedig yn cael caniatâd cynllunio, byddwn yn manteisio ar y cyfle i weithio gyda’r awdurdod lleol er mwyn diweddaru’r rheolaethau hyn i sicrhau ein bod ni’n gweithredu’r amodau a’r rheolaethau amgylcheddol mwyaf modern ledled yr holl chwarel.

Pan fydd y chwarel yn ailagor, bydd rheolaethau ychwanegol ar redeg y gwaith prosesu symudol yn cael eu gorfodi trwy Drwydded Amgylcheddol.

Byddwn hefyd yn cynnal Asesiad o’r Effaith Amgylcheddol er mwyn ystyried effeithiau amgylcheddol posibl y datblygiad, a’r mesurau lliniaru y gallwn eu rhoi ar waith er mwyn lleihau’r effeithiau posibl. Byddai hynny’n cynnwys:

• Yr effaith weledol ac ar y dirwedd

• Ecoleg

• Adnoddau’r pridd

• Dŵr daear ac wyneb

• Sŵn

• Dirgryniad ffrwydrad

• Llwch ac ansawdd aer

• Traffig

• Archaeoleg

RHEOLAETHAU AMGYLCHEDDOL

The Quarry Development SchemeOur timeline for the development scheme is summarised below, and outlines the anticipated progress of the quarry development at year 1, years 2 - 10, years 11 - 19, and a final quarry layout.

YEAR 1I. Construction of a new haul road ramp from the

base of the south quarry to the north quarry;II. The stripping of soils and overburden from part

of the land within the extension area. Soil to be used to create a bund along the eastern side of the quarry, and the outer edges of a bund along the south eastern edge of the extension area;

III. Grass seeding of the outer edges of the bund which would merge into the undisturbed agricultural land;

IV. Establishment of an additional temporary soil storage mound in the eastern area of the quarry;

V. Restart quarrying in the eastern area of the ‘north quarry’.

YEARS 2 - 10I. In years 2 and 3, soils and overburden would be

used to create a restored slope between the upper two benches on the eastern back wall of the quarry. This area would then be seeded and planted;

II. Soils and overburden from the southern extension area would be stripped and used to complete the inner side of the southern screen bund. The inner side of the bund would then be planted with trees;

III. Further development of the north quarry westwards, with the overburden stripped from the western area used to begin the restoration backfill of the eastern margin of the north quarry;

IV. Restart quarrying in the ‘south quarry’ within the south east extension area.

QUARRY DEVELOPMENT



Mae’n hamserlen ar gyfer y cynllun datblygu wedi’i chrynhoi isod, ac yn amlinellu gwaith datblygu’r chwarel ym mlwyddyn 1, blynyddoedd 2 i 10, blynyddoedd 11 i 19, a chynllun terfynol y chwarel.

BLWYDDYN 1I. Adeiladu ramp cludo newydd o fôn chwarel y de i

chwarel y gogledd;II. Cael gwared ar y gwahanol haenau o bridd o ran

o’r tir yn ardal yr estyniad. Defnyddio’r pridd i greu bwnd ar hyd ochr dwyreiniol y chwarel, ac ar ran allanol y bwnd ar hyd ymyl de-ddwyreiniol yr estyniad;

III. Plannu hadau gwair ar ymylon allanol y bwnd a fyddai’n ymdoddi yn y tir amaethyddol heb ei ddifetha;

IV. Sefydlu twmpath storio pridd ychwanegol dros dro yn rhan ddwyreiniol y chwarel;

V. Ailddechrau chwarela yn ardal ddwyreiniol ‘chwarel y gogledd’.

BLYNYDDOEDD 2 I 10I. Ym mlynyddoedd 2 a 3, byddai’r gwahanol

haenau o bridd yn cael eu defnyddio i greu llethr adferedig rhwng y ddwy ysgafell uchaf ar wal gefn ddwyreiniol y chwarel. Yna, byddai’r ardal hon yn cael ei hadu a’i phlannu;

II. Cael gwared ar y gwahanol haenau o bridd o ardal estyniad y de a’u defnyddio i gwblhau ochr fewnol y bwnd sgrin ddeheuol. Byddai coed yn cael eu plannu ar ochr fewnol y bwnd wedyn;

