Hillingdon - DMIN 2: Prior Extraction

Policy information sourced from the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2

DMIN 2: Prior Extraction

The Council will require the prior extraction of mineral reserves for the areas identified in Policy MIN 1: Safeguarded Areas for Minerals and Aggregates Railheads where surface development is proposed.

Prior extraction of mineral deposits will not be required in the following circumstances:

where the mineral deposit is of no commercial interest and unlikely to be so in the future;
where the extraction of the mineral deposit would lead to such strong environmental or other objection that it is unlikely such extraction would ever be permitted; or
where an overriding community need for the proposed development outweighs the need for the mineral resource.

For more information please see the Local Plan: Part 2