Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD
The Proposed Submission draft Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD) sets out firm proposals for locating new sand and gravel sites across the Plan area of Wiltshire and Swindon. Further information about earlier stages in the development of this DPD is available on the Wiltshire Council website at http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/aggregatemineralssiteallocations.
The draft plan represents the final key document within the current Wiltshire and Swindon Minerals and Waste
Development Framework and has been prepared to supplement the adopted Minerals Core Strategy. It identifies
sites that the councils believe have the best potential to deliver sufficient sand and gravel resources to
meet requirements until 2026. The document identifies 7 site options:
A significant amount of
evidence has been gathered to establish whether, in principle, the sites contained within this document are
suitable for minerals extraction. This is available on the Wiltshire Council website at http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/aggregatemineralssiteallocations.
Consultation
The Proposed Submission draft of the Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD has reached a critical preparatory stage - the formal Regulation 27 consultation. The document has been published in order for representations to be made prior to the final submission / examination stage. This final round of consultation will consider issues of ‘soundness’. All representations submitted during this final round of consultation will be processed and sent on to the appointed Planning Inspector for consideration (alongside the submitted DPD) during the examination process. Legislative provisions state that the purpose of the examination is to consider whether the DPD complies with legal requirements and is 'sound'.
The consultation will last for six weeks, runningfrom 9am on Monday 30 January to 5pm on Monday 12 March, 2012.
How to comment
Guidance on how to comment on this consultation and use the standard tests of soundness response form is included with the supporting documents.
You can add your comments at specific points within this online version of the Proposed Submission draft Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD. You can do this wherever you see an 'Add Comments' tab, usually located next to a chapter or section heading.
To add comments, you need to be logged into your Objective account and click on the 'Add comments' tab next to the question or the section heading. If you do not have an Objective account already, just click on the 'Login/ Register' option on the bar along the top of the screen to begin the simple registration process.
Please be aware that all responses will be publicly available and cannot be treated as confidential.
Next steps
This final round of formal consultation provides the opportunity to comment on the soundness of the plan before it is submitted, subject to council approval, to the Secretary of State in the Summer of 2012, for independent examination and scrutiny.
