Aggregates (Minerals) Local Plan
Aggregate (Minerals) Local Plans set out locations for
mineral extraction and the disposal of minerals wastes and
detailed planing policies that will apply to new planning
applications for minerals development.
When Peterborough became a unitary authority on 1, April
1998 the area was subject to the
Cambridgeshire Aggregates (Minerals) Local Plan 1991.
This Plan is part of the "old"
Statutory Development Plan for Peterborough.
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 introduced a new
system of development plan making. This new system does not include
Aggregate (Minerals) Local Plans and their policies will be
gradually phased out.
Many of the policies in the Cambridgeshire Aggregates
(Minerals) Local Plan 1991 expired on 27, September 2007. However
some have been "saved" by the Secretary of State and will continue
in force. Saved (non-expired) policies will provide guidance in
preparing the Local Development Framework (part of the new system
of development plan making).
Since the Cambridgeshire Agregates Local Plan is many years
out of date, and waste planning policies continue to evolve
rapdily, Peterborough City Council has agreed to
prepare new combined Minerals and
Waste Development Plan Documents
jointly with Cambridgeshire County
Council. This will form part of the Local
Development Framework. .