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Extraction and use of building stone - sustainability issues Materials from England that are used as building and roofing stone formed in the geological past and are not renewable. Some occur fairly widely and could potentially be worked for many years, but others are localised and might become worked out in the foreseeable future. A strict view of sustainability might suggest that we should avoid, as far as possible, using non-renewable materials particularly if these are scarce. But that is too simplistic. We must have suitable building materials to repair historic structures and for new buildings that fit with local styles and traditions. Therefore we need to obtain and use
natural resources wisely. That means examining the economic, social and
environmental costs and benefits of doing so, for now and for the future,
to identify courses of action that meet all of these factors well. A useful
context is the concept of thinking globally but acting locally, not least
because suitable building and roofing stone are important to the local
sense of place ...... continue
Publication of the Hereford City Centre trail Town trails are a popular way to learn about and enjoy the architecture and history of our cities and towns. Dr Joe McCall has completed a town trail for the City of Hereford which describes buildings from Mediaeval to fairly modern times including the glorious Cathedral. The trail has been published on the website of the English Stone Forum. It is not available in paper copy but can be freely downloaded for non-commercial use. It is hoped that many people will enjoy the trail and the City. Background
2. Joe McCall has produced a large number of geological, and other, publications during his very long career and has been closely involved in the Geological Society’s magazine Geoscientist. 3. The English Stone Forum consists of representatives of 11 organisations: British Geological Survey,
It is chaired by Dr Brian Marker
OBE who retired from heading the Minerals Policy Branch at the then Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister in 2006.
Planning for the supply of building and roofing stones Extraction of minerals including building and roofing stone from the land requires planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Acts. Operations are also subject to the provisions of environmental protection and pollution control legislation thus licences are required, for instance, in respect of abstraction of, and discharges to, water and deposition of wastes .... continue |
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How
small is a small quarry?
Minerals Policy Statement 1 (MPS1) “Planning and minerals” refers to building stone quarries in terms of small and large scale operations. However it does not provide definitions of these, leaving that to the discretion of individual Mineral Planning Authorities. > . England's Heritage in Stone published. The English Stone Forum 2008 The papers presented at the 2005 conference covering the historic use of stone, conservation practice, supply of stone, and planning issues associated with the use of indigenous stone. Downloads are available here. Copies are also available in the libraries of universities and colleges which run building conservation courses and in the British and legal deposit libraries (Bodleian Oxford, Cambridge University, Trinity College Dublin, National libraries of Wales and Scotland). |
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