Concerned villagers have raised road safety fears after a fresh bid was submitted to fill a quarry. 

Haddiscoe is home to a former sand and gravel quarry east of Wiggs Road that dates back to 1969. 

In March last year, an application was submitted by Landhaul Developments to Norfolk County Council to partially fill the disused quarry, a 16-acre site, with soil and debris from construction and demolition projects. 

It caused outrage in the south Norfolk community as villagers were already fighting separate plans for a new quarry on the opposite side of Haddiscoe in Crab Apple Lane.

A Stopit2 group was campaigning to prevent any further mineral extraction and landfill in the village between Beccles and Great Yarmouth.

The bid for the site off Wiggs Road was withdrawn in June last year.

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But now, an extraordinary meeting will be held by Haddiscoe Parish Council on Monday, December 2 as Landhaul Developments Ltd has submitted another application to partially infill the former quarry.

In the planning statement, it mentions a number of amendments that have been made since the previous bid was withdrawn. 

The changes include a shortened operational duration from eight to six years, provision of highways passing places, improvements to the A143 / Wiggs Road junction and a permissive path proposed along Wiggs Road. 

It also offers a local liaison group and would operate in four phases over a total of six years. 

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The fresh bid has already caused a stir in the village and Stopit2 member Daryl Packer is already drawing up a battle plan against the development. 

Mr Packer said: "They want to destroy the one thing we do have which is peace and tranquillity."  

Villagers have already sent in their objections to the county council with one saying the site is "totally unsuitable" to be landfill, and others noting that the road is already "narrow" and "extremely dangerous". 

One comment said: "I am at a loss to understand how anyone can think that a small back road can accommodate this level of traffic".

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The two projects that the campaign was fighting last year in Haddiscoe The two projects that the campaign was fighting last year in Haddiscoe (Image: Google Maps)

Villagers fight against quarry plans 

Villagers set up a Stop it 2 campaign, which represents around 80pc of the community, to fight against quarry plans in recent years.

This included two planning applications last year with the 16-acre site east of Wiggs Road and plans for a new quarry in Crab Apple Lane. 

The new quarry was 52 acres, which is the size of 25 football pitches in the village, and County Hall received 383 objections to the proposal. 

Dust, noise, extra traffic and the impact of the quarry on nearby St Mary's Church, a Grade I-listed building, were among the reasons for objections to the proposal. 

Campaigners won their fight as it was refused planning permission by Norfolk County Council's planning committee. 

The infill plans for the former quarry by Wiggs Road were withdrawn last year.