Minerals and Waste Local Plan - Issues and Options
Surrey County Council, as the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority, is preparing a new Minerals and Waste Local Plan for Surrey to provide an up to date minerals and waste planning framework for a period of 15-years.
About the project
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Minerals and Waste Local Plan will replace the Surrey Minerals Plan 2011 (and associated development plan documents) and the Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019, and be used to guide decisions about future minerals and waste management planning applications. It will also be a material consideration for Surrey’s district and borough councils in preparing their local development plans and making their planning decisions.
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The Issues and Options public consultation is the first formal stage of the plan-making process relating to the Minerals and Waste Local Plan. The consultation material is framed by several introductory and contextual documents and includes six main documents outlining the proposed vision, objectives and spatial strategy; and issues facing minerals and waste management development in Surrey and the potential policy options to address those issues. These main documents are underpinned by a Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Scoping Report and supplemented by a range of other material including an interactive story-map tool and a number of position statements. The Issues and Options public consultation also includes a ‘call for sites’ which is an invitation to landowners and the minerals and waste management industry to nominate any land that may be suitable for future minerals or waste management development.
The Minerals and Waste Planning Authority welcomes the engagement of and feedback from all stakeholders over the 16-week consultation period (15 November 2021 to 7 March 2022) irrespective of their field of interest or expertise, or resources available to them. Some stakeholders may wish to engage with all the consultation material and others may simply wish to answer the relevant non-technical questions. Stakeholders who are unable to engage with the digital consultation package may wish to contribute to the public consultation using traditional methods such as physical inspection of the consultation documents to be made available at public libraries in each of Surrey’s districts and boroughs and by writing to the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority.
Timeline
Issues and Options
Preferred Options
Pre-Submission Plan
Submission Plan and Independent Examination
Inspectors Report and Adoption
CONTACT THE MINERALS AND WASTE POLICY TEAM
Contact by emailContact by phone Meet the team
Postal enquires can be made to: Planning Group, Surrey County Council, Quadrant Court, Woking, GU22 7QQ
Meet the team
Surrey County Council’s Minerals and Waste Policy Team is responsible for preparing development plan documents and monitoring the performance of planning policies relating to minerals and waste management development to ensure, inter alia, that there is sufficient supply of minerals and adequate sustainable waste management capacity in Surrey. The team is also responsible for coordinating and responding to National and local planning consultations on behalf of the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority, safeguarding minerals resources and waste management facilities in Surrey, and working closely with neighbouring planning authorities and the minerals and waste management industry. For information about how Surrey County Council will use data from this Commonplace website please see the Privacy policy below.
Timeline
Issues and Options
Preferred Options
Pre-Submission Plan
Submission Plan and Independent Examination
Inspectors Report and Adoption
News
Surrey County Council Minerals and Waste Development Scheme - Update
An extension to the timetable for the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan (MWLP) has been approved by Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Economic Growth. T
Publication of Waste Capacity Need Assessment
The Minerals and Waste Planning Authority (MWPA) has recently published a new Waste Capacity Need Assessment (WCNA), undertaken by BPP consulting. This WCNA was produced in November 2023 as part of th
Call For Sites Launch
The Minerals and Waste Planning Authority (MWPA) are currently carrying out a second ‘Call for Sites’ exercise. This exercise is different to the 2021 ‘Call for Sites’ in that it is specifically seeki
Minerals and Waste Development Scheme - Update
An extension to the timetable for the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan (MWLP) has been approved by Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport, Infrastructure and Economy. Thi
Issues and Options Summary of Responses Report
The Minerals and Waste Policy Team is pleased to announce the publication of the Issues and Options Summary of Responses Report on Surrey County Council's website. The summary report seeks to pro
Issues and Options Consultation Closed
Thank you to all stakeholders who have contributed to the Issues and Options public consultation. The formal consultation period ended on 7 March 2022 and the digital consultation hub is now closed f
Rescheduled Public Community Event at Addlestone Library
Pop by our event in Addlestone to find out more, put forward your ideas and help shape the new Minerals and Waste Local Plan. No need to book, just come down and tell us what you think!Where: Runnym
Addlestone Library Pop-In Event Postponed
Unfortunately due to staff absences relating to COVID, Addlestone Library is unable to accommodate the pop-in event scheduled for Friday 25 February 2022. We apologise for this. Every effort will be
Public Community Event at Addlestone Library
Pop by our event in Addlestone to find out more, put forward your ideas and help shape the new Minerals and Waste Local Plan. No need to book, just come down and tell us what you think!Where: Runnymed
Public Community Event at Guildford Library
Pop by our event in Guildford to find out more, put forward your ideas and help shape the new Minerals and Waste Local Plan. No need to book, just come down and tell us what you think!Where: Guildford
Public Community Event at Reigate Library
Pop by our event in Reigate to find out more, put forward your ideas and help shape the new Minerals and Waste Local Plan. No need to book. Just come down and tell us what you think!Where: Reigate Lib
Public Community Event at Farnham Library
Surrey County Council is hosting its first public community event on the Issues and Options consultation phase.Where: Farnham Library, Vernon House, 28 West Street, Farnham, GU9 7DRTime: 10:30am - 4
Proposals
HAVE YOUR SAY
Call for Sites
An invitation to nominate land that may be suitable for minerals and waste management development.
Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal
Environmental and sustainability scoping report.
Duty to Cooperate Statement
Statement setting out how the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority will cooperate with partners.
Equality Impact Assessment
Equality impact assessment relating to the Issues and Options public consultation.
Introduction and Context
Introductory and contextual information including FAQs and non-technical consultation questions.
Proposed Vision and Strategic Objectives
Vision and strategic objectives proposed for the Minerals and Waste Local Plan.
Proposed Spatial Strategy
Key principles guiding the location of future minerals and waste management development in Surrey.
Aggregate, Minerals and Infrastructure
Issues facing future minerals development in Surrey and corresponding policy options.
Waste Management
Issues facing future waste management development in Surrey and corresponding policy options.
Protecting the Green Belt, Environment and Communities
Issues and policy options relating to the Green Belt, the environment, and communities.
Safeguarding
Issues and policy options relating to the minerals and waste management safeguarding.
Acronyms, Glossary and Supporting Information
Glossary, acronyms, and supporting information.
Team
These teams are responsible for engaging and acting on your views and opinions. You may see them around the area interviewing residents and at community events.
Surrey County Council’s Minerals and Waste Policy Team is responsible for preparing development plan documents and monitoring the performance of planning policies relating to minerals and waste management development to ensure, inter alia, that there is sufficient supply of minerals and adequate sustainable waste management capacity in Surrey. The team is also responsible for coordinating and responding to National and local planning consultations on behalf of the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority, safeguarding minerals resources and waste management facilities in Surrey, and working closely with neighbouring planning authorities and the minerals and waste management industry. For information about how Surrey County Council will use data from this Commonplace website please see the Privacy policy below.