It also needs to agree its plans for expanding the area to be quarried with planners at North Yorkshire Council. A previous planning application submitted last year was withdrawn by the company following criticism from local residents. “This is despite the council planning officers setting deadlines for compliance at each of their annual site visits, which the council has consistently failed to enforce. “North Yorkshire Council should not consider any further applications from Tarmac until this is rectified. “We have now submitted the outstanding planning condition to North Yorkshire Planning Authority, and this is waiting to be validated.