Mineral Resources and Extraction

As a city we monitor the land available to extract minerals and plan for this in the future. The targets we use to monitor this are:

Core Strategy Target 12.1

Identification of land consented for mineral extraction and processing and an appropriate buffer zone in the North Plymstock (including minerals) Area Action Plan.

This target has been met.

Proposal NP13 of the North Plymstock (including Minerals) Area Action Plan identifies land consented for mineral extraction, a Mineral Safeguarding Area and an appropriate buffer zone. The AAP was adopted in August 2007.

Core Strategy Target 12.2

Identification of Mineral Resource Protection Area in the North Plymstock (including Minerals) Area Action Plan.

This target has been met.

Proposal NP13 of the North Plymstock (including Minerals) Area Action Plan identifies an area of known mineral reserves, which is safeguarded for potential future mineral extraction. The AAP was adopted in August 2007.

This page of the annual monitoring report was last updated December 2011.