Policy information sourced from the Central and Eastern Berkshire Joint Minerals & Waste Plan

M2 Safeguarding Sand and Gravel Resources

  1. Sharp sand and gravel and soft sand resources of economic importance, and around active mineral workings, are safeguarded against unnecessary sterilisation by non-minerals development.
  2. Safeguarded mineral resources are defined by the Minerals Safeguarding Area illustrated on the Policies Map.
  3. Non-minerals development in the Minerals Safeguarding Area may be permitted if it can be demonstrated through the preparation of a Mineral Resources Assessment, that the option of prior extraction has been fully considered as part of an application, and:
    • Prior extraction, where practical and environmentally feasible, is maximised, taking into account site constraints and phasing of development; or
    • It can be demonstrated that the mineral resources will not be permanently sterilised; or
    • It would be inappropriate to extract mineral resources in that location, with regard to other policies in the wider Local Plans.

For more information please see the Central and Eastern Berkshire Joint Minerals & Waste Plan