The latest news: Minerals Development Framework
update
The Inspector appointed to examine the submitted Minerals
Development Plan Documents convened an 'exploratory meeting' in
September 2007 with the County Council and key stakeholders.
In the light of the Inspector's concerns and conclusions, the
County Council sent a request to the government to withdraw the
submitted minerals DPDs (Minerals Core Strategy, Primary Minerals
Development Control Policies, and Construction Aggregates DPD) from
the Examination process. On 24 January 2008 a Direction from the
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government gave
authorisation for the withdrawal of all Mineral DPDs. Following
this Direction, the County Council wrote a letter to stakeholders
and consultees to inform them that the DPDs had been withdrawn.
For the all the related documents see the
withdrawal of the Mineral Development Plan Documents publication
page.
A revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme is under
consideration and will be submitted to the Government Office for
the South East (GOSE) in the near future. The Minerals and Waste
Development Framework (MWDF) will be taken forward in accordance
with the revised scheme, once adopted.
The Minerals and Waste Development Framework
The Government has introduced a new system of preparing
development plans under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act
2004. The Minerals and Waste Local Plans are to be replaced with a
Minerals and Waste Development Framework, which Kent County Council
is producing as the minerals and waste planning authority.
The new "framework" is like a folder containing a collection of
minerals and waste documents known as Local Development Documents
(there are two types: Development Plan Documents and Supplementary
Planning Documents). Development Plan Documents, together with the
Regional Spatial Strategy for the South East (the South East Plan),
will form the development plan for minerals and waste in Kent.
One of the key aims of the new system is to encourage greater
community participation. Each Development Plan Document goes
through three stages of consultation: Issues and options, Preferred
Options and Submission. Further details can be found on the MDF and
WDF pages.
The framework also contains a number of supporting
documents:
- The
Minerals
and Waste Development Scheme, which sets out the timetable for
preparing the various Minerals and Waste Local Development
Documents.
- The
Statement of Community Involvement, which sets out how KCC will
engage with the public and stakeholders regarding the preparation
of development plans and planning applications.
- The
Annual Monitoring Report, which provides monitoring data
regarding the Minerals and Waste Development Scheme and the
performance of policies within Development Plan
Documents.
Further information on the preparation of Local Development
Frameworks can be accessed by visiting the
Department
of Communities and Local Government's website (link opens in a
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