Minerals and Waste Development Framework

The Minerals Development Framework and Waste Development Framework will set out the County Council's spatial strategy for future minerals and waste development.  The Frameworks will also detail the consultation procedures that the County Council will undertake when fulfilling its planning functions, together with the timetable for the preparation and adoption of new minerals and waste policy documents.  As the new documents emerge existing Mineral Local Plan and Waste Local Plan will be replaced.

The Minerals and Waste Development Framework will contain several development plan documents including a Core Strategy; a suite of Development Control Policies; Site Specific Allocations and Policies; and an illustrative Proposals Map.

A key aim of the Government Planning reforms is for greater public and stakeholder involvement in the planning process. As a result the County Council is preparing a Statement of Community Involvement which will set out how local communities and all stakeholders will be involved from the outset and throughout the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Development Framework and during the determination of planning applications.
Development Plan Document (DPD) Submission Representation Form

The planning reforms require that the preparation of local development documents are to be subject to sustainability appraisal. This is an integral part of the preparation of documents; to assess any potential social, environmental, and economic effects and to ensure policies reflect sustainable development principles . Incorporated with this process the County Council will also conduct an environmental assessment in accordance with European Directive Requirement.

The progress of producing the Minerals and Waste Development Framework documents is contained in the Local Development Scheme of which the new version became effective on 27th April 2007. The Local development Scheme provides a brief description of all local development documents to be prepared, explains the relationship between existing and new documents and sets out a planned timetable with milestones for the preparation of the new Minerals and Waste Development Framework documents.

The Minerals and Waste Core Strategies & Development Control Policies documents were adopted on 8th October 2009 and can be viewed via this link.  Adopted Development Plan Documents

Sustainability Appraisal Reports can be found via the Sustainability Appraisal link below.

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