Minerals Local Plan

The Minerals Local Plan (MLP) has been prepared jointly with Brighton & Hove City Council.

In December 2006, we submitted an Annual Monitoring Report to Government (under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004), recommending that all the policies set out in the current plan be saved until the new Waste and Minerals Core Strategy and Minerals Sites Development Plan Document are adopted. This is expected to be in 2011.

The Government made their decision on this in September 2007 and agreed that all the policies in the Minerals Local Plan should be saved until replaced by Development Plan Documents (DPD) within the Waste & Minerals Development Framework (WMDF).

Minerals in East Sussex include clay, chalk, sand and gravel and gypsum. These are important resources which contribute to the economy and provide essential raw materials to the construction and other industries.

Extraction and processing can have significant impact on the environment and the Plan includes details of how minerals sites should be restored and reused. The MLP aims to balance the demand for minerals against the need to protect the environment and quality of life.

Find out more about our waste and minerals plans.

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Minerals local plan introduction (29k)
Minerals local plan chapter 1 General Approach (26k) General approach to the local minerals plan
Minerals local plan chapter 2 Geological background (16k) Geological background
Minerals local plan chapter 3 Aggregates (72k) Aggregates
Minerals local plan chapter 4 Clay (31k) Clay
Minerals local plan chapter 5 Chalk (31k) Chalk
Minerals local plan chapter 6 Gypsum (30k) Gypsum
Minerals local plan chapter 7 Hydrocarbons (27k) Hydrocarbons
Minerals local plan chapter 8 Development control (43k) Development control
Minerals local plan chapter 9 Restoration (24k) Restoration
Minerals local plan chapter 10 Implementation, monitoring and review (21k) Implementation, monitoring and review
Minerals local plan inset A - Shoreham (173k) Shoreham
Minerals local plan inset B Stanton's Farm, East Chiltington (86k) Stanton's Farm, East Chiltington
Minerals local plan inset C - Beddingham (85k) Beddingham
Minerals local plan inset D - Tarring Neville (99k) Tarring Neville
Minerals local plan inset E - Newhaven (188k) Newhaven
Minerals local plan - Glynde. Inset F (67k) Glynde
Minerals local plan inset G - Jevington (102k) Jevington
Minerals local plan inset H - Mountfield and Brightling (257k) Mountfield and Brightling
Minerals local plan inset I - Sovereign Harbour Eastbourne (102k) Sovereign Harbour Eastbourne
Minerals local plan inset J - Bexhill (96k) Bexhill
Minerals local plan inset K - Rye Harbour and Winchelsea Beach (210k) Rye Harbour and Winchelsea Beach
Minerals local plan inset L - North east of Camber (130k) North east of Camber
Minerals local plan key to maps of proposals (16k) Proposals map
Minerals local plan map 1 - Simplified surface geology (83k)
Minerals local plan map 2 Minerals sites 1998 (232k)
Minerals local plan proposals (232k)
Minerals local plan appendix 1- Environmental appraisal (18k) Minerals local plan appendix 1 – environmental appraisal
Minerals local plan appendix 2 Locations for land won aggregates extraction (34k) Minerals Local Plan appendix 2
Minerals local plan appendix 3 Licensing regime for hydrocarbons (15k)