Preferred Options Consultation

The Issues & Options version of the minerals and waste development framework documents went out to consultation between 20th June 2005 and 1st August 2005. The documents and responses received can be viewed via the link below.

Prior to any documents going out for consultation the development plan documents went before the County Council's Cabinet for approval. The Waste and Minerals Development Frameworks were considered and approved by Cabinet on 26th July 2006.  The minutes of the Cabinet meeting can be found via the link below.

The County Council placed an advert in the local papers on the week ending 11th August advertising the preferred options consultation and the dates and locations of public exhibitions to be held. Click here for the preferred options advert.

The consultation ran for 6 weeks, from 25th August 2006 to 6th October 2006.  The documents consulted on are available to view below:

··Minerals Core Strategy & Development Control Policies

··Minerals Site Allocations

··Waste Core Strategy & Development Control Policies

··Waste Site Allocations

The preferred options sustainability appraisal reports can be found by clicking the link below:

··Sustainability Appraisal Reports

Representations could be made via the forms below:

··Minerals Representation Form

··Waste Representation Form

··Electronic Representation Form

Exhibitions on the documents and specific allocated sites were held at the following locations between 14:00 and 19:30, except where indicated.

Government agencies, members of industry and adjoining district and county councils were invited to a workshop held on 18th September 2006 at County Hall, Glenfield. A list of attendees and electronic versions of the posters developed from 'round table' discussions.

··Attendee List

··Posters

Responses were made to the Council via a variety of ways; by letter, be using our response forms (minerals response form and waste response form) or our electronic response form. Responses received are available below, categorised by organisation making the response or grouped by the main issue to which the response was about.

Representations Received

(Some of these documents may take up to 10 minutes to download using a 56k modem)