Publication Draft Plan Minerals and Waste Joint Plan Publication Draft Plan October 2016 Minerals and Waste Joint Plan 1 Publication Draft Plan Foreword As planning authorities for minerals and waste in each of their areas, North Yorkshire County Council, City of York Council and the North York Moors National Park Authority have a responsibility to take decisions on planning applications for related development. The three Authorities, (referred to as ‘the Authorities’), also have a duty to produce planning policies to help to take those decisions, which can often be controversial because of the scale and nature of development involved. Minerals such as sand and gravel, limestone and clay are essential to meeting society’s needs for economic growth and development. Other minerals, such as onshore gas, are important in helping to meet our needs for energy. The North Yorkshire area is rich in minerals resources and there is a long history of mining and quarrying. In some areas the jobs and economic benefits of mineral extraction are an important part of local community life. North Yorkshire is also rich in high quality landscapes and the historic built environment and includes 2 National Parks, 4 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Heritage Coast. Therefore it is especially important to ensure that the working of essential minerals takes place without causing harm to these and other special areas. It is now well known that Government, commerce, industry and individuals all need to do more to ensure that the waste we produce can be dealt with in less harmful and more efficient ways. In particular, waste needs to be viewed less as a problem and more as a resource, which can be reused, recycled, or from which other value can be recovered. Ensuring the continued supply of the minerals which may be required and the availability of the facilities we need to manage waste effectively, can lead to pressure for new development, such as new or extended quarries and waste management sites. As well as bringing benefits, these forms of development can of course affect our environment, communities, quality of life and climate change, for example through lorry movements and impacts on the landscape and from noise and dust. The Authorities have therefore worked jointly to prepare this Minerals and Waste Plan, referred to as the ‘Joint Plan’, containing planning policies to help us to take decisions about matters such as where, when and how minerals and waste developments should be planned and controlled up to 31 December 2030. About this Document This Publication Draft Plan represents the outcome of an extensive consultation process. Following a further statutory 6 week period in which representations can be made on matters of soundness and legal compliance with relevant legislation, it will be submitted, along with any proposed changes and other submission documents, for examination in public by an independent planning inspector. How to get involved Representations submitted at this stage must be made on grounds of legal compliance or soundness (see below) and be supported with evidence to demonstrate why these tests have not been met. Any representations received will be considered by the inspector as part of the examination in public. Minerals and Waste Joint Plan 2 Publication Draft Plan Legal Compliance To be legally compliant the Joint Plan has to be prepared in accordance with the Duty to Cooperate and legal and procedural requirements including the 2011 Localism Act and Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended). Tests of Soundness The National Planning Policy Framework states that a Local Plan should be: Positively prepared – the plan should be based on a strategy which seeks to meet objectively assessed development and infrastructure requirements, including unmet requirements from neighbouring authorities where it is reasonable to do so and consistent with achieving sustainable development; Justified – the plan should be the most appropriate strategy, when considered against the reasonable alternatives, based on proportionate evidence; Effective – the plan should be deliverable over its period and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities; and Consistent with national policy – the plan should enable the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in the Framework. The Publication Draft Plan and supporting documents, as well as full details or how to make representations on the Joint Plan, are available on our website: www.northyorks.gov.uk/mwconsult. Paper copies of the documents will be available to view at Council offices and libraries throughout North Yorkshire and the City of York. We recommend that you use the response