Dorset Council says it will object to further quarrying developments unless adequate mitigation measures are imposed.
Ward councillor David Tooke says the Midgeham Farm mineral extraction proposal is a particular cause for concern.
He says that for years Alderholt residents have suffered the effects of large quarry vehicles on minor roads in the area as they make their way to and from the A31 at Ringwood.
“The eastern end of the village as a whole will also suffer from unacceptable noise, dirt and disturbance for many years should this site become operational,” said Cllr Tooke at this week’s Dorset Cabinet meeting.
He claimed that there has been bottlenecks and accidents with cars damaged from quarrying activities already taking place in the area, with the problems likely to get worse should new areas be agreed in the draft Hampshire minerals plan.
Cllr Tooke has listed a number of likely problems including the effect on Dorset Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas; the impact on foraging and breeding birds; smooth snakes and sand lizards.
Cllr Tooke says the use of the site will also impact on users of Moors Valley Country Park and residents living off the minor Somerley Road which runs between Alderholt and Ringwood.
He said that without significant improvements to that road and the B3081 by Hampshire Council any further quarrying should be curtailed.
Fellow councillor Toni Coombes backed the calls for Dorset Council to object to the Hampshire plan which she claims could damage parts of the Dorset heathland, including Ebblake Bog, close to existing extraction sites, including the proposed retention the Purple Haze site in the Hampshire review.
Several residents had written to the Dorset meeting to express their concerns about the Hampshire plan as had Alderholt Parish Council which is also unhappy about some of the proposals.
Dorset highways portfolio holder Cllr Ray Bryan said he was concerned that most of the traffic from the proposed sites would be on B or C roads towards Ringwood – the edges of both likely to be damaged by 40-tonne six-axle heavy lorries, with spillage from the trucks also ending up in the gutters, adding to drainage problems.
He said that with cyclists using the C road the conflicts would be obvious, with no room for safe overtaking.
Dorset’s portfolio holder for planning, Cllr David Walsh, said that although the Hampshire plan shows an increase in the need for sand and gravel increasing from 9.7 million tonnes to 17.7million tonnes not all of the proposed sites were likely to be worked.
“Dorset Council does has concerns and objections to some of the allocations in the Hampshire draft plan,” said Cllr Walsh…”We will want to be assured that impacts can be mitigated, should they arise.
“In the absence of such reassurance Dorset Council would continue to object to these sites either as planning applications, or plan allocations,” he said.
He has urged Dorset residents to send their views to Hampshire Council by the time the consultation ends at 5pm on January 31st.