Minerals local plan for Berkshire (Part 1) - Policy 14

Policy 14

Outside the Preferred Areas, proposals for borrow pits to serve major construction projects will be acceptable so long as

material from the pit is only used in connection with the specific project with which it is associated;
extraction from the site will cause less environmental disturbance than would result from using material won from established sources of supply, and so long as the local planning authority is satisfied that none of the Preferred Areas identified in this plan is able to meet the particular needs of the project;
the pit is sited and operated so as to minimise environmental disturbance;
provision is made for the rapid restoration of the pit following extraction, preferably using only materials from elsewhere on the construction site; and
the location and operation of the pit have full regard to the issues set out in Policy 7.