The Devon Minerals Plan contains the Council’s vision and objectives for minerals planning and provides the policy framework and site proposals to maintain the supply of minerals and limit the impacts of their working. The Minerals Plan has regard to national minerals policy, while addressing the specific characteristics of Devon and its minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Devon Minerals Plan 2011 \u2013 2033 was adopted in February 2017 and can be found here along with the associated documents:<\/p>\n\n\n
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To assist in implementation of Policy M2 of the Devon Minerals Plan, Devon County Council has published a Supplementary Planning Document for Mineral Safeguarding. The SPD can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inspectors Report<\/a> was received following the examination hearings in May 2016 and consultation on the proposed modifications in August and September 2016. The report concluded that, subject to the modifications recommended, the Devon Minerals Plan is sound and legally compliant, providing an appropriate basis for mineral planning in Devon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All documents associated with the previous stages of the plan preparation can be found in the Examination Library below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Examination Library<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a\u00a0requirement for planning authorities to review their local plan policies at least every five years.\u00a0\u00a0As\u00a0such,\u00a0it has been necessary to review the Devon Minerals Plan.\u00a0A series of topic papers were prepared to present the evidence collated as part of the\u00a0review\u00a0process\u00a0and\u00a0an overarching summary and conclusions report has been prepared to draw\u00a0together the findings and conclusions. These reports are available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Review of the Devon Minerals Plan – Summary of evidence and conclusions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Topic Paper 1 – Review of AMR data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Topic Paper 2 – Review of Consistency with National Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Topic Paper 3 – Progress and Delivery of Policy Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Topic Paper 4 – Changing Circumstances<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nExamination of the Devon Minerals Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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