Minerals Plan: Key Issues & Options
List Comments
2 comments.
| Respondent | Response Date | Details |
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| Elizabeth Campbell | 29 Jul 2010 | Derby & Derbyshire Minerals Core Strategy: Key Issues & Options Part Two: Vision, Objectives, Issues & Options Chapter 7: Major Issues & Options Objective A: Ensuring Sufficient Provision of Minerals How do we manage the potential increase in demand for coal? the Identifying Environmental Constraints section
The document referes to opencast restraint areas. Whilst the document also says that it is not for DCC to suggest areas can it give any long term intentions and advise of any areas that would be ruled out completely?
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| Rachael Bust - Coal Authority | 15 Jul 2010 | Derby & Derbyshire Minerals Core Strategy: Key Issues & Options Part Two: Vision, Objectives, Issues & Options Chapter 7: Major Issues & Options Objective A: Ensuring Sufficient Provision of Minerals How do we manage the potential increase in demand for coal? the Identifying Environmental Constraints section
MPG3 advises that areas where coal working is unlikely to be acceptable should be
indicated in the development plan. This is not necessarily a requirement to illustrate such areas
through a designation or constraint area on a plan. A criterion based policy for coal or for the wider
protection of environmental and cultural assets from mineral extraction can satisfactorily address
the issues. Consequently The Coal Authority considers that the definition of surface mining
constraint areas are no lo
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