LINCOLNSHIRE MINERALS AND WASTE LOCAL PLAN CORE STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 4 2. LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY CONTEXT ........................................................... 7 3. SPATIAL PORTRAIT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS ............................... 12 4. SPATIAL VISION & STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ........................................... 21 5. PROVIDING FOR MINERALS ......................................................................... 24 6. PROVIDING FOR WASTE ............................................................................... 57 7. DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES................................................... 83 8. RESTORATION .............................................................................................. 111 9. MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION ..................................................... 119 10. KEY DIAGRAM ............................................................................................... 128 Appendix 1: Relationship between Policies ................................................... 130 Appendix 2: Waste and Mineral Sites in Lincolnshire .................................. 133 Appendix 3: Minerals and Waste Site Mapping by District ......................... 144 Appendix 4: Glossary of Terms........................................................................ 152 TABLES Table 1: Calculation of Sand and Gravel Provision 2014 – 2031 ........... 28 Table 2: Calculation of sand and gravel provision for 2014-2031 by Production Area .............................................................................. 29 Table 3: Calculation of Limestone (Aggregate) Provision 2014-2031 .... 35 Table 4: LACW arisings and management requirements 2014-2031– Growth with Median Recycling scenario ............................................. 59 Table 5: C&I arisings and management requirements 2014-2031– Growth with Median Recycling scenario ............................................. 61 Table 6: CD&E waste arisings and management methods 2014-2031 – Growth with Median Recycling scenario ............................................. 63 Table 7: Hazardous waste arisings and management requirements 2014- 2031 – Growth with Median Recycling scenario .................................. 64 Table 8: Agricultural waste arisings and management requirements .... 66 Table 9: Forecast Capacity Gaps by Facility Type 2014, 2020, 2025 and 2031 – Growth with Median Recycling scenario .................................. 67 Table 10: Predicted Requirements for New Facilities .......................... 68 Table 11: Policy Related Indicators and Targets .............................. 121 1 POLICIES Policy M1: Recycled and Secondary Aggregates ................................. 27 Policy M2 : Providing for an Adequate Supply of Sand and Gravel ........ 32 Policy M3: Landbank of Sand and Gravel .......................................... 33 Policy M4: Proposals for Sand and Gravel Extraction .......................... 34 Policy M5: Limestone ..................................................................... 35 Policy M6: Chalk ........................................................................... 36 Policy M7: Historic Building Stone .................................................... 38 Policy M8: Silica Sand .................................................................... 38 Policy M9: Energy Minerals ............................................................. 41 Policy M10: Underground Gas Storage ............................................. 42 Policy M11: Safeguarding of Mineral Resources ................................. 47 Policy M12: Safeguarding of Existing Mineral Sites and Associated Minerals Infrastructure ................................................................... 51 Policy M13: Associated Industrial Development ................................. 53 Policy M14: Irrigation Reservoirs ..................................................... 55 Policy M15: Borrow Pits .................................................................. 56 Policy W1: Future requirements for new waste facilities ...................... 69 Policy W2: Low Level Non-Nuclear Radioactive Waste ......................... 70 Policy W3: Spatial Strategy for New Waste Facilities........................... 73 Policy W4: Locational Criteria for New Waste Facilities in and around main urban areas. ................................................................................. 75 Policy W5: Biological Treatment of Waste Including Anaerobic Digestion and Open-Air Composting .............................................................. 76 Policy W6: Landfill ......................................................................... 78 Policy W7: Small Scale Waste Facilities ............................................ 79 Policy W8: Safeguarding Waste Management Sites ............................ 80 Policy W9: Waste Water and Sewage Treatment Works ...................... 82 Policy DM1: Presumption in favour of sustainable development ............ 86 Policy DM2: Climate Change ........................................................... 89 Policy DM3: Quality of life and amenity ............................................ 92 Policy DM4: Historic Environment .................................................... 94 Policy DM5: Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ..... 96 Policy DM6: Impact on Landscape and Townscape ............................. 97 Policy DM7: Internationally Designated Sites of Biodiversity Conservation Value .......................................................................................... 99 Policy DM8: Nationally Designated Sites of Biodiversity and Geological Conservation Value ...................................................................... 100 Policy DM9: Local Sites of Biodiversity Conservation Value ................. 101 Policy DM10: Local Sites of Geological Conservation Value ................. 102 Policy DM11: Soils ........................................................................ 102 Policy DM12: Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land ..................... 103 Policy DM13: Sustainable Transport Movements ............................... 105 2 Policy DM14: Transport by Road ..................................................... 106 Policy DM15: Flooding and Flood Risk .............................................. 108 Policy DM16: Water Resources ....................................................... 109 Policy DM17: Cumulative Impacts ................................................... 110 Policy R1: Restoration and Aftercare ............................................... 112 Policy R2: After-use ...................................................................... 115 Policy R3: Restoration of Sand and Gravel Operations within Areas of Search ........................................................................................ 117 Policy R4: Restoration of limestone and chalk workings ..................... 118 3 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Lincolnshire County Council is responsible for minerals and waste planning in the County. It has prepared this document, the Core Strategy and Development Management Policies document, as the first part of a new Lincolnshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan. This Core Strategy and Development Management Policies document sets out the key principles to guide the future winning and working of minerals and the form of waste management development in the County up to 2031. It also sets out the development management policies against which planning applications for minerals and waste development will be considered. The second part of the Lincolnshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan, the Site Locations document, is still in preparation and will in due course include specific proposals and policies for the provision of land for mineral and waste development. 1.2 The Core Strategy and Development Management Policies document replaces the Lincolnshire Minerals Local Plan (1991) and most of the policies in the Lincolnshire Waste Local Plan (2006) with the exception of Policies WLP2, WLP6 and WLP12 of that document. These policies are saved until the Site Locations document has been adopted (see Appendix 1). The Scope and Nature of the Core Strategy and Development Management Policies 1.3 This document includes the vision, objectives, spatial strategy and development management policies for minerals and waste development in Lincolnshire over the period to the end of 2031. It should provide the minerals and waste industry, the general public, interest groups and all other interested parties with a clear understanding of the strategy in Lincolnshire regarding the future scale and pattern of mineral working and waste facilities, and how they will be controlled. It does not include site allocations as these will be identified through the Site Locations document. 1.4 The document consists of a written statement and reasoned justification in support of the policies and proposals. The document also includes a monitoring framework which identifies the targets and indicators to review the effectiveness of the policies. 1.5 The document is to be read as a whole and policies should not be interpreted in isolation. Phrases or terms with a particular meaning within the policies are defined in the glossary. Policies are not listed in priority order and where a policy includes specific criteria or proposals