A village near Peterborough will get peace and quiet for the first time in decades after future quarrying plans were shelved.

A Lincolnshire village will get peace and quiet for the first time in decades after future quarrying plans were shelved.Residents in West Deeping feared that the Breedon quarry to the north of the village would be expanded once the current area was exhausted.

However, it has been removed from Lincolnshire County Council’s waste and minerals plan, which earmarks future locations for quarries and rubbish sites.

More than 100 local people protested outside the quarry’s gates in 2024, saying more work would ruin their quality of life.

The expanded sand and gravel quarry would have been located on land south of the A1175.

The council’s executive approved the new plan on Tuesday, June 9, and deputy leader Councillor Rob Gibson, who represents the area, welcomed the news.

“The quarry has been used for a long time, and a lot of residents have concerns about the traffic and noise,” he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

“There’s been lots of meetings and petitions against any more expansions.

“It was in the plan as a potential site for future development, so I’m very glad it’s been removed. It’s fantastic news.

“It will eventually mean peace and quiet for the residents.”

The bells of the village’s St Andrews Church rang out recently in celebration of the news.

A West Deeping Parish Council statement says: “The immediate threat of 40 years of new mining in West Deeping parish has been stopped and when the Breedon and Cemex mines close next year we will be free of active mining in the parish for the first time in over 75 years.”

The Waste and Minerals plan will be submitted to the Secretary of State once it is given approval by full council.