Policy information sourced from the Minerals local plan for Berkshire (Part 1)

Policy 11

There will be the strongest presumption against allowing the extraction of sharp sand and gravel from 

  1. the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,
  2. designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest (including classified and proposed Special Protection Areas, designated and candidate Special Areas of Conservation, and Ramsar sites and Nature Conservation Review and Geological Conservation Review sites);
  3. statutory nature reserves;
  4. scheduled ancient monuments, and other monuments of national importance;
  5. land owned by or covenanted to the National Trust;
  6. common land, and town or village green;
  7. registered parks and gardens of special historic interest, and registered battlefields;
  8. the sites and settings of Grade 1 and Grade 2* listed buildings;
  9. statutory Green Belt land;
  10. land within built-up areas.

For more information please see the Minerals local plan for Berkshire (Part 1)