Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Evidence Base

The documents below supported the development of the adopted Minerals and Waste Local Plan (2022 - 2037).

Evidence Documents for the Minerals and Waste Local Plan

Minerals Evidence

• Local Aggregates Assessment (LAA) Nov 2020 [3MB]
• Minerals Evidence Paper [2MB]
• Soft Sand Study [10MB]
• Soft Sand Topic Paper [2MB]

Waste Evidence

• Local Waste Assessment (LWA) Nov 2020 [3MB]

Joint Evidence

• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
• Heritage Assessment [4MB]
• Highways and Transport Topic Paper [4MB]
• Landscape Assessments
• Authority Monitoring Reports (AMRs)
• Site Selection Methodology [789KB]
• Preliminary Ecological Appraisals for sites - The Council do not routinely publish these assessments as they can contain sensitive information that may be harmful for protected species if it was made available. Reports can be made available on request.

Supporting Documents

Duty to Cooperate (DtC) Statement

• Duty to Cooperate Statement (Submission) 2021 [832KB]
• DtC Statement Appendices (Submission) 2021 [1MB]
• Annex A - South East Minerals Planning Authorities Soft Sand Position Statement [918KB]
• Annex B - SEWPAG Statement of Common Ground [1MB]
• Annex C - SEWPAG Non-hazardous Landfill Joint Position Statement [719KB]
• Annex D - SEWPAG Inert Waste Deposit Joint Position Statement [1MB]

Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA)

• Equalities Impact Assessment [553KB]

Glossary

• Glossary [511KB]

Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) screening

• Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening [947KB]

Statement of Common Ground (SoCG)

• Statement of Common Ground [3MB]

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

• Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) revised January 2020 [540KB]

Statement of Consultation (SoC)

• Statement of Consultation (Submission) 2021 [782KB]  (inc. Appendix 1)
• Appendix 2 - Issues and Options Consultation Information [639KB]
• Appendix 3 - Sites Consultation Information [466KB]
• Appendix 4 - Preferred Options Consultation Information [519KB]
• Appendix 5 - Proposed Submission Consultation Information [585KB]
• Annex 1 - Issues and Options Consultation Summary Report [1MB]
• Annex 2 - Sites Consultation Summary Report [3MB]
• Annex 3 - Preferred Options Consultation Summary Report [1MB]
• Annex 4 - MWLP Proposed Submission Tracked Changes Version [6MB]
• Annex 5 - Proposed Submission Summary Report [1MB]

Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment (SA/SEA)

• SA/SEA Non-Technical Summary [438KB]
• SA/SEA Environmental Report [990KB]
• Appendix 1 - Summary of Relevant Plans and Policies [313KB]
• Appendix 2 - Summary of Baseline Information [257KB]
• Appendix 3 - Scoping Report Responses [85KB]
• Appendix 4 - Assessment of Policy Options [2MB]
• Appendix 5 - Assessment of Policies [791KB]
• Appendix 6 - Site Assessments [2MB]  & Update for Chieveley Services (March 2022) [80KB]
• Appendix 7 - Sequential Test Summary Table [279KB]
• Appendix 8 - Review of SA/SEA and HRA in light of Main Modifications [176KB]
• SA/SEA Scoping Report [5MB]