Contents East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull Joint Minerals Local Plan Proposed Modifications Tracked Changes Version This document is for information purposes only to assist the general public in seeing the proposed modifications in the context of the rest of the Plan. Please also refer to the Schedule of Proposed Modifications. Key: MM reference number = Main Modification AM reference number = Additional Modification Red underlined text = text insertion Red strikethrough text = text deletion Please refer to the Proposed Submission version of the Plan (April 2018) for missing figures, maps, and policies map. East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council I Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 The Joint Minerals Local Plan (JMLP) ............................................................................. 1 The Plan-Making Process ................................................................................................. 2 National and Local Planning Context ............................................................................. 3 Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment ................................... 5 Humber Area LAA ........................................................................................................... 5 Relationship with Other Planning Documents............................................................... 6 Format and Content of this Document .......................................................................... 8 2. Background ............................................................................................................. 9 A spatial portrait ............................................................................................................... 9 Planned and Emerging Development Needs ............................................................... 10 Geology ............................................................................................................................ 11 Solid Geology .................................................................................................................. 12 Drift Geology ................................................................................................................... 13 Mineral Resource Information ....................................................................................... 13 Current Picture of the Minerals Industry ..................................................................... 14 Sand and Gravel .............................................................................................................. 14 Chalk ................................................................................................................................ 16 Clay ................................................................................................................................... 17 Peat .................................................................................................................................. 17 Marine Dredged Aggregates .......................................................................................... 18 Oil and Gas ...................................................................................................................... 18 Coal .................................................................................................................................. 19 Historic Sources of Building and Roofing Stone .......................................................... 20 Aggregate Exports .......................................................................................................... 20 Aggregate Imports and Total Consumption ................................................................ 21 Aggregate Sources .......................................................................................................... 21 3. Vision and Objectives for Minerals Development ............................................ 24 Vision for Minerals Development .................................................................................. 24 Promoting Sustainable Development ........................................................................... 26 Developing Minerals Policies ......................................................................................... 26 Safeguarding .................................................................................................................... 27 Planning for the Supply of Mineral Resources .............................................................. 30 Minimising the Impact of Mineral Workings and Associated Development............. 31 4. Aggregate Minerals .............................................................................................. 32 II East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council Contents Sand and Gravel .............................................................................................................. 33 Crushed Rock .................................................................................................................. 40 Extensions to existing quarries on unallocated sites ................................................... 44 Borrow Pits ...................................................................................................................... 45 Recycled and Secondary Aggregates ............................................................................ 46 Imported Aggregates ..................................................................................................... 48 Marine Aggregate and other minerals .......................................................................... 48 Rail Borne Aggregates and Other Minerals ................................................................. 53 Minerals Infrastructure and Facilities ........................................................................... 55 5. Non-Aggregate Minerals ..................................................................................... 57 Clay ................................................................................................................................... 57 Industrial Chalk ............................................................................................................... 59 Peat .................................................................................................................................. 60 Silica Sand ........................................................................................................................ 63 Building Stone ................................................................................................................. 65 6. Energy Minerals .................................................................................................... 67 Coal .................................................................................................................................. 68 Oil and Gas ...................................................................................................................... 71 Unconventional Hydrocarbons ...................................................................................... 77 Underground Storage of Natural Gas .......................................................................... 82 7. Development Management Policies .................................................................. 85 Development Management Policies ............................................................................. 88 8. Monitoring and Implementation ........................................................................ 99 Monitoring Indicators ................................................................................................... 100 Implementation ............................................................................................................ 105 Appendix A: Existing operation mineral extraction sites .................................... 106 Appendix B: Planning policies to be replaced ....................................................... 107 Appendix C: Identified Site Briefs and Allocation Plans ...................................... 108 East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council III Contents List of Policies Policy AGG1: Supply of sand and gravel Policy AGG2: Site Allocations for Sand and Gravel Extraction Policy AGG3: Supply of crushed rock Policy AGG4: Area of Search for Crushed Rock Policy AGG5: Unallocated extensions to existing quarries Policy AGG6: Borrow Pits Policy AGG7: Recycling and Secondary Aggregates at Existing Mineral Sites Policy AGG8: Safeguarding capacity for marine importation of mineral resources Policy AGG9: Safeguarding of Rail Facilities used for the Importation of Aggregates and Other Minerals Policy AGG10: Safeguarding of Mineral Infrastructure and Facilities Policy NAM1: Supply of Industrial Chalk Policy NAM2: Peat Working Policy NAM3: Supply of silica sand Policy NAM4: Building Stone Policy EM1: Deep Coal Mining Policy EM2: Exploration Boreholes Policy EM3: Appraisal Boreholes Policy EM4: Oil and Gas Production and Distribution Policy EM5: Coal Bed Methane Policy EM6: Extraction of Shale Gas (Hydraulic Fracturing) Policy EM7: Underground Storage of Gas and Related Surface Development Policy DM1: Impacts of Mineral Development Policy DM2: Protecting Residential Amenity and Other Uses