Derby City Council, jointly with Derbyshire County Council, produces planning policy guidance for mineral development in Derby and Derbyshire, outside the Peak District.
We have produced:
We started work on:
Consultation
We have consulted on and are revising the draft Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Scoping Report for the Minerals and Waste Development Plan Documents (DPDs).
An eight week consultation for the Minerals Core Strategy Issues and Options starts on 30 April 2010.
For further information contact
Derby City Council
Regeneration and Community
Roman House
Friar Gate
Derby DE1 1XB
Telephone 01332 256001 Minicom 01332 256666 Fax 01332 255989 email wasteminsplan@derby.gov.uk
Minerals Local Plan
Derby City Council, together with Derbyshire County Council, adopted a Minerals Local Plan for the City and County, outside the Peak District, in April 2000. This guided decisions on planning applications for the extraction of minerals and associated works in the area.
The Plan aims to allow for the supply of enough of the minerals that we need, like sand, gravel, limestone and coal, while ensuring that the environment is properly protected.
It shows where minerals can be worked, as well as where applications will be resisted. It sets out the 'tests' we will use in deciding on planning applications for working minerals, as well as for restoring sites after work has finished.
The Plan was revised in 2002 to take into account changes in government policy on coal extraction.
Saved policies of the Derby and Derbyshire Minerals Local Plan
From 27 September 2007, following a Government Direction, the following policies are no longer to be used, as they have expired: MP8, 9, 14, 20, 26, 30 and 31.
Derby City Council will be guided by the Plan when determining any applications for mineral working within the City boundary. Outside the boundary, Derbyshire County Council will determine applications for mineral working and associated matters.
While there is not likely to be any significant working of minerals in the City’s boundaries in the next few years, there may be some close by, for instance at Elvaston.
Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) on the afteruse of sand and gravel workings
We have also produced Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) on the afteruse of sand and gravel workings. After public consultation, a final version was adopted in January 2005.
The Derby and Derbyshire Minerals Local Plan and SPG 
can be viewed on Derbyshire County Council's website.
Or you can view the Plan and SPG at our offices in Roman House, or at Derbyshire County Council’s offices in Matlock.
The Plan and SPG can be purchased from Derbyshire County Council.
Planning guidance for applications for minerals development
Until the new Minerals Core Strategy Development Plan Document 
(DPD) is adopted, the saved policies of the Minerals Local Plan, the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) and relevant policies in Derby City's Local Plan Review will give the main policy guidance for determining planning applications for mineral developments in Derby.
Statement to assist applicants in preparing planning applications for aggregate minerals development
In addition to the above policy guidance, Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council have produced a joint statement to assist applicants applying for planning permission for aggregate minerals development. The statement will assist applicants to identify those parts of the DPD, and other policies and evidential matters, which would be significant factors for each Council to consider whether or not, or in what form, to grant planning permission. The statement draws on the site selection work undertaken in the preparation of the abandoned DPDs. The statement can be viewed on Derbyshire County Council's 
website.
Aggregate Minerals Site Development Plan Document (DPD)
We started work on a joint Aggregate Minerals Site DPD which would have set out new sites where aggregates could be extracted in the City and County. However, we have now stopped work on this document. A full account of the reasons is available from the Derbyshire County Council website.
Minerals Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD)
In early 2009 work commenced on the Minerals Core Strategy DPD. This will cover all minerals and will have a Minerals Implementation Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to complement it. It is hoped to adopt the DPD and SPD in 2013. Up to date news on the preparation and consultation opportunities for the Minerals Core Strategy DPD can be viewed on Derbyshire County Council's website.
Consultation on Joint Scoping Report for Sustainability Appraisals of Minerals and Waste Development Plan Documents for Derby and Derbyshire
As part of the process of preparing the two Development Plan Documents we have to prepare a Sustainability Appraisal of the effects of each of the plans on environmental, social and economic resources. Sustainability Appraisals are complex documents, which are prepared in accordance with Government guidance and regulation. They must be prepared in stages, as the plans are prepared. The first stage of this process requires the preparation of a Scoping Report.
We have now prepared the draft of the Joint Scoping Report for the Sustainability Appraisal of these two Development Plan Documents
712kb and following consultation, are revising the report.
Consultation on Minerals Core Strategy Issues and Options
As the next stage of developing the Core Strategy, we are asking for people’s views on some key issues and options associated with future minerals development in Derby and Derbyshire, so that we can develop a preferred approach to minerals development.
The papers will give lots of background information, set out some draft ideas on what we want the area to look like and some objectives for the Core Strategy. It will then ask some important questions about ways forward.
The consultation period for the Key Issues and Options document will last for eight weeks. It starts on 30 April 2010 and will end on 25 June 2010. Please look out for this consultation. We will welcome comments on any aspect of these documents. When the consultation starts the documents will be available on Derbyshire County Council’s website and we would encourage people to submit their comments on-line using our new consultation system.