III. Datblygu chwarel y gogledd ymhellach tua’r gorllewin, a defnyddio’r pridd o’r ardal orllewinol i ddechrau ôl-lenwi ymylon dwyreiniol chwarel y gogledd;

IV. Ailddechrau chwarela yn ‘chwarel y de’ o fewn ardal estyniad y de-ddwyrain.

CYNLLUN DATBLYGU’R CHWAREL

YEARS 11 - 20I. Quarrying operations would be confined to the

south quarry;II. Quarrying would progress in the western area

of the south quarry. Following removal of the western knoll of land at the end of this period, distant views from the west would become available towards the restored slope at the upper levels of the former eastern ‘back wall’ of the quarry;

III. Operations in the western area of the quarry would avoid any interference to the woodland to the west and south west;

IV. Operations in the ‘north quarry’ would be confined to restoration works with the profiling of the margins of the quarry using waste rock and clay.

FINAL QUARRY LAYOUTAt the end of year 20:I. The development of the quarry to the revised,

restricted limits in a westerly direction;II. The development of the quarry faces and

benches to the limits of extraction in the south eastern extension area;

III. The placement of quarry waste in the ‘north quarry’ to complete the restoration profiling of the northern and western sides of the quarry.

QUARRY DEVELOPMENT (CONT)



BLYNYDDOEDD 11 I 20I. Byddai gwaith chwarela wedi’i gyfyngu i chwarel

y de;II. Byddai’r gwaith chwarela yn datblygu yn ardal

orllewinol chwarel y de. Ar ôl tynnu’r bryncyn gorllewinol ar ddiwedd y cyfnod hwn, bydd hi’n bosibl gweld y llethr adferedig o bell o gyfeiriad y gorllewin ar lefelau uwch cyn ‘wal gefn’ ddwyreiniol y chwarel;

III. Byddai’r gwaith cloddio yn ochr orllewinol y chwarel yn osgoi amharu ar y coetir i’r gorllewin a’r de-orllewin;

IV. Byddai’r gwaith yn ‘chwarel y gogledd’ wedi’i gyfyngu i waith adfer, gan broffilio ffiniau’r chwarel gan ddefnyddio clai a chraig wastraff

V. Cynllun terfynol y chwarel.

AR DERFYN BLWYDDYN 20I. Datblygu’r chwarel i’r ffiniau diwygiedig,

cyfyngedig, gyfeiriad y gorllewin;II. Datblygu ffasys a sgraffellau’r chwarel hyd at

y terfynau echdynnu yn ardal estynedig y de-ddwyrain;

III. Rhoi gwastraff y chwarel yn ‘chwarel y gogledd’ er mwyn cwblhau gwaith proffilio ac adfer ymyl ogleddol a gorllewinol y chwarel.

CYNLLUN DATBLYGU’R CHWAREL(PARHAD)

Restoration of the site is important to us and we want to make sure our restoration plans build on the woodland landscape surrounding the quarry.

As part of our restoration, we plan to:

• Restore the north quarry using quarry waste to build up the side slopes and allow woodland planting to take place;

• Within the deeper south quarry, the re-established groundwater level will create a lake. We will restore the faces and benches above the lake water levels to create a mix of woodland, scrub, species rich grassland and natural re-colonisation;

• By using a combination of restoration treatments we aim to create a site that incorporates nature conservation and could be enjoyed by local people.

QUARRY RESTORATION



Mae adfer y safle yn bwysig i ni a hoffem sicrhau bod ein cynlluniau adfer yn adeiladu ar y dirwedd goediog sy’n amgylchynu’r chwarel.

Fel rhan o’r gwaith adfer, rydym yn bwriadu:

• Adfer chwarel y gogledd trwy ddefnyddio gwastraff chwarel i godi’r llethrau ochr a phlannu coetir yno.

• Yn chwarel ddyfnach y de, bydd ailsefydlu dŵr daear yn creu llyn. Byddwn yn adfer y ffasys a’r ysgafellau uwchben lefelau dŵr y llyn er mwyn creu cymysgedd o goetir, prysg, glaswelltir llawn rhywogaethau ac ail-gytrefu naturiol.

• Creu safle â chryn botensial i gadwraeth natur trwy ddefnyddio cyfuniad o driniaethau adfer.

ADFER Y CHWAREL

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