Parish councils near Ipswich have confirmed that the reconsultation period of a controversial quarry in the south of Ipswich has been extended. 

The 36-hectare Brockleywood Quarry plans have been highly controversial, with it last being quashed by the High Court in August after Copdock and Wahsbrook Parish Council and Bentley Parish Council objected to its approval.

After the applicants submitted an addendum about the protected land surrounding the quarry, the plans were brought back into reconsultation. 

Now, residents have been given until November 8 to submit their opinions about the plans to the county council. 

In their addendum, the applicants gave information about the geodiversity of the area and argued that "it is not a protected landscape" - since this was what the High Court objected to.

As a result of this, the plans were brought back into consultation. 

Both parish councils along with Suffolk County Councillor for the area Christopher Hudson have been campaigning against the plans and have asked residents to send in their objections to the planning committee.

Councillors argue the plans could also affect their Grade II* listed hall.Councillors argue the plans could also affect their Grade II* listed hall.  (Image: Bentley Parish Council) However, they felt that the given time for the consultation was not enough and asked for the deadline to be pushed back from October 19. 

Suffolk County Council have now obliged and pushed the deadline for submission of comments to November 8. 

Copdock and Washbroook Parish Council wrote to its residents: "The Parish Council is pleased to confirm that Suffolk County Council has (finally) acceded to our request to allow more time for residents to respond to the reapplication, especially given the less than open and transparent way in which this was launched in conjunction with a very aggressive consultation timeline."

80 letters of objection to the plan have already been submitted, but the parish council believe many more are yet to come.