East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

Data Issues
6.2 This section contains the data on minerals,
aggregates and waste which is currently available.
There are issues over the quantity and quality of
waste arisings and management data, particularly for
construction and demolition waste. Municipal solid
waste data is much more reliable as much of this is a
requirement for Best Value Performance Indicator
measures completed by local authorities.
6.3 Some of the data comes from surveys which are
not undertaken annually e.g. Commercial and
Industrial Waste Arisings. The next set of Commercial
and Industrial Waste Arisings data for 2004/05 is due
to be published shortly. This will be the last data set
that will be comparable with previous years and its
accuracy is regarded as limited. The Environment
Agency will be changing the data collection system
to one based on site returns at waste management
facilities rather than one based on the examination of
the waste produced at point of origin. This data is
expected to become available in March 2007.
6.4 Construction and demolition waste also suffers
from a lack of up to date data. A new construction
and waste survey has been commissioned. Data will
still only be available at a regional level and is likely
to have high confidence intervals (in the past for the
East Midlands these have been + or - 38%).
6.5 There has also been a change in the method of
collection of municipal waste data which can make
time series analysis less robust. From 2004/05
onwards data is collected from local authorities via
the Waste Data Flow online system operated by the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra). Previously local authorities supplied data
through the Municipal Waste Management Survey.
Data which might have been quoted in earlier
regional monitoring reports has been subject to
revision and may therefore differ from that previously
reported.
Policy 37: Regional Priorities for Non-Energy
Minerals
This policy is to be implemented through
Development Plans, Local Development
Frameworks and Regional Aggregates
Apportionment with the East Midlands Regional
Aggregates Working Party and the Minerals
Planning Authorities taking the lead to:
• Identify sufficiently environmentally acceptable
sources to maintain an appropriate supply of
aggregates and other minerals
• Indicate areas within which sites needed for land
won minerals should be safeguarded from
development
• Identify and safeguard opportunities for the
transportation of minerals by rail, water or pipeline
East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06
Targets:
Table 6.1 - National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision 2001 - 2016 Million Tonnes (Mt)
Guidelines for land-won production in Region
Land-won Sand & Gravel
Land-won Crushed Rock
East Midlands
165 (11.0 per year)
523 (34.9 per year)
England
1068 (71.2 per year)
1618 (107.9 per year)
Source: EMAWP (2003), National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England, 2001 - 2016 (June 2003)
Indicators:
• Production of primary land won aggregates produced by Minerals Planning Authority (MPA)
• Production of recycled and secondary aggregates by MPA
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