Devon County Council

The Adopted Plan was published on 25th June 2004 but, with the exception of 57 of its policies and the Proposals Map that illustrates these policies, lapsed on 27 September 2007.

The full text of the Minerals Local Plan as originally adopted is available below.

The Proposals Map shows the location of mineral sites within the plan area. These are considered in greater detail within larger scale Inset Plans.

There are 45 Inset Plans showing the location of Active Sites, the extent of their planning permissions, Mineral Consultation Areas, and where appropriate, Buffer Zones and Areas of Mineral Resource. There are 10 Inset Plans showing existing wharves and rail head facilities. A further 57 Inset Plans show dormant planning permissions where the County Council wishes to remove the possibility of their re-opening by the service of Prohibition Orders.  

• Corrigenda, Summary and Contents (59KB - pdf help)

PART A

Chapters

• Chapter 1 – Introduction (365KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 2 – The Devon Context (522KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 3 – The Policy Context (280KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 4 – Protecting the Environment (435KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 5 – Safeguarding Mineral Resources (239KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 6 – Identification and Development of Mineral Resources (274KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 7 – Supply and Demand for Aggregates (527KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 8 – Ball Clay (702KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 9 – China Clay (453KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 10 – Other Non-Energy Minerals (341KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 11 – Energy Minerals (231KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 12 – Development Control Considerations (1.25MB - pdf help)
• Chapter 13 – Mineral Exploration (277KB - pdf help)
• Chapter 14 – Other Mineral Related Matters (395KB - pdf help)

Appendices

Appendices (384KB - pdf help)

• A.I Indicators to Measure the Achievements of the Plan’s Objectives
• A.II Policies Contained in the Adopted Plan
• A.III Summary of The Geology of Devon
• A.IV Current Minerals Planning Guidance Notes
• A.V Minerals Policies Contained in the Regional Planning Guidance for the South West (RPG10) – September 2001
• A.VI Devon Structure Plan First Review: Mineral Policies
• A.VII Mineral Consultation Area Procedure
• A.VIII Changes in the Numbering Between The Draft Plan and Adopted Plan.

PART B

1.     Introduction

Introduction (236KB - pdf help)

2.     Proposals Map

The Proposals Map (642KB - pdf help) has been highly reduced in order for it to fit onto a Acrobat(PDF) document. It is recommended that the map should be “zoomed” to between 100 and 200% in order to view specific parts of the map. The area of each Inset Plan (quarries and existing wharves and railhead facilities) is shown coloured brown with red reference numbers or letters. Prohibition Order Inset Plans are shown coloured blue with blue numbering .

6.     Appendices

B.I Sources of Environmental Constraints Information (252KB - pdf help)