Regulation 48 Consultation on proposed minerals and waste plan document content and evidence

No earlier than on the day after the date on which a minerals and waste planning authority make their summary of scoping consultation available under regulation 47(3), the authority must—

The persons specified in this paragraph are—

Any person may make representations to a minerals and waste planning authority about the proposed minerals and waste plan document content and evidence.

Any representations made under this regulation must be received by the minerals and waste planning authority by the date specified in the notice of content and evidence consultation.

In this regulation—

• “notice of content and evidence consultation” means a notice specifying—

  1. (a)

     details of where the proposed minerals and waste plan document content and evidence made available in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) and regulation 88 is available for inspection and of the places and times at which it can be inspected,

  2. (b)

     the date on or before which representations about the proposed minerals and waste plan document content and evidence must be received by the minerals and waste planning authority, which must be a date not less than six weeks from the date on which the notice is published,

  3. (c)

     the address to which representations about the proposed minerals and waste plan document content and evidence may be made, and

  4. (d)

     that representations about the proposed minerals and waste plan document content and evidence may be accompanied by a request to be notified at a specified address when one or more of the following steps occur—

     1. (i)

        the publication of observations or advice under section 15CA(5) of the Act;

     2. (ii)

        the making available of the proposed minerals and waste plan document submission documents under regulation 52(1)(b) (consultation on the proposed minerals and waste plan document);

     3. (iii)

        the submission of the proposed minerals and waste plan document to the Secretary of State for independent examination under section 15D(1) of the Act;

     4. (iv)

        the making available of the matters specified in regulation 60(2) in accordance with regulation 60(1)(a) (independent examination: minerals and waste plan document);

     5. (v)

        a decision of the examiner under section 15D(7) of the Act that the examination under that section is to be paused under section 15DA of the Act for further work to be carried out;

     6. (vi)

        the publication under section 15DA(7) of the Act of the document and any evidence which is sent to the examiner under section 15DA(6);

     7. (vii)

        the publication of the recommendations and reasons of the examiner received under section 15D or section 15DA of the Act, in accordance with section 15D(13) or section 15DA(10);

     8. (viii)

        the adoption or approval of the minerals and waste plan document under Part 2 of the Act;

• “proposed minerals and waste plan document content and evidence” means a document setting out—

  1. (a)

     a proposed vision for the future of the minerals and waste planning authority’s relevant area and proposed measurable outcomes,

  2. (b)

     any proposed aims and objectives of the minerals and waste planning authority for the period of the minerals and waste plan document, including the approach that the authority propose to take to achieve the proposed vision for the future of the authority’s relevant area,

  3. (c)

     a summary of the minerals and waste planning authority’s proposed approach in relation to policies of the kind mentioned in section 15CB(2) and (3)(a) of the Act, in particular policies relating to the location of minerals and waste development in the authority’s relevant area,

  4. (d)

     details of the evidence that the minerals and waste planning authority has gathered to support the minerals and waste plan document, if any, and a summary of the evidence that the authority intends to gather in this respect, and

  5. (e)

     such supporting information relating to the proposed minerals and waste plan document as the minerals and waste planning authority consider appropriate.