MP raises concerns about quarry in Commons

An MP has raised his and residents' concerns about noise, pollution and damage to property believed to be caused by a quarry.

Speaking in the Commons, Lee Barron, Labour MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, said the impact of the Wakerley Quarry had been more severe than suggested in the original planning application.

"Residents told me about blasting, about the noise, about cracks appearing in the houses," Barron told MPs on Tuesday.

Mick George Ltd, which runs the quarry, has been contacted for comment.

The quarry is outside the village of Wakerley, near the border with Lincolnshire.

Barron said some residents living in older properties had told him their "houses shake".

He told MPs that he and residents had failed to secure a meeting with Mick George.

Barron said the situation underlined the need for tougher planning rules.

He said: "When planning permission was granted people were given all sorts of promises about monitoring and about limits.

"But when what's on paper and what residents experience is so far removed, I think we have to sit and rethink what we are doing."

Earlier this year, plans for a quarry near the M1 in Northamptonshire were approved by the government's planning inspectorate, despite the proposal being turned down by West Northamptonshire Council amid objections from residents.

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