Quarrying: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 24888 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Alberto Costa
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria her Department uses to evaluate non-statutory guidance to inform planning policy for (a) quarries and (b) related proposed developments.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 4 Feb 2025
Planning policy for minerals is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. This is supported by Planning Practice Guidance, including details on how planning authorities should assess the environmental impacts of mineral extraction.By law, plannin...