Policy information sourced from the Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan

CSM 4: Non-identified Land-won Mineral Sites

With the exception of proposals for the extraction of silica sand provided for under Policy CSM 2, proposals for mineral extraction other than the Strategic Site for Minerals and sites identified in the Minerals Sites Plan will be considered having regard to the policies of the development plan as a whole and in the context of the Vision and Objectives of this Plan, in particular the objective to plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates and industrial minerals. Where harm to the strategy of the development plan is shown, permission will be granted only where it has been demonstrated that there are overriding benefits that justify extraction at the exception site.

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