Aggregate minerals site allocations

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The Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals Site Allocation Development Plan Document (DPD) will provide detailed local expression to the Minerals Core Strategy in terms of formally identifying land for future aggregate mineral working and aggregate recycling facilities.

Proposed Submission Draft 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.

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.

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.

Timetable

Action	Timescale
Publish Draft DPD for 6 week public consultation	January 2012 - March 2012
Submission of draft DPD to Secretary of State for independent examination	Summer 2012
Publication of inspector's report followed by adoption of DPD	Autum/Winter 2012

Proposed submission draft consultation

The council is consulting on a proposed submission draft of the Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD between 9am on Monday 30 January 2012 and 5pm on Monday 12 March 2012.

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.

Consultation documents

The consultation documents are available to download below:

• Proposed submission draft aggregate minerals site allocations DPD January 2012 8mb
• Response form 40kb
• Response form Response form 230kb
• Wiltshire Council's guide to making comments on the Wiltshire and Swindon Aggregate Minerals Site Allocation DPD 118kb
• Guidance notes for response form 49kb
• Consultation letter 81kb

Alternatively, hard copies of the documents can be viewed in the Council’s offices in Swindon (Wat Tyler House), Chippenham (Monkton Park), Devizes (Browfort), Salisbury (Milford Street) and Trowbridge (County Hall and Bradley Road) as well as all local libraries.

How to comment

To respond to the Proposed Submision Draft Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD.

• enter your comments online on the consultation portal, or
• complete and return the response form, either by email or post, using the contact details at the bottom of the page.

Supporting documents

Visit Minerals Evidence Base for evidence base documents to support the Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD.

Related information

• Previous stages of the DPD preparation
• Minerals and Waste Policy
• Minerals Evidence Base
• Annual Monitoring Report
• Statement of Community Involvement
• Local Development Scheme

Last updated: 8 February 2012