Local plan - minerals
Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Development Plan
Document
Role of Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Development Plan
Document
The ten Greater Manchester Authorities; Bolton, Bury,
Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside,
Trafford and Wigan are working together to prepare a Joint Minerals
Development Plan Document (Minerals Plan). The Minerals Plan will
provide a sound, sub-regional, planning policy framework that
provides a clear guide to minerals operators and the public
about:
- The locations where mineral extraction may take place;
- The safeguarding of sensitive environmental features and of
mineral resources with potential for future extraction; and
- All aspects of environmental and resource protection including
the sustainable transportation of minerals.
The Plan will form an integral part of each Authority's Local
Development Framework.
A planning team located within the Greater Manchester Geological
Unit (GMGU) is responsible for all aspects of plan production and
consultation, with assistance from the Greater Manchester
authorities as necessary.
Status / Progress
Preparation of the Minerals Plan commenced in November 2009. The
first stage of consultation focused on evidence base information
and the Scoping Report for Sustainability Appraisal. The second
stage examined the Issues and Options surrounding minerals in
Greater Manchester. The third consultation outlined the information
available on mineral resources in Greater Manchester and how it
proposed to use this information in developing Mineral Safeguarding
Areas.
The outcomes from these stages are available from the link
below.
The latest and fourth consultation as part of the preparation of
a Minerals Plan for Greater Manchester is on the Preferred Approach
to minerals planning in Greater Manchester, including the preferred
policies and a range of preferred locations for mineral development
in the future. This was issued for consultation between 15
October 2010 to 26 November 2010 and has now finished. For
more information please see the below link:
Publication Stage Consultation
The Minerals Plan was Published and made available for final
comments relating to the soundness and legal compliance between
29 July 2011 to 2 September 2011. The report sets
out the approach to minerals planning in Greater Manchester,
including the final strategic policies to guide future mineral
development and Areas of Search for mineral extraction.
Minerals Plan: Submission and Examination
The Minerals Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State
on 11 November 2011. Other relevant documents were
submitted alongside the Minerals Plan including the following
documents:
- The Sustainability Appraisal Report
- Habitats Regulations Assessment
- Equalities Impact Assessment
- Statement of Consultation
- Summary of Representations received at Publication
- Schedule of Proposed Minor Changes to the published DPD
- Amendments to the adopted Proposals Maps in Greater
Manchester
- Various evidence base documents
The submitted documents are available to view at public
libraries and Main Council Offices across Greater Manchester during
the normal opening hours, please visit the Minerals Plan website
for more information:
Who to contact
To find out more about the Minerals Plan, please visit the Joint
Minerals Plan Development website or contact the GMGU Planning
Team:
Planning Team
GMGU
Emerson House
Albert Street
Eccles M30 0TE
Telephone: 0161 779 6182
Email: planningteam@gmmineralsplan.co.uk
Website: http://www.gmmineralsplan.co.uk/
Next steps
Following Submission of the Minerals Plan, a public
examination to consider the soundness of the Plan has been
scheduled to take place from Tuesday 21 February 2012 to 24
February 2012 in Stockport Town Hall. The Secretary
of State has appointed Mr Andrew Mead BSc (Hons) MRTPI MIQ to
conduct the Examination.
The councils have appointed a Programme Officer, Mr Chris
Hobson, who reports to the Inspector and he will advise and deal
with all procedural, administrative and programming matters. Chris
can be contacted by email christopher.hobson@urbanvision.org.uk
or by telephoning 0161 779 4808.
Individuals and organisations that have made representations at
the Publication stage in July-September 2011 will be contacted by
the Programme Officer with details of the examination
procedure.