Non Site Allocation Representations Report.pdf

SECTION FOUR - SPATIAL POLICIES, KEY DIAGRAMS AND SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT CONTROL POLICIES
4.9.6 Sand and Gravel Safeguarding, Policy MWS/5 SAND AND GRAVEL SAFEGUARDING
Rep No Name
People Type
19185 Mineral Products Association ltd (Mr Malcolm Ratcliff) [4536]
1 Object
Summary This policy should include the Resource Block 9A mentioned in the Background Paper (BP29) on the grounds that national policy requires the safeguarding of
potential mineral resources. The Draft LDP has made unwarranted assumptions about working the mineral in Block 9A in those parts of the resource that are
not sterilised by urban development.
The policy needs to be amended to include Block 9A outside of the urban area.
Change Sought: The policy needs to be amended to include Block 9A outside of the urban area.
22335 Welsh Assembly Government (Mr Mark Newey) [2176]
Summary The relevant resource should be safeguarded in totality, not part.
B/P 29 explains the approach taken in the plan to safeguarding. This does not accord with national planning policy which requires the whole resource, not just
likely viable/workable reserves to be safeguarded. The plan should identify where these resources lie and safeguard these areas.
Paragraph 4.9.6.1 indicates that "significant" sand and gravel resources have been safeguarded. BP 29 paragraph 4.10 indicates that the justification for not
safeguarding one of the potential resource areas is that it is already partly developed and there are plan proposals for other sections.
Change Sought: The rationale how and why allocations have been identified on a resource that should be safeguarded needs to be explained.
The whole of the sand and gravel resource, excluding those areas under settlements should be safeguarded.
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