Local Development Framework - Minerals Core Strategy Issues and Options Report
Purpose
The first Development Plan Document to be prepared as part of the Minerals and Waste Development Framework is the Minerals Core Strategy (MCS). Its publication for consultation follows a period of initial evidence gathering and three stakeholder workshops, during which the key issues to be dealt with through the MCS were identified and debated.
Preliminary consultation on the MCS Issues and Options Report was undertaken between April and July 2007, and sought views and opinions from stakeholders on the emerging spatial visions and objectives.
The publication of the MCS Issues and Options Report provides an opportunity for stakeholders to participate in the development of the MCS for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole.
The document, once adopted, will set out the aims, objectives and spatial strategy for minerals development in the plan area. The MCS, although not intended to be site specific, may in some cases establish broad locations and general principles where future sites for minerals extraction will be preferred. The document will also contain key development control policies against which planning applications for minerals extraction will be considered.
The MCS Issues and Options Report has been subjected to a Sustainability Appraisal (SA). SA is a systematic and evaluative process which aims to determine how each option identified in the MCS Issues and Options Report performs in a social, environmental and economic context, against 15 sustainability objectives developed through the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report.
Consultation
The consultation period will run from the 23rd November 2007 till the 18th January 2008. Responses to the MCS Issues and Options Report can be made using the following methods:-
- Completion of a ‘hard copy’ questionnaire which will accompany the MCS Issues and Options Report.
- Completion of an ‘on-line’ version of the questionnaire.
Distribution
Copies of the MCS Issues and Options Report document can be viewed at the following locations:-
- Online at www.dorsetforyou.com, where the Issues and Options Report can be viewed, in addition to an Online Questionnaire and Sustainability Appraisal Issues and Options Report
- Borough of Poole planning reception.
- Bournemouth Borough Council planning reception.
- Planning reception areas of all Dorset district and borough councils.
Strategic Planning
Civic Centre, Poole
BH15 2RU
Tel: 01202 633360
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