Minerals Local Plan.

Contents

• Copyright Information.

• 1 Introduction.
  • The County Durham Minerals Local Plan.
  • Purpose of the Plan.
  • The Development Plan.
  • Monitoring and Review.
  • Environmental Appraisal.
• 2 Policy Context.
  • International Context.
  • National and Regional Policy.
  • Structure Plan Policy.
  • Waste Local Plan.
  • District Local Plans.
• 3 Minerals Local Plan Strategy.
  • Sustainability.
  • Provision of Minerals.
  • Protection of Resources.
  • Environmental Protection.
• 4 Resource Considerations.
  • The Extent of Resources.
  • Maintenance of Landbanks.
  • Regional Aggregates Apportionment.
  • Demands on Mineral Resources.
  • Resource Conservation.
  • Areas for Extraction.
  • Areas of Search for sand and gravel.
  • Opencast Coal and Fireclay.
  • Preferred areas for dolomite, limestone, brickclay and barytes.
  • Todhills brickworks.
  • Proposals outside identified areas.
  • Borrow Pits.
  • Safeguarding mineral deposits.
  • Preventing the sterilisation of mineral deposits.
  • Information about mineral resources.
  • The efficient use of minerals.
  • Oil and gas.
• 5 Environmental Protection.
  • Landscape.
  • North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  • Designated Landscapes.
  • Local Landscapes.
  • Nature Conservation.
  • Listed buildings and conservation areas.
  • Archaeology.
  • Agricultural land.
  • Recreational areas and Public Rights of Way.
  • Protecting local amenity.
  • Water Resources.
  • Transport.
  • Maximising the use of the rail network.
  • Protection of rail routes.
  • Scope for rail use in planning applications.
  • Mineral Disposal Points.
  • Road Traffic.
  • Transport of oil and gas.
  • Cumulative Impact.
  • Restoration.
  • After-uses.
  • Waste Disposal.
  • On site processing and storage.
  • Site Management.
  • Updating Planning Permissions.
• 6 Site Specific Policies/Proposal Map Insets.
  • Sand and Gravel Areas of Search.
  • Eastgate Quarry.
  • Eldon Brickworks.
  • Todhills Brickworks.
  • Close House Mine.
  • The Magnesian Limestone Escarpment.

Appendices.

• Appendix. A Structure Plan Policies.
• Appendix. B Development in Mineral Consultation Areas.
• Appendix. C Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations.

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