Lincolnshire County Council has begun the process of updating the statutory plan.
The Minerals and Waste Local Plan is used by developers when putting forward proposals, and by the council when dealing with planning applications.
Lincolnshire is an important producer of minerals and is currently the largest producer of sand and gravel in the East Midlands. Limestone, chalk, and hydrocarbons are also extracted in the county.
Waste management facilities are essential to ensure the wastes generated by households, businesses and industry are dealt with in the most efficient and sustainable ways possible.
As the first stage of updating the plan, we have produced an issues and options consultation document which sets out the main issues affecting how we plan for minerals and waste in Lincolnshire together with potential options for improving the plan. We’ve then posed a range of questions to seek local views on the most appropriate way forward.
Adrian Winkley, the county council’s Minerals and Waste Policy and Compliance Manager, said:
“It’s become time to update the plan, to make sure it’s still effective in helping us manage mineral extraction and waste facilities here in Lincolnshire.
“The new Minerals and Waste Local Plan will go through several rounds of consultation and engagement before it is adopted by the council. This helps us ensure the voices of our communities, businesses and other local bodies can be taken into account.”
In parallel with the issues and options consultation, we are carrying out a ‘call for sites’ exercise to give landowners, the industry and other interested parties an opportunity to nominate potential sites for allocation in the updated plan. At this stage, we are only inviting nominations for potential sites for sand and gravel and limestone aggregates.
You can find further details on the Minerals and Waste Local Plan and complete the consultation here and you can find site nomination forms.
All responses and site nominations must be received no later than 5pm on Friday 12 August 2022.