form provided as this will enable us to record your representations correctly, which is particularly important at this stage. All representations should include a paragraph and/or a policy reference number or site reference. The reference number can be found in the top left hand corner of each policy box presented in the Joint Plan or with the individual site allocations in Appendix 1. You can send us your completed response form either by post to: Minerals and Waste Joint Plan Team Planning Services Business and Environmental Services North Yorkshire County Council County Hall, Northallerton DL7 8AH Or by email to: [email protected] The closing date for representations is 1700 hours on XX December 2016 PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE. If you would like to speak to someone about this Publication Draft Plan please contact us using the contact details below: North Yorkshire County Council: Tel: 01609 780780 City of York Council: Tel: 01904 552255 North York Moors National Park Authority: Tel: 01439 772700 Minerals and Waste Joint Plan 3 Publication Draft Plan Contents Page Chapter 1: Background 10 Timeframe and geographical scope of the plan 10 Statutory Requirement 11 Why produce a Joint Plan? 11 What’s been done so far both individually and jointly? 11 Scope and purpose of Minerals and Waste Joint Plan 12 Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment 13 Chapter 2: Context 14 Spatial Portrait of the Plan area 14 Policy Context 17 Evidence Base 24 Mineral and Waste specific context 26 Addressing Duty to Cooperate 33 Chapter 3: Issues and Challenges 35 Chapter 4: Vision and Objectives 37 Vision and priorities 37 Objectives 39 Policies map and key diagram 42 Monitoring and Review 46 Chapter 5: Minerals 47 Aggregates supply 47 Scale of provision of sand and gravel over the Plan period 50 Scale of provision of crushed rock over the Plan period 53 Maintenance of primary aggregates supply 56 Secondary, Recycled and Marine Aggregates 64 Silica Sand 66 Clay 69 Building Stone 72 Hydrocarbons (oil and gas) 74 Coal 99 Potash Polyhalite and Salt 102 Gypsum 104 Vein Minerals 105 Borrow Pits 106 Chapter 6: Provision of Waste Management Capacity and 108 Infrastructure Introduction 108 Moving waste up the waste hierarchy 111 Minerals and Waste Joint Plan 4 Publication Draft Plan Strategic role of the Plan area in the management of waste 113 Meeting future waste management needs 117 Overall locational approach to provision of waste management capacity 135 Site identification principles for new waste management capacity 139 Chapter 7: Minerals and Waste Transport and Other 143 Infrastructure Non-road Transport Infrastructure for Minerals and Waste 143 Minerals Ancillary Infrastructure 146 Chapter 8: Minerals and Waste Safeguarding 149 Safeguarding mineral resources 149 Development of Mineral Resource Safeguarding Areas 152 Waste management facility safeguarding 155 Minerals and waste transport infrastructure safeguarding 156 Minerals ancillary infrastructure safeguarding 158 Consultation areas 159 Safeguarding exempt criteria 160 Sites proposed for safeguarding 160 Chapter 9: Development Management 161 Presumption in favour of sustainable minerals and waste development 161 Development Management Criteria 162 Protection of important assets 166 Water Environment 180 Reclamation and afteruse of minerals and waste sites 183 Sustainable design, construction and operation of development 187 Protection of agricultural land and soils 191 Coal Mining Legacy 192 Section 106, Community Infrastructure Levy and Planning Performance 194 Agreements Chapter 10: Introduction to site allocations 195 Appendices (these are published as separate documents) Appendix 1: Allocated sites Appendix 2: Safeguarded sites Appendix 3: Monitoring framework Appendix 4: Saved policies to be replaced by Minerals and Waste Joint Plan policies Glossary 197 Minerals and Waste Joint Plan 5 Publication Draft Plan Index of Policies Policy Policy Title Strategic policies for minerals M01 Broad geographical approach to supply of aggregates M02 Provision of sand and gravel M03 Overall distribution of sand and gravel provision M04 Landbanks for sand and gravel M05 Provision of crushed rock M06 Landbanks for crushed rock M07 Meeting concreting sand and gravel requirements M08 Meeting building sand requirements M09 Meeting crushed rock requirements M10 Unallocated extensions to existing quarries M11 Supply of alternatives to land-won primary aggregates M12 Continuity of supply of silica sand M13 Continuity of supply of clay M14 Incidental working of clay in association with other minerals M15 Continuity of supply of building stone M16 Key spatial principles for hydrocarbon development M17 Other