Minerals Local Plan

The County Council is the minerals planning authority for the County.

What is the Minerals Local Plan?

The Lincolnshire Minerals Local Plan is a statutory Local Plan which sets out the County Council’s policies in respect of mineral working in the County, against which all applications for planning permission for mineral working will be judged.

Who produces the Plan?

Responsibility for this area of work lies within the Planning Group in the Communities Directorate.

How can I access this document?

The Minerals Local Plan was adopted in 1991 and was due to be reviewed in 2001. However the Plan will be replaced by a Minerals and Waste Local Plan and the relevant policies in the Minerals Plan have been saved in the interim. The document is a large file and will take some time to download. As an alternative it has been split into sections to enable easier access.