Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan - 7: Provision of Secondary and Recycled Aggregates

Policy information sourced from the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan

7: Provision of Secondary and Recycled Aggregates

Favourable consideration will be given to proposals for facilities for secondary and recycled aggregates. Permission will be granted where it can be demonstrated that potentially adverse impacts are able to be avoided and/or minimised to acceptable levels and that the proposal is compliant with relevant MWLP policies.

Preference will be given towards sites at the following locations:

mineral extraction sites with existing processing plants,
on-site as an ancillary activity to construction or demolition projects,
committed waste management facilities or within the areas of focus for waste management where the proposed use accords with the type of waste use either existing at that location, or is complementary to the current economic role, status and uses of the employment area (where applicable),
existing industrial areas or on land that is permitted or allocated for general industrial development, and
existing and disused railheads and wharves.
where not within the areas of focus for waste, or a committed waste site, the proposals should intergrate and co-locate with complementary activities, or maximize the use of previously developed land or redundant agricultural and forestry buildings (and their curtilages).

For sites where the primary use is temporary (e.g. mineral extraction and where associated with construction or demolition projects), permission will be granted for a period not exceeding the permitted life of the primary use.

Specifically regarding proposals on mineral extraction sites, permission will only be granted where there is no conflict with the approved restoration scheme.

Development of temporary facilities for the recovery and recycling of inert materials, including inert wastes, must demonstrate that the materials will be recycled and re-used (as far as practicable) on-site.

For more information please see the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan