Leicestershire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Statement of Consultation 2018
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LEICESTERSHIRE MINERALS AND WASTE LOCAL PLAN (SUBMISSION DRAFT) STATEMENT OF CONSULTATION Prepared under Regulation 22 (1) (c) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 2018 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Sustainability Appraisal 4. Issues (2013) 5. Consultation Draft (2015) 6. Consultation on Potential Additional Sites for Sand and Gravel (2015) 7. Pre-Submission Draft (2016) 8. Consultation on Potential Additional Sites for the Disposal of Inert Waste (2017) 9. Pre-Submission Proposed Changes (2017) 10. Conclusion Appendices Appendix 1: List of Documents Referenced in Statement of Consultation Appendix 2: List of Consultees and Key Stakeholders Appendix 3: Issues (2013) - Letter to Statutory Consultees and Key Stakeholders and press notice Appendix 4: Consultation Draft (Regulation 18 Consultation) (2015) - Letter to Statutory Consultees and Key Stakeholders and press notice Appendix 5: Consultation on Potential Additional Sites for Sand and Gravel (2015) – Letter and List of Consultees Appendix 6: Pre-Submission Draft (Regulation 19 Consultation) (2016) - Letter to Statutory Consultees and Key Stakeholders and press notice Appendix 7: Comments Received on Pre-Submission Draft (2016) and Council’s Responses Appendix 8: Consultation on Potential Additional Sites for the Disposal of Inert Waste (2017) – Letter and List of Consultees Appendix 9: Pre-Submission Proposed Changes (Regulation 19 Consultation) (2017) - Letter to Statutory Consultees and Key Stakeholders and press notice Appendix 10: Comments Received on Pre-Submission Proposed Changes (2017) and Council’s Responses 1. Introduction 1.1 Leicestershire County Council is responsible for minerals and waste planning in the administrative area of Leicestershire (outside the City of Leicester). The Council is reviewing its current planning policies dealing with mineral extraction and waste management. 1.2 The Leicestershire Minerals and Waste Local Plan will eventually replace the Leicestershire Minerals Core Strategy and Development Control Policies Development Plan Document (DPD), the Leicestershire and Leicester Waste Core Strategy and Development Control Policies DPD (both of which were adopted in October 2009), together with remaining saved policies in the Leicestershire Minerals Local Plan (1995) and the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Waste Local Plan (2005). 1.3 The Minerals and Waste Local Plan includes a spatial vision, strategic objectives, and core policies which set out the key principles to guide the future winning and working of minerals and the form of waste management development in the County of Leicestershire over the period to the end of 2031. The Development Management Policies set out the criteria against which planning applications for minerals and waste development will be considered. A monitoring framework is included to examine the efficacy and effects of the policies. 1.4 This statement sets out how Leicestershire County Council has involved the public and other stakeholders in the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan. It has been prepared in accordance with Regulation 22 (1) (c) of the Town & Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. 1.5 This statement outlines the key public consultation periods undertaken as part of the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan. These were Issues (2013); Consultation Draft (2015); Pre-submission Draft (2016); and Pre-submission Proposed Changes (2017). This report also explains the range of consultation activities undertaken in developing documents for these stages. 1.6 In accordance with Regulation 22 (1) (c), this statement sets out for each of the three public consultation periods: i. Which bodies and persons were invited to make representations at each stage; ii. How those bodies and persons were invited to make representations; iii. A summary of the main issues raised; and iv. How those main issues have been addressed 1.7 The report outlines the arrangements which were made for the publication of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan under Regulation 19 of the Town & Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. In accordance with Regulation 22 (1) (c), Chapters 7 and 9 set out the 4 number of representations made pursuant to Regulation 20 and a summary of the main issues in those representations. 1.8 A list of Statutory Consultees and Key Stakeholders that have been consulted in the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan can be found within Appendix 2 of this document. 1.9 As part of the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan, engagement has been carried out in accordance with the duty to co- operate, as introduced by the Localism Act 2011. This is detailed in a separate document entitled Duty to Cooperate Report. 5 2. Background 2.1 To date the following work has been undertaken as part of the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan: consultation between November 2013 and January 2014 on issues; consultation between July 2015 and August 2015 on draft policies and proposals; consultation between September 2015 and October 2015 on potential additional sites for sand and gravel; consultation between July 2016 and September 2016 on the Pre- Submission Draft; consultation between January 2017 and February 2017 on potential additional sites for the disposal of inert waste; and consultation between November 2017 and December 2017 on Proposed Changes to the Pre-Submission Draft. Statement of Community Involvement 2.2 All stages of consultation have been carried out in accordance with the County Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The SCI sets out the standards to be achieved by the County Council in involving the community in the preparation, alteration and continuing review of planning policy documents and the determination of planning applications. The current SCI was adopted in March 2015. 6 3. Sustainability Appraisal 3.1 Sustainability Appraisal (SA) has been integral to the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan. This section outlines consultation undertaken on the various stages of the sustainability appraisal. 3.2 Leicestershire County Council has prepared several reports as part of the SA of the emerging Minerals and Waste Local Plan. An initial Scoping Report was published in 2013 to accompany the Issues Document. An interim Sustainability Assessment was published in 2015 to coincide with the Consultation Draft Plan. A further SA was prepared in 2016 in support of the Pre-submission draft Plan and in 2017 in support of proposed changes to the Pre-submission draft Plan. 3.3 The latest SA presents the results of assessment of the minerals, waste, and development management policies in the draft plan document. Many of these policies have been revised as plan preparation has proceeded. As a result, evaluation of significant policy alternatives has occurred earlier in the SA, however this report provides a summary of the principal alternatives considered and why a preferred option was selected and others were not taken forward. Consulting on the SA 3.4 When preparing the initial SA Scoping Report and defining the framework for the assessment the County Council undertook a specific consultation involving key stakeholders. Detailed responses were received from the three statutory consultees covering the documents listed in the review of relevant plans and programmes and factual information in the sustainability baseline. Two requests for changes to SA Objectives were received and all requests for changes referred to above were implemented before the consultation in 2015. 3.5 At the subsequent consultations in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the respective Interim SA Reports were available during consultation on the corresponding Plan report. 3.6 At the 2015 stage, Natural England were satisfied that the SA met the requirements of the SEA Directive and associated guidance. Specific comments on the SA related to: • The lack of reference to the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy • The failure to consider the implications of the non-inclusion of an allocation at Lockington. These matters were addressed in the SA Report accompanying the Pre- submission draft plan. 7 4. Issues Consultation 4.1 As the first stage in the production of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan, the County Council published the following documents in November 2013: Leicestershire Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Issues Document; Leicestershire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Review - Sustainability Appraisal incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment: Scoping Report. 4.2 The bodies with contact details listed in Appendix 2 were consulted by email or letter with a request for any comments to be provided by 24th January 2014. The documents, together with a summary leaflet and a response form, were made available on the County’s website. The consultation exercise was also publicised by means of an advertisement placed in local newspapers. 4.3 A copy of the letter sent to statutory and key stakeholders publicising the consultation, and the advertisement placed in local newspapers is included in Appendix 3. The main issues raised in the representations 4.4 A total of 70 groups and individuals responded to the Minerals and Waste Issues Consultation document. 28 of the responses were from councils (3 from District Councils; 12 from Parish Councils; 6 from adjoining Councils; and 7 from other councils), 12 from industry (7 from mineral companies and 5 from waste companies), 9 from statutory