Minerals and waste workshops

Parish and Town Council meetings, 01 and 03 December 2011, Lenham Community Centre, Maidstone

Meetings were held to talk about the Supplementary Site Options consultation and involvement with the Development Framework. You can view all relevent documents from the links below:

• Meeting agenda (PDF, 11k)
• Thursday 1 December: Question and answer session notes (PDF, 24k)
• Saturday 3 December: Question and answer session notes (PDF, 24k)
• Presentations

Mineral safeguarding stakeholder meeting, 30 November 2011, Lenham Community Centre, Maidstone

A meeting was held with industry, district councils, environmental groups and community groups to discuss views on the issue of mineral safeguarding. For more information on mineral safeguarding see the British Geological Survey Good Practice Advice. Read the meeting documents, notes and presentations below:

• Mineral safeguarding agenda (PDF, 11k)
• Discussion group and question and answer notes (PDF, 54k)
• Questions on mineral safeguarding - voting results (PDF, 50k)

Presentations:

• Concepts, policy, practice, reality in mineral safeguarding by John Cowley (PDF, 2.33mb) 
• National Strategic Stone Study by Joan Blows (PDF, 1.59mb)

Minerals and waste stakeholder events, June 2011

Workshops were held during the public consultation on the Core Strategy (second stage) and the Minerals Sites and Waste Sites Documents (first stage). Presentations and notes from the meetings are available from the links below.

• Minerals and waste industry (2 June, Lenham Community Centre, Maidstone)
• Parish councils (8 June and 11 June, Lenham Community Centre, Maidstone)
• Key stakeholders (10 June, County Hall, Maidstone)
• Shoreham Parish Council and the Shoreham Society presentation (PDF, 268k) (29 June, Shoreham Village Hall)

Minerals and waste focus groups, September 2010

Minerals and waste focus groups were held in September 2010 to discuss Core Strategy issues consultation in further detail with our consultees. The following meetings took place:

1. Minerals and waste industry (28 September 2010, Oakwood House, Maidstone). View meeting notes

2. Key stakeholders (29 September 2010, Invicta House, Maidstone). View meeting notes (PDF, 56k)

3. Parish councils (08 October 2010, Lenham Community Centre, Maidstone). View meeting notes and presentations

Minerals and waste workshops, May 2010

In May 2010 we held workshops to gather initial ideas on the key issues to address in the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy. Two different workshop groups took place, one for the minerals and waste industry and another for government and environmental stakeholders. The workshops aimed to:

• introduce the Kent minerals and waste project team
• explain the new minerals and waste planning timetable
• provide information on the Core Strategy 'Issues Stage' consultation taking place in the autumn, and
• inform attendees about our proposals to host regular meetings with key stakeholders.

View all related documents for the workshops:

• Industry workshop.
• Government and environmental stakeholder workshop.